V6 P1 W3 Blake

Basic rules
  • We do our work when we should
  • We are silent during explanations and raise our hands for questions
  • Our phone is in our "zakkie" on the corner of our table
  • We don't eat, drink, or chew gum in class
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This lesson contains 14 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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Basic rules
  • We do our work when we should
  • We are silent during explanations and raise our hands for questions
  • Our phone is in our "zakkie" on the corner of our table
  • We don't eat, drink, or chew gum in class

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Slide 2 - Video

learning goals
I can compare the two "The Chimney Sweeper" poems

I know William Blake's background


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Which book are you going to read for the speaking exam?
Pride and Prejudice
Frankenstein

Slide 4 - Poll

Romanticism

Slide 5 - Mind map

Romanticism
1798 - 1837

neoclassical period - Romantic period - Victorian period

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neoclassical vs Romanticism
Age of reason: logical, common sense, Greek and Roman culture, optimism, self-confidence

turns into

Age of imagination: simplicity, emotion, individual voices, discontent with world around them



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William Blake
1757-1827*
homeschooled
apprentice in engraver shop
against monarchy, sympathised with French Revolution
Imagination > reason
deeply religious, but against oppressive authority church
not successful and received mixed feedback

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cyclical nature of life
with God
Child with subconscious remembrance of life with God
corruption by society

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Songs of Innocence
&
Songs of experience

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The Chimney Sweeper I & II
  1. What does the apostrophe (ll. 2) stand for? Why is it there?
  2. What is the ‘coffin’ an image for?
  3. Comment on the religious imagery.
  4. Comment on the difference in tone between the two poems.

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