V4 - Poetry reader

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Introduction Poetry Reader

Today's Lesson

Getting to know the glossary

WWI: a brief history

Poetry Project

Learning goals:

Learn about literature: language functioning in war rhetoric, study poems, watch a movie and study literary terms, create your own poems and discuss them in groups. 

Find an example of personification

What do you need to do?

• Go through the reader and do the tasks (I will tell you  what to do and when). You need to hand everything in.
• Read the War poems and analyse them using the glossary
• Decide which poem is your favourite and why
• Watch a film and write an opinion piece of 300 words
• Write a poem using your new acquired knowledge
• Oral exam in pairs about all of the above

Assignment page 13
Match each term with its definition

WWI - Poetry

You are going to read several poems written during the First World War

The focus is on the experience of the British

To understand the poetry better, you need to know the history

Watch the next video to help you understand the setting

What do you think WWI was like for British soldiers?

Finished!

You have finished today's lesson.

You worked on the Poetry Project

You have started preparing for your tests/tasks this period

Well done!