Year 7 · English
Poetic convention awareness in Year 7 English
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Focus on conventions of poetry sonnet and ballad. Start with “Explore a Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 7 learners practise conventions of poetry sonnet and ballad.
The activities include Explore a Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Explore Poetry: 'An Emerald is as Green as Grass' and 'The Miller', Explore Poetry: 'The Sensitive Plant', and related practice. The checked support below includes teaching, lesson, video, worksheet. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
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- Explore a Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Explore Poetry: 'An Emerald is as Green as Grass' and 'The Miller'
- Explore Poetry: 'The Sensitive Plant'
- Explore Poetry: Meeting at Night
- Explore the Poem Evening: Ponte Al Mare, Pisa
- Understand How Rhyme is Used in Poetry
- Understand the Conventions of a Ballad
- Understand the Conventions of a Sonnet
- Understand The Language of Poetry
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Oak lesson video: Analysing The Haunted Palace
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Oak lesson video: Performing Your Chosen Gothic Poem
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Oak lesson video: The Lady Of Shalott Understanding The Ballad
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Analysing poems
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Sonnets from the Portuguese 14: If thou must love me
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An Emerald Is As Green As Grass by Christina Rossetti
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The Sensitive Plant by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Meeting at Night by Robert Browning
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Evening: Ponte Al Mare, Pisa by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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What is a rhyme scheme?
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Oak lesson slides: The Lady Of Shalott Understanding The Ballad
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An Introduction to Sonnets Lesson Pack
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Oak worksheet: Analysing The Haunted Palace
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Oak worksheet: Performing Your Chosen Gothic Poem
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Oak worksheet: The Lady Of Shalott Understanding The Ballad
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