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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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LearnBBC Bitesize

Analysing poems

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Meeting at Night by Robert Browning

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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