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Text 1 – The Butcher’s Shop

Starter: Remind yourselves of these literary terms: SIMILE PERSONIFICATION Interrogative Sentence METAPHOR Declarative Sentence. Text 1 – The Butcher’s Shop. Lesson Objective: To show understanding of the poem and the attitudes it conveys. NEW WORDS ALERT!!!.

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Text 1 – The Butcher’s Shop

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  1. Starter: Remind yourselves of these literary terms: SIMILE PERSONIFICATIONInterrogative SentenceMETAPHOR Declarative Sentence Text 1 – The Butcher’s Shop Lesson Objective: To show understanding of the poem and the attitudes it conveys

  2. NEW WORDS ALERT!!! • INTERTEXTUALITY– when a writer makes clear reference to a different, familiar text in their writing. • JUXTAPOSITION – different ideas placed together for effect

  3. What is the attitude of the poet towards the food that she sees? The pigs are strung in rows, open-mouthed,dignified in martyrs‚ deaths. They hangstiff as Sunday manners, their porky headsvoting Tory all their lives, their blue rosettesdiscarded now. The butcher smiles a meaty smile,white apron stained with who knows what,fingers fat as sausages. Smug, woolly cattleand snowy sheep prance on tiles, grazingon eternity, cute illustrations in a children's book.What does the sheep say now?Its baas are silenced. There's sawdust underfootand trays of meat with little plastic hedges,playing farms. All the way homeyour cold and soggy paper parcel bleeds.

  4. What is the attitude of the poet towards the food that she sees? The pigs are strung in rows, open-mouthed,dignified in martyrs‚ deaths. They hangstiff as Sunday manners, their porky headsvoting Tory all their lives, their blue rosettesdiscarded now. The butcher smiles a meaty smile,white apron stained with who knows what,fingers fat as sausages. Smug, woolly cattleand snowy sheep prance on tiles, grazingon eternity, cute illustrations in a children's book.What does the sheep say now?Its baas are silenced. There's sawdust underfootand trays of meat with little plastic hedges,playing farms. All the way homeyour cold and soggy paper parcel bleeds. The effect of this simile is … This simile represents the idea that…..

  5. What is the attitude of the poet towards the food that she sees? The pigs are strung in rows, open-mouthed,dignified in martyrs‚ deaths. They hangstiff as Sunday manners, their porky headsvoting Tory all their lives, their blue rosettesdiscarded now. The butcher smiles a meaty smile,white apron stained with who knows what,fingers fat as sausages. Smug, woolly cattleand snowy sheep prance on tiles, grazingon eternity, cute illustrations in a children's book.What does the sheep say now?Its baas are silenced. There's sawdust underfootand trays of meat with little plastic hedges,playing farms. All the way homeyour cold and soggy paper parcel bleeds. This interrogative sentence suggests…. The effect of the verb ‘silenced’ is …

  6. Answers in full sentences please • On your poem identify all the VERBS and then answer the following question: What does the writer’s choice of verbs tell the reader about her feelings and attitudes towards the meat? • The poem ends with the line ‘All the way home/ your cold and soggy paper parcel bleeds’ – what is the effect of this final line?

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