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Checking out me History Learning Objective

Checking out me History Learning Objective. To explore how and why Agard uses metaphors and layout to get his point across. Answer these questions using a PEE format. Do you think the first stanza is a good introduction to the poem? Why/why not?

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Checking out me History Learning Objective

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  1. Checking out me HistoryLearning Objective To explore how and why Agard uses metaphors and layout to get his point across.

  2. Answer these questions using a PEE format. • Do you think the first stanza is a good introduction to the poem? Why/why not? • Highlight any ideas which appear in stanza 1 and 2 and the last stanza? • What similarities do you notice about the stanzas that make up the middle part (3, 4, 5 and 6)?

  3. Dem tell me bout Florence Nightingale and she lamp and how Robin Hood used to camp Dem tell me bout ole King Cole was a merry ole soul but dem never tell me bout Mary Seacole From Jamaica she travel far to the Crimean War she volunteer to go and even when de British said no she still brave the Russian snow a healing star among the wounded a yellow sunrise to the dying • What has changed in this section? • What is the effect of the italics?

  4. Write a PEE sentence describing the way the poem has been presented on the page. You could start: ‘When we look at the poem, we can see that...’

  5. Using a dictionary, write down a list of five connotations of each word below... Healing star Thorn Yellow sunrise Beacon Hopeful stream

  6. For example... Protection Dangerous Love hurts sharp Evil Passive defence Beauty

  7. Which person does each metaphor describe? Add this to each METAPHOR MAPWhich ones are positive, which are negative? Why has the poet used these?

  8. Now write a paragraph about three characters. • Toussaint L’Ouverture is presented as being ……………. because he is described as ………… • This makes him sound as though …………….……………... • Other phrases that might help to start the second sentence are: • This suggests that… • Readers might think that… • This might make us see him/her as ….

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