Year 10 Poetry Collection Lesson 6 – ‘Cousin Kate’ by Christina Rossetti

Learning Objective To understand how Rossetti has used narrative form and language in the poem to explore relationships and evoke sympathy in the reader. Outcomes: You MUST annotate your poem independently with as much info as possible. You will need this for your revision next year. Anything you miss, it is your responsibility to catch up/complete Flipped Learning

Read and listen First impressions? What is it about? Repeated ideas? Tone? Message? Words – specific/interesting/unusual? Alliteration or other devices? Rhyme and rhythm? Structure?

Glossary flaxen lured woe’s me thereof cast me by sport rye mean estate sire coronet pale-yellow tempted into a trap sorrow/misfortune is mine of this threw me off games cereal crop poor background/home father crown

Who was she? Victorian era poet – art brother, Dante Gabriel Poem deals with women’s rights and equality…however, Rossetti was not part of the suffrage movement Rossetti raised in London during Victorian period but was from a family of Italian immigrants She began writing when she was very young ‘Cousin Kate’ written at height of her career

Poem: Love and betrayal Modern interpretations Original phrases no longer a virgin   you worry I’m such a fool to have been so happy about it not aware that I was pretty married him your father would pay a lot dumped me a poor home Rhyme scheme – pattern. Why? Impact on reader? (Ballad, traditional) Understanding of poem: complete grid Next, look at each stanza separately and decide who is involved, what is happening, and emotions involved

Words used in poem – contrasts. Why?

Message of poem? Shame, social standing, roles of men and women… Where is this evident in the poem? Impact of this? What is Rossetti trying to get us to think/feel?

Consolidation How does Rossetti effectively present the emotive voice of Kate’s cousin in the poem and what emotions are expressed throughout the poem? Two paragraphs, please.

Peer assessment Are they using correct terminology? Are they using appropriate quotations? References to language, structure and form? GCSE Mark Scheme for Paper 2 Section B  Level 1 Identification of language, form and structure is minimal. Little evidence of relevant subject terminology. Level 2 There is some comment on the language, form and structure of the text. Limited use of relevant subject terminology to support examples given. Level 3 The response shows an understanding of a range of language, form and structure features and links these to their effect on the reader. Relevant subject terminology is used to support examples given. Level 4 Analysis of language, form and structure features and their effect on the reader is sustained. Relevant subject terminology is used accurately and appropriately to develop ideas. Level 5 The response is a cohesive evaluation of the interrelationship of language, form and structure and their effect on the reader. Relevant subject terminology is integrated and precise.