1. i wanna be yours by John Cooper Clarke
Name:
Class:
Starter
Which the objects below might have something to do with a love poem? Explain why.
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let me be your vacuum cleaner breathing in your dust let me be your ford cortina i will never rust if you like your coffee hot let me be your coffee pot you call the shots i wanna be yours let me be your raincoat for those frequent rainy days let me be your dreamboat when you wanna sail away let me be your teddy bear take me with you anywhere i don't care i wanna be yours
let me be your electric meter i will not run out let me be the electric heater you get cold without let me be your setting lotion hold your hair with deep devotion deep as the deep atlantic ocean that's how deep is my emotion deep deep deep deep de deep deep i don't wanna be hers i wanna be yours

2. St.1 _______________________ ___________________________
Mini Task 1 - To help you identify the ‘Story of the Poem’, briefly write down what you think is happening in each stanza of the poem.
Stanza 1 Stanza 2 Stanza 3
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Mini Task 2 – KEY LINE
Underline or highlight what
you think is one
KEY LINE from each stanza
and say why you think the
line is important.
St.1 _______________________
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St.2 _______________________
St. 3 _______________________
let me be your vacuum cleaner breathing in your dust let me be your ford cortina i will never rust if you like your coffee hot let me be your coffee pot you call the shots i wanna be yours let me be your raincoat for those frequent rainy days let me be your dreamboat when you wanna sail away let me be your teddy bear take me with you anywhere i don't care i wanna be yours
let me be your electric meter i will not run out let me be the electric heater you get cold without let me be your setting lotion hold your hair with deep devotion deep as the deep atlantic ocean that's how deep is my emotion deep deep deep deep de deep deep i don't wanna be hers i wanna be yours

3. Mini Task 3 - Now in your own words write down what you think is ‘the story of the poem’?
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Mini Task 4a - Copy down this description of stanzas.
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Mini Task 4b - Copy down this description of Stanza Lines.
Mini Task 4c – Count the line length of the section you have been given.
Mini Task 5 - Method 1: Using words write down the rhyme scheme for Stanza 1.
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Mini Task 6 - Method 1: Using words write down the rhyme scheme for Stanza 3.
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4. Mini Task 7a, 7b & 7c.
7a: Copy down the letters used to
show the rhyme scheme for
Stanza 1.
7b: Starting with the letter ‘d’ for
Stanza 2 and ‘g’ for Stanza 3,
put letters in for the rest of the
poem. Use an underscore _ to
show an unrhymed line.
7c: Copy down the letter method
to show the rhyme scheme for
the poem.
let me be your vacuum cleaner -a breathing in your dust -b let me be your ford cortina -a i will never rust -b if you like your coffee hot -c let me be your coffee pot -c you call the shots -c i wanna be yours -_ let me be your raincoat for those frequent rainy days let me be your dreamboat when you wanna sail away let me be your teddy bear take me with you anywhere i don't care i wanna be yours
let me be your electric meter i will not run out let me be the electric heater you get cold without let me be your setting lotion hold your hair with deep devotion deep as the deep atlantic ocean that's how deep is my emotion deep deep deep deep de deep deep i don't wanna be hers i wanna be yours
Mini Task 8 - In you own words, describe the structure of the poem. You should mention Stanzas, Lines, Line length and Rhyme Scheme in your answer.
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5. Mini Task 9 – Two reasons why a poet might want to use repetition in any poem they write?
1: _________________________ 2: _______________________ 3: ________________________
Mini Task 10 – Copy out the explanation below.
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Mini Task 11 – Copy out the explanation below.
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Mini Task 12 – Copy out the definition of ENJAMBMENT.
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6. Romantic/Intimate Objects
Mini Task 13 - Enjambment
Now put in full stops or an arrow  at the ends of lines in the whole poem to mark where you think punctuation or Enjambment is.
let me be your electric meter i will not run out let me be the electric heater you get cold without let me be your setting lotion hold your hair with deep devotion deep as the deep atlantic ocean that's how deep is my emotion deep deep deep deep de deep deep i don't wanna be hers i wanna be yours
let me be your vacuum cleaner breathing in your dust let me be your ford cortina i will never rust if you like your coffee hot let me be your coffee pot you call the shots i wanna be yours
let me be your raincoat for those frequent rainy days let me be your dreamboat when you wanna sail away let me be your teddy bear take me with you anywhere i don't care i wanna be yours
MINI TASK 14- Write down what you think the two TONES of the poem are.
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Mini Task 15- Place the objects mentioned in the poem into one of the two columns in the table below.
Useful Objects
Romantic/Intimate Objects 1 2 3 4 5
Mini Task 16: What do you notice. Stanza 1: _____________ Stanza 2: __________ Stanza 3: _________