1. PAPER 1: The Anthology Poetry question
Writing for IGCSE
PAPER 1:
The Anthology Poetry question

2. Where to start? BEFORE THE TEST: Prepare DURING THE TEST: Think Plan
Write
Review

3. Before the test: PREPARE Get other interpretations Link poems together
Re-read all of your poems again

4. A. Getting other interpretations
Read guides to your poem where available.
Imagine this poem from an alien perspective or an alternative perspective to your own.
Set up a study group and discuss the ideas in the poems.

5. B. Link poems together Time
Fill out the tables and activities provided by your teacher and textbook.
Use flashcards to match poems and themes together. TIP: Play ‘Snap’ with a study-buddy!! (see below)
THEME:
Time
Half-past Two
by U.A. Fanthorpe
Sonnet 116
by W. Shakespeare

6. C. Re-read all of your poems
Without taking any notes, read each of your poems aloud again. This will help you recognise sound and rhythm patterns in the poems. It might help you get new ideas.
Look up any difficult words or references you don’t fully understand.

7. You have 40 minutes for this question and it is worth 30 marks.
During the test:
You have 40 minutes for this question and it is worth 30 marks.

8. During the test: Think 2 minutes Plan 5 minutes Write 30 minutes
Review 3 minutes

9. 1. THINK 2 mins Brainstorm your own ideas about the poems and theme.
Ask yourself what you have learned from the poem.
Link your ideas to other poems. Think about similarities and differences.

10. 2. PLAN
5 mins
Brainstorm, bullet point, or mind-map your ideas for the answer.
You should plan your –
points and conections between the poems
examples/quotes
techniques

11. 3. WRITE 30mins Pay attention to – vocabulary choices (see handout),
paragraph and essay structure and, (see slide 13)
punctuation, phrasing, and grammar (see next slide).

13. Structure Short introduction
4 to 5 PEE paragraphs (2 PEEs per poem minimun)
Short conclusion

14. 4. REVIEW 3 mins Make sure you – used key words from the question,
used examples or quotations and put them in quotation marks and,
used the correct punctuation (e.g. capital letters, commas and full stops) in the right places

15. Essay structure – Suggestion 1
A short introduction 4 PEEs PEE 1: Poem A – Language/techniques used in a decriptive way PEE 2: Poem B - Language/techniques used in a decriptive way PEE 3: Poem A – Structure and form used PEE 4: Poem B – Structure and form used A short conclusion

16. Essay structure – Suggestion 2
A short introduction
6 PEEs
PEE 1: Poem A – Language used
PEE 2: Poem B - Language used
PEE 3: Poem A – Techniques used in a decriptive way
PEE 4: Poem B - Techniques used in a decriptive way
PEE 5: Poem A – Structure and form used
PEE 6: Poem B – Structure and form used
A short conclusion

17. Sample Paragraph Structure
Point:
Make a point about the theme in a poem.
Evidence:
Find evidence to support your point.
Explanation:
Explain how the evidence supports the point.
Comment on the use of literary techniques used to help influence the meaning.
Connect your idea for this paragraph to another poem in your anthology. You could use this as a lead-in to your next paragraph.

18. My answer is based on Question 2 at the bottom of page 92.
My Sample Paragraph
My answer is based on Question 2 at the bottom of page 92.

19. Planning a sample paragraph
Point:
In ‘Blessing’, Dharker illustrates the overwhelming sensory experience of people joyfully receiving water in a drought.
Evidence:
The poet uses onomatopoeia in “splash”, “echo”, “roar”, and “screaming” to describe an auditory sensation.
Explanation:
The sounds are loud and aggressive but they also bring joy as the children “screaming in the liquid sun” remind us that they were suffering but are now happy..
These onomatopoeic words emphasize how alien the sound of water is in this dry region.
In a similar way, the child in “Half-past Two” is overwhelmed by time and uses onomatopoeia to convey this experience as he become lost in his aural sense with the “silent noise his hangnail made”.

20. Putting it together
In ‘Blessing’, Dharker illustrates the overwhelming sensory experience of people joyfully receiving water in a drought. The poet utilizes onomatopoeia in “splash”, “echo”, “roar”, and “screaming” to describe an auditory sensation. The sounds are loud and aggressive but they also bring joy as the children “screaming in the liquid sun” remind us that they were suffering but are now happy. These onomatopoeic words emphasize how alien the sound of water is in this dry region. Fanthorpe also uses sound to present sense experience.
In a similar way, the child in “Half-past Two” is overwhelmed by time and uses onomatopoeia to convey this experience as he becomes lost in sound with the “silent noise his hangnail made” unable to “click” the language of the clock. However, unlike Dharker’s children who are experiencing loud joyful noises of water, Fanthorpe’s confused child is lost in the usually quieter noises of a hangnail and clock.

21. Writing
You may now work on your essay. It is due next week (the same day as the test). You have a choice between two questions on p. 89 in your textbook.