1. Year 10 Poetry Collection
Lesson 11 – ‘Belfast Confetti’ by Ciaran Carson

2. Learning Objective
To understand how the poet has used punctuation and form to create an image of war.
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

3. 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?

4. Glossary
fount labyrinth Balaclava, Raglan, Inkerman, Odessa Saracen Kremlin-2 mesh Makrolon fusillade
fountain; also font maze Belfast streets or landmarks named after famous battles, sieges or military leaders armoured personnel carrier/tank anti-rocket netting fitted to tanks transparent synthetic material suitable for visors burst of gunfire

5. By the end of the lesson we will have…
Today we are going to…
Explore the setting of Belfast Confetti.
Analyse the language and techniques used within the poem.
Identify and record specific language techniques used in Belfast Confetti, including finding double meanings.
By the end of the lesson we will have…
Discovered more about the setting of the poem.
Examined Belfast Confetti for language and punctuation use
Found metaphors and rhetorical questions
Written an analysis of the poem.

6. How has the poet used punctuation to help him explain his message.
1 minute question
How has the poet used punctuation to help him explain his message.

7. Find at least one rhetorical question.
1 minute
Find at least one rhetorical question.

8. Find at least one metaphor.
1 minute
Find at least one metaphor.

9. Ciaran Carson says…
‘if there was a riot in the shipyard they would assemble the collective nuts and bolts, iron bits for this and that and the other thing…’
‘…for we would throw some Belfast confetti on them and see how they will be getting on with that…’
‘…Belfast Confetti…It’s not nice.’
‘I see this poem as being very much just as if I were an eye on the scene.’
‘As if I were alert to the sounds of the time and what was going on at the exact time.’

10. What do you understand from the title of this poem?
1 minute
What do you understand from the title of this poem?

11. The Riots in Ireland

12. What is the story being told?
1 minute question
What is the story being told?

14. A labyrinth = A maze

15. Famous Battles
Balaclava - The Battle of Balaclava, fought on 25 October during the Crimean War
Raglan – Lord Raglan, commander at Battle of Balaclava
Inkerman - The Battle of The Inkerman was part of the Crimean War November 1854
Odessa Street - The Siege of Odessa was part of the Soviet- German War in 1941
Carson's use of the street names of Belfast that refer to these battles - "Balaclava, Raglan, Inkerman, Odessa Street" - underlines the violence of the Troubles.

16. Balaclava

17. Raglan Garbstore Hooded Peak Zip Up £63.00
Raglan Sleeved classic A2 style hooded top.
Inserted contrast (marle grey) hard peak in hood.
Leather pullers and authentic deep flat locked ribs. Zip up front.
Raglan

18. Inkerman Barracks
A couple of rows of Victorian houses are all that remain of the Inkerman Barracks.
Built as a prison for infirm convicts in 1860, the buildings were taken over by the army in 1895 and renamed the Inkerman Barracks.
Home of the Royal Military Police

19. Odessa Street
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20. Think about the list of street names, why did Carson use these names?
1 minute question
Think about the list of street names, why did Carson use these names?

21. Analysing Belfast Confetti
What is the story being told in this poem?
What do you understand by the title of this poem?
How has the poet used punctuation to help him explain his message? (think back to last lesson)
Think about the list of street names, why did Carson use these names?
Find and quote a metaphor, why do you think the poet used this?
Find and quote some rhetorical questions, why do you think the poet used these?
How does the poem make you feel?
Extension: Is the poet trying to give you a message? What is it? Do you agree?

22. How does the poem make you feel?
1 minute question
How does the poem make you feel?

23. Is the poet trying to give you a message? What is it?
1 minute question
Is the poet trying to give you a message? What is it?

24. …and finally
What did you learn in this lesson?
How did you learn it?

25. Exploration… What do the following punctuations marks suggest?
Associated ideas and emotions?
Connotations of the word ‘confetti’?
Why are the references to punctuation marks there?

26. Consolidation
Explain how Carson has linked the ideas of writing and war in the poem. Write about the meaning of the poem’s title.
Two paragraphs, please.

27. 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.