1. poetry
Year 8 English

2. Kath walker Research the following: Name Kath Walker is also known by
Image of Kath Walker
Birthdate
What is she well known or renowned for- poet, artist, educator, political activist etc.
Poems she has written- list at least 2 significant poems

3. Time is running out
Have a look at the title of the poem: what do you think it is about?

4. Time is running out What is a ‘stanza’?
In this poem there are three stanzas - what is the purpose of this?
Stanza: a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme.

5. Time is running out What is a ‘rhythm’?
Rhythm - What tone does this create? How should you read a poem?
Rhythm: a regular, repeated pattern of sounds.

6. Time is running out
Highlight the punctuation- full stops, commas etc.

7. Time is running out
Context: the situation within which something exists or happens, and that can help explain it.
Setting: the environment the context is set.
Characterisation: the way ‘characters’ are represented.
Views and Values: poet, readers and target audience.

8. Time is running out: CONTEXT
What is the context of this poem?
What is the poem about?
What is the poet talking about this?

9. Time is running out: CONTEXT
Poem is about the violent destruction of the environment and addressed the negative thoughts and results associated with mining from an Aboriginal perspective. The poem describes mining as destructive and a violent industry which is undertaken for the sole benefit of greed and power.

10. Time is running out: setting
Which environment is this poem set in?
Place
Time

11. Time is running out: setting
Australia landscape. Significant to highlight the destruction of land and indigenous perspective to protect the land.

12. Time is running out: characterisation
Who/What is the character?
Character ≠ person always.

13. The audience’s emotions towards this poem? The reader may feel …...
Views and values
The audience’s emotions towards this poem?
The reader may feel …...
The audience will experience …...

14. Views and values
The audience’s emotions towards this poem include sadness and loss as a result of the violent language associated with the miners on the land, and the sorrowful words used to describe Aboriginal people and their beloved land. The reader may feel disappointed in regards to the Australian actions completed by the miners and feel sorry for the Aboriginals on behalf of their loss. Lastly, the audience will experience the anger Noonuccal felt towards white Australians as they stole her historical land and used it for their own greedy purposes.

15. Time is running out: literary devices
Personification
Alliteration
Metaphor
Imagery and descriptive language
Repetition