1. Listen to the song and place the lyrics in the correct order to make the poem
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2. Tracy Chapman
LO: To understand how to analyse the meaning of a poem and link it to its context.
By the end of the lesson you will have:
ALL pupils identify and recognise context within in the poem
MOST will explain the effect of language in the poem and relevance of the context
SOME will analyse a poem according to language and context

3. Read through the timeline of events and annotate your poem with parts of the context that are relevant

4. In pairs answer the questions – pick the questions to get the most points you can
Feedback
Identify the lines that are repeated. Why do you think these have been repeated? What does it show? (2 points)
Who is the speaker of the poem? What type of person are they? What problems are they facing? (3 points)
What do the following lines show about the relationship in the poem ‘I'd climb a mountain if I had to, Risk my life so I could have you’. (4 points)
In the fourth stanza, what is the speaker describing? How does it make the reader feel? (3 points)
Does the speaker’s attitude towards her relationship change throughout the poem? Is it different at the beginning than it is at the start? And how? (5 points)
Analyse the way in which language is used to show the context of the poem. (6 points)

5. QUIZ TIME!!!
TRUE or FALSE

6. The word ‘homosexual’ was invented in 1969
False

7. Gay concentration camp survivors were put back into prison by German authorities after WW2
True

8. Being gay was seen as an ‘illness’ by psychiatrists until 1973
True

9. The first "March on Washington for Gay Rights“ drew 10,000 people
False – 100,000