1. A split second and you were away

2. Big Question
How does Weir present death and mourning for those lost in war?
Global Conflicts

3. Literacy Task
In late 1914, the fields of northern France and Flanders were ripped open as world war one raged through Europes heart. Once the conflict was over, the popy was one of the only plants to grow on the other wise baren batlefields.
Source: BBC website

4. Literacy Task
In late 1914, the fields of northern France and Flanders were ripped open as World War One raged through Europe’s heart. Once the conflict was over, the poppy was one of the only plants to grow on the otherwise barren battlefields.
Source: BBC website

7. Mother
Strength
Ambiguity
Armistice
Vulnerability
Tension
Fear
Uncertainty
Peace
Conflict
Concern
Memory

8. Big Question
How does Weir present death and mourning for those lost in war?

9. Big Question
How does Weir present death and mourning for those lost in war?
Enjambment
Adjective
Verb
Metaphor
Weir opens the poem with a sombre description of poppies placed ‘on individual war graves’ in the days leading up to Armistice Sunday. The striking image of ‘spasms of paper red’ reflects…