1. World War I poem Futility By Wilfred Owen

2. Make predictions The title ‘Futility’ means? Connections to war might be?

3. Key Vocabulary Make sure you know the meaning of each word. Add new ones to your glossary. a.fatuousfatuous b.sonnetsonnet c.imperative d.personification e.repetition f.rhyme g.rhetorical question h.metaphor i.parallel constructionparallel construction j.antithesis k.caesura l.enjambement

4. Listen 1.Listen to the text. 2.Jot down THREE key words you remember. 3.State one key idea or message you understood. 4. Give your evidence/ reason.

5. Read the text Futility Move him into the sun— Gently its touch awoke him once, At home, whispering of fields unsown. Always it awoke him, even in France, Until this morning and this snow. If anything might rouse him now The kind old sun will know. Think how it wakes the seeds— Woke, once, the clays of a cold star. Are limbs so dear-achieved, are sides Full-nerved,- still warm,- too hard to stir? Was it for this the clay grew tall? - O what made fatuous sunbeams toil To break earth's sleep at all? 1.Make a link between the title and something in the poem.

6. Futility Move him into the sun— Gently its touch awoke him once, At home, whispering of fields unsown. Always it awoke him, even in France, Until this morning and this snow. If anything might rouse him now The kind old sun will know. Think how it wakes the seeds— Woke, once, the clays of a cold star. Are limbs so dear-achieved, are sides Full-nerved,- still warm,- too hard to stir? Was it for this the clay grew tall? - O what made fatuous sunbeams toil To break earth's sleep at all? By Wilfred Owen 2. Copy the poem. 3. Find an example of each of these 10 language features and label: a.imperative b.personification c.repetition d.rhyme e.rhetorical question f.metaphor g.parallel construction h.antithesis i.caesura j.enjambement

7. Futility Move him into the sun— Gently its touch awoke him once, At home, whispering of fields unsown. Always it awoke him, even in France, Until this morning and this snow. If anything might rouse him now The kind old sun will know. Think how it wakes the seeds— Woke, once, the clays of a cold star. Are limbs so dear-achieved, are sides Full-nerved,- still warm,- too hard to stir? Was it for this the clay grew tall? - O what made fatuous sunbeams toil To break earth's sleep at all? 4. It is a sonnet. sonnet. How does this poetic form influence the way it is written?

8. The Text Analysis Paragraph Feature of the text e.g. first person voice; flashback; irony… Idea Example Evaluate the Purpose and Effect The O’Meara Triangulation Method of Critical Analysis

9. Futility Move him into the sun— Gently its touch awoke him once, At home, whispering of fields unsown. Always it awoke him, even in France, Until this morning and this snow. If anything might rouse him now The kind old sun will know. Think how it wakes the seeds— Woke, once, the clays of a cold star. Are limbs so dear-achieved, are sides Full-nerved,- still warm,- too hard to stir? Was it for this the clay grew tall? - O what made fatuous sunbeams toil To break earth's sleep at all? Model Analysis Paragraph Idea expressed in poem through rhetorical questions. Quote example(s) of rhetorical questions. Explain and evaluate the purpose and effect of the use of rhetorical questions in this poem.

10. Model Analysis Paragraph Wilfred Owen’s intention in using a sequence of three rhetorical questions in the final 6 lines of his WWI sonnet ‘Futility’ is to challenge his readers to find any natural or rational justification for war. Having described the miracle of human life he asks why we would want to destroy it, especially young life, so completely: “Was it for this the clay grew tall?” and his final question wonders, almost bitterly, why we were given life since we have wasted it : “- O what made fatuous sunbeams toil/ To break earth's sleep at all?” The modern reader would agree with Owen but in 1918, when the poem was written, these sentiments would have been seen an unpatriotic. The power of the questions is that they demand an answer – but there is no rational answer that could be given. 137 words

11. Move him into the sun— Gently its touch awoke him once, At home, whispering of fields unsown. Always it awoke him, even in France, Until this morning and this snow. If anything might rouse him now The kind old sun will know. Think how it wakes the seeds— Woke, once, the clays of a cold star. Are limbs so dear-achieved, are sides Full-nerved,- still warm,- too hard to stir? Was it for this the clay grew tall? - O what made fatuous sunbeams toil To break earth's sleep at all? Analysis Paragraph Idea expressed in poem through personification. Quote example(s) of personification. Explain and evaluate the purpose and effect of the use of personification in this poem. Now you try…

12. Interpret the text in a new way. Futility Move him into the sun— Gently its touch awoke him once, At home, whispering of fields unsown. Always it awoke him, even in France, Until this morning and this snow. If anything might rouse him now The kind old sun will know. Think how it wakes the seeds— Woke, once, the clays of a cold star. Are limbs so dear-achieved, are sides Full-nerved,- still warm,- too hard to stir? Was it for this the clay grew tall? - O what made fatuous sunbeams toil To break earth's sleep at all? Without changing the words, how would you bring this poem into the modern world in a brochure formatbrochure format? First, decide on the purpose of the brochure. Then, brainstorm ideas for visual images and effects on the panels.