1. Unseen Poetry L.O. All: To understand poetic concepts. Most: To identify poetic features. Ideas or traditions GCSE exam: 15 poems 1 or 2 unseen

2. Draw a mind map in your books: write down everything you know about poetry.

3. What tools do poets use? Powerful verbs Images Sounds Structure Emotive language REPETITION Powerful adjectives Powerful adjectives Definitions

4. Sounds Rhyme Alliteration Onomatopoeia Splash! Bang! Miaow Rat, cat, spat Rupinder ran really fast

5. Examples Powerful verbs Images Similes/ Metaphors/ Personification Images Similes/ Metaphors/ Personification Sounds Onomatopoeia Rhyme Alliteration Sounds Onomatopoeia Rhyme Alliteration Structure Enjambment Stanzas Structure Enjambment Stanzas Emotive language REPETITION Powerful adjectives Powerful adjectives Definitions

6. Let’s read a poem We will read the poem twice. The first time, you should just listen. The second time, you should annotate any parts of the poem that stand out to you.

7. Rain splinters town. Lizard cars cruise by; Their radiators grin. Thin headlights stare – shop doorways keep their mouths shut. At the roadside Hunched houses cough. Newspapers shuffle by, hands in their pockets The gutter gargles A motorbike snarls; Dustbins flinch Streetlights bare Their yellow teeth. The motorway’s cat-black tongue lashes across the glistening black of the tarmac night. Pie Corbett City Jungle

8. Annotate Your Poem Label the poem according to the poet’s toolkit. Can you find an example of each ‘colour’? 10 minutes!

9. Rain splinters town. Lizard cars cruise by; Their radiators grin. Thin headlights stare – shop doorways keep their mouths shut. At the roadside Hunched houses cough. Newspapers shuffle by, hands in their pockets The gutter gargles A motorbike snarls; Dustbins flinch Streetlights bare Their yellow teeth. The motorway’s cat-black tongue lashes across the glistening black of the tarmac night. Pie Corbett City Jungle Personification Onomatopoeia Powerful Adjective

10. Language Analysis Discovering language features within a poem is only the first step. The real challenge lies in discussing the effect of the language feature.  Why has the poet chosen that exact word/language feature/line ending?

11. Example: Streetlights bare Their yellow teeth. The personification of ‘bare their … teeth’ suggests that the city is unfriendly. It makes the reader feel unsettled and unwelcome, showing that this city is a threatening place. The adjective ‘yellow’ suggests the ‘mouth’ of the streetlamps are unclean. This gives the impression that the city is old and grubby, and not very well looked after, showing the reader that it is not a pleasant environment to be in.

12. PEEL Paragraphs How does the poet use words to make the city seem alive? P: The poet makes the city seem alive by using… E: For example, he writes, ‘… E: This shows that… L: The simile/adjective ‘…’ makes the…

13. Write down 3 things that you have learnt about poetry today. Write down 1 question that you would like to ask about poetry next lesson.