Year 11 Weekly Homework: Power and Conflict Poetry Cluster Week 1 & 2: 27/01 10/03 Poems linked to war and conflict: Bayonet Charge War Photographer Focus: The Poems of War/Conflict Charge of the Light Brigade Create an essay card for FIVE of these questions: 1. Compare the ways poets present ideas about the reality of war in and one other 2. Compare the ways poets present the effects of war on civilians in War Photographer and one other 3. Compare the ways poets present the long-term effects of war in and one other 4. Compare the ways poets present ideas about the suffering caused by war in and one other 5. Compare the ways poets present ideas about violence in and one other 6. Compare the ways poets present ideas about duty and heroic responsibility during times of war in and one other poem from the cluster. 7. Compare the ways poets present ideas about disillusionment in Bayonet Charge and in one other Extension: create cards on all seven questions.
Week 3: 13/03 17/03 Focus: The Poems on the Power of Nature Poems linked to the power of nature: Storm on the Island Ozymandias Tissue Create an essay card for THREE of these question: 1. Compare the ways poets present ideas about the power of the natural world in Storm on the Island and one other 2. Compare the poet s feelings towards a place in and one other 3. Compare the ways poets present ideas about fear created by the natural world in and one other 4. Compare the ways poets present human power as impermanent in Ozymandias and one other 5. Compare the ways poets present ideas about the relationship between people and the natural world in Storm on the Island and one other poem from the cluster. 6. Compare the ways poets present human power as ultimately weak in Ozymandias and one other Extension: create cards on all six questions.
Week 4 & 5: 20/03 31/03 Experience Focus: The Poems of Human Power, Identity & Poems linked to human power, identity and experience: My Last Duchess Checking out me History Tissue Ozymandias The Charge of the Light Brigade Create an essay card for FIVE of these question: 1. Compare the ways poets present powerful people in Ozymandias and one other 2. Compare the ways poets present memory/individual experience as a powerful force in and one other 3. Compare the ways poets present abuses of power in Checking Out Me History and one other 4. Compare the ways poets present ideas about pride/arrogance in My Last Duchess and one other. 5. Compare the ways poets present national identity as a source of pride or conflict in Checking Out Me History and one other 6. Compare the ways poets present ideas about the power of family identity in and one other 7. Compare the ways poets present ideas about the power of personal identity in Checking Out Me History and one other poem from the cluster. Extension: create cards on all seven questions.
Week 6 & 7: 03/04 14/04 Focus: The Poems of Negative Feelings. Poems linked to negative feelings: Bayonet Charge Checking out me History Storm on the Island War Photographer Create an essay card for FIVE of these question: 1. Compare the ways poets present fear in Bayonet Charge and one other 2. Compares the poet s feelings about loss in and one other poem from the cluster. 3. People without power often feel hopeless. Starting with this statement, compare how the poets present a loss of hope in and one other 4. Conflict may sometimes result in people feeling guilty. Compare the ways poets present ideas about guilt/regret in War Photographer and one other 5. Compare the ways poets present ideas about anger towards authority in Checking Out Me History and one other 6. Those who lack power often feel angry towards those who have it. Write about the theme of anger in Checking Out Me History and one other Extension: create cards on all six questions.
Use the following template to create your essay card: Focus: The Poems of War and Conflict 1. Compare the ways poets present the effects of war on civilians in War Photographer and one other Key ideas/attitudes: Key language features and quotes to analyse: Key structure and form features: Killer context points: Key terms: All linking poems: