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Quickdraw Analysis
Monday, 6 February 2017
Monday, 23 January 2017
The Manhunt, by Simon Armitage
Let’s take a closer look
Answer the following questions, providing quotes and analysis as necessary. Aim to use ALL of the following sentence openers:
•This suggests…
•This indicates that…
•It makes me feel that…
•The poet tries to convey to the reader the idea of…
•Therefore we understand that…
•This links to the speaker´s message that…
•The feeling is created by…
•This shows/proves/highlights….
Stanza 1
- What does the phrase ‘passionate nights and intimate days’ initially suggest the poem might be about?
- What other meanings could ‘passionate’ and ‘intimate’ bring, given the context of the rest of the poem?
Stanza 2
1. What does ‘only then would he let me trace’ imply?
2. What might the metaphor ‘the frozen river which ran through his face’ be describing?
3. What other meaning(s) could ‘frozen’ bring to the poem?
Stanza 3
1. Why does the narrator use the word ‘explore’ – what connotations does it bring?
2. The poem is broken up into two-line stanzas. Why do you think Armitage has used this technique?
3. What meaning(s) does the phrase ‘blown hinge’ add to the poem?
Stanzas 4-6
1. Up to now, the couplets have been rhymed; why do you think that Armitage doesn’t rhyme all of the couplets?
2. Is ‘porcelain’ a good word to describe his collar bone? Explain your answer fully.
3. What’s the effect of Armitage’s use of repetition of words and style in these stanzas?
Stanza 7
1. Armitage starts a new sentence in the poem here; why do you think he does so?
2. How does this stanza suggest that the narrator is trying to help her husband recover?
Stanza 8
1. What do you notice about the form of this stanza? Why might this be important?
Stanzas 9-10
1. Why does Armitage describe the bullet as a ‘foetus’?
Stanzas 11-12
1. What sorts of ‘scarring’ is the narrator talking about in these stanzas?
2. How effective is the metaphor of the ‘mine’ in his mind? What does the description of it as ‘sweating’ suggest about him? How does it bring an association of danger?
Stanza 13
1. What phrase suggests that the narrator is finding it hard to connect to the man?
2. ‘Then, and only then, did I come close’: close to what?
3. Look at the last words of each line of the couplet. What reasons can you think of for Armitage choosing these? Hint: think about the idea of things which are ‘missing’ or incomplete.
4. How effective and appropriate is the poem’s title? Explain your ideas fully.
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Thursday, 12 January 2017
Of Mice And Men: Chapter Three
Copy and paste the below passage into a Word document and insert an appropriate word or phrase from the box below into each of the spaces.
In
the world Of
Mice and Men describes, Candy’s dog represents the …………awaiting anyone
who has outlived his or her…….. Once a fine sheepdog, useful on the ranch, Candy’s mutt is now …………by
age.
Candy’s …………………….to
the
animal—his plea that Carlson let the dog live for no other reason than that
Candy raised it from a puppy—means nothing at all on the ranch. Although
Carlson promises to kill the dog painlessly, his …………..that the
old animal must die supports a cruel…………… that the………….. will dispose
of the……..
Candy
……………this
lesson,
for he fears that he himself is nearing an age when he will no longer be …………….at
the
ranch, and therefore no longer welcome.
Friday, 9 December 2016
Of Mice and Men: Character Review
Characters:
1) Slim
2) Curley
3) Curley´s wife
4) Crooks
5) George
6) Lennie
7) The
boss
For AT LEAST four characters, complete the following tasks on a PowerPoint document (one slide per character):
1) Find
a picture of your character
2) List
8 adjectives that best show this
person´s character
3) Find
3 quotes to show this
person´s character
4) Their
relationship with George
Thursday, 17 November 2016
X-Factor Writing Exam: Some Common Errors
Below are sentences with some of the common errors made in your recent X-Factor writing exam. Try to locate the mistake(s) in each sentence and then write them out correctly.
1.I was so excited about entering in the competition.
2.An
advise I would give you is to stay calm.
3.He transformed it into a song played by an acoustic guitar.
4.I had to do
an apology.
5.It
repeats the phrase, this emphasises the importance it has to the
singer
6.The
next couple of sentences describes
7.He also is saying that he is sorry
8.James Arthur have
chosen this song because…
9.He used to have a bad behaviour
10.He might feel identified with the lyrics
11.It
appears me that he is very unhappy
12.He meet him after 22 years
13.Everyone commit errors
14.The
judges were very kind with him
15.They
told to him that he was a great singer
16.His
father was in the backstage
17.It
seems related with the theme of his family problems
18.It
seems is about his past
19.In my opinion, I think that he sang this
song because
20.He was fed up with all
21.He is saying that he want his parents to forgive him
22.He could had chosen this song to sing because…
23.He use to say
that he wanted to be adopted
24.He referred to the fact that he want to don’t be judged
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