Exploring Walter de la Mare's poem 'Brueghel's Winter'

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In 'Myths and Legends Re-Told', pupils explore how they can alter traditional stories to convey modern ideas and morals. In 'Animal Farm: the Pigs and Power', pupils learn about Orwell's allegory and understand how he uses an apparently simple fairy story to convey a political message. 

In 'Step Into the Unknown', pupils look at the ways in which famous children's writers create convincing settings, particularly through descriptions of windows and doors. In 'Myths and Legends Re-Told', pupils take inspiration from the ways in which writers and poets use powerful imagery and symbolism, to inspire their own writing. 

In this unit, pupils read and explore a range of text types in connection to classical myths and legends. They first look at poetry before doing some descriptive writing inspired by poetry and paintings. They then explore Chaucer and modern retellings of myths to inspire their narrative writing.

Myths, legends and stories that inspire

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Pieter Bruegel’s painting 'The Hunters in the Snow'

Walter de la Mare’s poem 'Breughel’s Winter'

Williams Carlos Williams's poem 'The Hunters in the Snow'

Starting with the first, put the selected artworks from 'Myths, Legends and stories that inspire' in chronological order.

English 20th century poet; wrote 'Breughel’s Winter'

American poet; wrote two poems inspired by Bruegel

British-American 20th century poet; wrote 'Musée des Beaux Arts'

Match each artist, all important to 'Myths, Legends and stories that inspire', to something we know about them.

suggesting something bad is going to happen

Match these words, all important to 'Myths, Legends and stories that inspire', to their meaning.

de la Mare uses punctuation; Williams does not

de la Mare only writes about the hunters; Williams is inspired by everything

de la Mare calls the hunters "sturdy"; Williams calls them "dejected"

de la Mare uses enjambment throughout; Williams uses it occasionally

Both de la Mare and Williams wrote poems inspired by Bruegel's 'The Hunters in the Snow' ('Myths, Legends and stories that inspire'). What are some of their differences?

These adjectives are all taken from Walter de la Mare’s poem 'Bruegel’s Winter' ('Myths, Legends and stories that inspire'). Match each to the noun it describes.

Walter de la Mare's poem 'Bruegel’s Winter' ('Myths, Legends and stories that inspire') begins: "Jagg'd mountain peaks and skies {{ }}".

In the unit 'Myths, Legends and stories', we look at two paintings by Pieter Bruegel. What are their names?

In the unit 'Myths, Legends and stories that inspire', we look at a painting called 'The Hunters in the Snow' by Pieter Bruegel. What is in the background of this painting?

In the unit 'Myths, Legends and stories that inspire', we look at a painting called 'The Hunters in the Snow' by Pieter Bruegel. What is in the foreground of this painting?

It inspired Auden to write 'Musée des Beaux Arts'.

It is part of a series of five paintings depicting different times of the year.

It is an example of portraiture of different figures.

It is an example of a landscape painting.

In the unit 'Myths, Legends and stories that inspire', we look at a painting called 'The Hunters in the Snow' by Pieter Bruegel. What is true of this painting?

In 'Myths, Legends and stories that inspire', we look at a painting called 'The Hunters in the Snow'. What word most accurately describes how Bruegel depicts the hunters?

In 'Myths, Legends and stories that inspire', William Carlos Williams's poem inspired by 'The Hunters in the Snow' by Bruegel. What word does he use to describe the hunters?

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