Hello, everyone.

It's lovely to see you today for this comparison lesson on ideas of place in Eliot's "In a London" drawing room and Seneviratne's "A Wider View." My name's Dr.

Clayton, and I'm going to be guiding you through a learning journey today.

Now, you'll need a copy of the AQA "Worlds and Lives" anthology for this lesson, so make sure you have that with you.

So if you're ready, grab your pen, laptop, whatever you're using for this lesson, and let's get started.

So by the end of the lesson, you'll be able to explain the similarities and differences in how Eliot and Seneviratne present ideas of place and identity.

So we have four words today we're going to focus on as our keywords.

They've been identified in bold throughout the learning material, and I'll try to point them out to you as well, so you can see them being used in context.

So our first keyword is subtle, and this means not very obvious or easy to notice, but important.

For this lesson, we're going to be talking about the subtle differences between how two poets present ideas about place.

Our second keyword is nuance, and that means a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, or response.

Our third keyword is overarching, and that means encompassing or linking all that's within its scope or range.

So when we talk about an overarching argument about a poem, we mean what is your argument about the poem as a whole.

Our final keyword is oppression, and that means prolonged, cruel, or unjust treatment.

So I'll just give you a moment to write down those keywords and their definitions.

So pause the video and write them down now.

Fantastic, let's get started with the lesson.

So we have two learning cycles in our lesson today.

For our first learning cycle, we're going to think about how the two poets present ideas of industrialization.

Now, this is the process of the economic shift from a rural focus to a focus on manufacturing and factories.

We're going to compare how the poets present the impact of the shift.

For our second learning cycle, we're going to consider how the poets present the connections between people and how we can interpret the way that place affects our relationships with other people.

Now, we're going to start by considering ideas of how industrialization has affected nature in the poem.

So when you're comparing two texts, you want to consider the similarities, but also the subtle differences between them.

Now, subtle is one of our keywords, and it means not very obvious or easy to notice, but it is important.

So subtle difference is one you might have to look carefully to notice, but it is important in determining the difference in the poet's perspective.

Now, both Eliot's "In a London Drawing Room" and Seneviratne's "A Wider View" consider the effects of industrialization.

And as we said earlier, industrialization is the process of an economic shift from a focus on farming to a focus on manufacturing and factories.

So here are two quotations from the poems with two accompanying images.

We're going to start with the similarities.

So what is the same in both of the images? And what do both quotations refer to? And how might we connect this, the ideas of industrialization and the impact it's had on nature? Now, if you're working through this with someone else, you might talk through ideas with them.

If you're going through this by yourself, you might just think about your ideas.

So pause the video and think about the similarities between the images and how they present the impact of industrialization.

Amazing work, everyone.

They might have zoomed in on the reference to smoke in both the quotations and in the images.

I thought that both images create a sense of pollution in the skies as a result of industrialization, as well as an obscurity.

So if you look at the images, you might notice that people can't see the sky through the smoke, and therefore it might relate metaphorically to ideas of freedom, because we associate the open expanse of sky with freedom.

So it could perhaps suggest that industrialization leaves people feeling trapped and unable to see a way out.

So now that we've thought about the similarities, let's think about the subtle differences.

So the small differences that are perhaps not as obvious at first glance.

So, I'd like you to look at the images and the quotations again, and think about what the subtle differences are, and what might the effect of that be.

How might it add to ideas about how the poets perceived the process of industrialization? So pause the video and think about what the subtle differences are.

Excellent work, everyone.

You might have noticed that Eliot specifies the smoke is yellow In a London Drawing Room, and her use of the colour yellow specifically creates a sense of an unnatural phenomenon, and also alludes to sickness.

So perhaps she's implying that industrialization is unnatural and it causes harm to nature.

Now for a quick check for understanding.

So, is it true or false that both poems present the damage done to the environment through farming policies? So pause the video and make your selection now.

Correct answer is false.

Now, I'd like you to justify that answer.

So, is it A, that the allusion to the colour yellow in both poems connotes sickness, and implies the damage done to the natural world? Or is it B, that the allusion to smoke filling the sky in both poems depicts the impact of pollution, and implies damage to the natural world? So pause the video and make your selection now.

Now, only Eliot's poem refers to yellow, while both poems refer to smoke.

So the correct answer is B, the allusion to smoke filling the sky in both poems depicts the impact of pollution, and implies damage to the natural world.

So very well done if you got that right.

So now we're going to extend our consideration of how both poets present the impact of industrialization, by looking at the impact it has on society and the people in both poems, as well as the obscurity and harm to nature.

Both poems arguably present industrialization as oppressive.

Now oppressive is one of our key words, and it means unjust or harsh.

So both poems arguably present industrialization as causing unjust and harsh government of people.

So, I'd like you to read through the poems again, and see what evidence you can find in the poems of industrialization creating an oppressive system.

Now think about why you picked those images.

Now again, if you're working with someone else, you might talk about those ideas together.

If you're working by yourself, you might just think about your ideas.

So, pause the video, look through the poems, and see which words create a sense of oppression.

Amazing work, everyone.

Let's see what one of our Oak pupils said.

So Sophia picked, "One huge prison house, "and men are punished, "from Eliot's In a London Drawing Room, "and searched limits and dust, "from Seneviratne's A Wider View." And she said she picked these images because they all suggest a sense of imprisonment or physical harm as a result of industrialization.

Now we're going to look at the quotations that Sophia picked in more detail, and think about how we can analyse them to specifically show an oppressive environment.

So, just a reminder, the quotations are, "One huge prison house," and "Men are punished," from Eliot's "In a London Drawing Room," and "Searched" and "Limits" and "Dust," from Seneviratne's "A Wider View." And I'd like you to look at them, think about what the similarities are in terms of how they present ideas of oppression, but also what the subtle differences are.

So, pause the video and analyse the quotations now.

Amazing work there, everyone.

Now, let's go through the quotations together.

So, we'll start with, "One huge prison house," "searched" and "limits." So, you might have said that both create a sense of imprisonment and a lack of freedom, because you're incarcerated in prison, and the idea of limits suggests you're being constrained by boundaries in some way.

In terms of subtle differences, you might suggest that Eliot's image of a prison house is more punitive, so prisons specifically suggest the idea of being punished for something.

Whilst Seneviratne's image of searching suggests the speaker's looking for a way out, and limits implies boundaries, not specifically linked to ideas of punishment.

Now, let's think about "Men are punished" and "Dust." You might have said that both create a sense of being negatively impacted by industrialization.

So, the idea of being punished is a negative experience, and the idea of dust suggests discomfort.

In terms of subtle differences, Eliot's image of men being punished creates a sense of lack of justice, whilst Seneviratne's image has connotations of discomfort, rather than injustice.

Now, for a quick check for understanding.

So, which Oak Pupil's interpretation of the quotation, "One huge prison house," is more effective? So, Luca said, "The illusion to imprisonment "implies that anarchy and lawlessness "are rife in industrial urban spaces." While Alex said, "The illusion to imprisonment "implies that industrialization "strips away people's freedom." So, pause the video and think about which one of those is more effective.

Now, we could potentially interpret the idea of a prison as suggesting anarchy, but that doesn't fit with the pessimistic and oppressive tone of "In a London Drawing Room." So, Alex's interpretation, "The illusion to imprisonment implies industrialization "strips away people's freedom," is more effective in terms of the context of the poem.

So, very well done if you got that right.

Now, as well as interpreting the similarities and differences between poems, we also need to build a right about those similarities and differences.

So, for our first task of the lesson, we're going to think about what makes an effective comparative introduction.

So, I'd like you to read the three introductions to the question.

Compare how Eliot and Seneviratne present ideas of industrialization in "In a London Drawing Room" and "A Wider View." Now, I'd like you to ramp those introductions from most to least effective and explain your reasoning.

Now, remember a comparative introduction should: start with a sentence about both poems and poets, which explores the overarching similarity.

Now, overarching is one of our key words and means linking everything within its scope.

So, linking all your ideas about the poem together.

Then, narrow down on the similarities in both poems in relation to big ideas.

Finally, propose a nuanced difference between the poems within its overall similarity.

So, a subtle difference or distinction between how the poems respond to the concept of industrialization.

So, let's read through the introductions now.

So, introduction one.

George Eliot was a Victorian writer who was writing under a pseudonym to disguise her female identity in order to ensure her writing wasn't considered inconsequential.

Seni Seneviratne is also a female writer, but she has chosen to not hide behind a pseudonym.

So, it makes it interesting to compare what their poems are saying about society from a female lens.

Introduction two.

Industrialization is the period of economic change that transforms a society from a farming society into an industrial society.

This means a societal shift from rural to urban living.

Furthermore, industrialization is associated with pollution since manufacturing industries rely heavily on fossil fuels.

Both Eliot and Seneviratne consider the effects of industrialization in their poems and explore how it affected people's lives, but also how it affected the environment.

And finally, introduction three.

Both poets present the harmful effects of industrialization.

In Eliot's poem, the speaker despondently observes the damage that industrialization is doing to the environment, as well as the punitive measure inflicted on society through industrial living.

In Seneviratne's poem, the speaker accounts the limitations and physical discomfort that industrialization has caused the speaker's great-great-grandfather.

Whilst both poems convey a sense of grief at the effects of industrialization, the overall tone differs.

Eliot's speaker seems despairing, whilst Seneviratne hints at optimism through the connection to the future at the end of the poem.

So, pause the video and rank the introductions and how effective they were.

Amazing work, everyone.

It was great to see people reminding themselves of the success criteria to assess the effectiveness of the introductions.

And you might have ranked them, as introduction three is the most effective and introduction one is the least effective.

So let's talk through why.

So introduction three, it focuses on the big ideas.

So it talks about the perceived effect of industrialization on both nature and society.

It also gives equal weight to both poems. So both poems are given roughly the same amount of consideration.

It uses comparative and correlative conjunctions to ensure comparisons are being made.

Now, introduction two sits within the middle of introduction three and one.

It starts by providing a lengthy and unnecessary definition of industrialization.

You should assume your reader understands the parameters of the question, so you don't have to define it to them.

However, it does begin to examine the similarities in the final sentence and talk about the effects of industrialization in both poems. Now, introduction one is the least effective, so it doesn't maintain focus on big ideas.

It gives irrelevant biographical details, and it doesn't focus on the question, so it doesn't mention industrialization in its answer.

So when you're writing a comparison, you need to explore the overarching similarities, focus on the big ideas within those similarities, and then consider the subtle differences in how the poets respond to the concept in the question.

Fantastic work so far, everyone.

We're now into our second learning cycle, where we're going to think about what Eliot and Seneviratne say about the connections between people.

So we talked in the first learning cycle about how both poets present the impact of industrialization.

We focus specifically on ideas of how industrialization damaged nature and how it caused physical discomfort and oppression to the people.

In this learning cycle, we're going to consider how both poets present connections between people and how those relationships are connected to ideas of place and how place affects those relationships.

So what I'd like you to do first is return to the poems and look at where you can see relationships between people in them.

Then I'd like you to discuss which image best represents which poem and find a quotation to support your ideas.

So on the left, you have an image of two people with a line separating them.

And on the right, you have an image of two people with a curve connecting them.

Now as ever, if you're working with someone else, you might talk about your ideas with them.

If you're working through this by yourself, you might just think about your ideas.

So pause the video and think about which image best represents which poem.

Fantastic work, everyone.

Now, you might have read back through "In a London Drawing Room" and noticed that none of the people in the poem interact with each other.

They're all just rushing from one place to another and no one pauses to talk or look to anyone else.

So we could represent "In a London Drawing Room" with the image on the left because it shows a sense of separation between people through the line drawn between them.

You might have chosen the quotation, "Cabs, carriages, all closed," in order to represent that idea of being closed off to anyone else.

Now, you might then have read back through "A Wider View" and considered the connections that are made between the speaker and her great-great-grandfather in the poem and thought that the image on the right best represents this idea of a generational connection.

Seneviratne specifically talks about a curve between the generations where the past impacts the present.

We see time collapsing so the speaker and her great-great-grandfather can meet.

So now we're going to think about what the implications are of how Eliot and Seneviratne represent the connections between people.

So pause the video and think about what the wider implications are beyond the people in the poem.

What are they saying about society? Amazing work, everyone.

Now, you might have focused on this barrier that Eliot seemingly creates by using the word "closed." A thought about the sense of physical and emotional disconnection it creates.

As we said, no one in the poem interacts with each other and even the speaker is physically separated from the people below.

So a strong sense of isolation, alienation that runs through the poem.

In contrast, Seneviratne evokes a sense of connection and bond between people through her use of the word "curve." As we said, it implies the generational link between the speaker and her great-great-grandfather which suggests a link between the heritage, their identity, and a sense of place.

Now I have two more images for you and I'd like you to focus on this idea of place and think about what Eliot and Seneviratne are suggesting about this concept.

So on the left, we have three people and the quotation "multiplied identity." What do you think that might represent? You might consider the fact we don't hear anyone's name or anything about anyone, specifically in "In a London Drawing Room" as well.

On the right, we have the image of two people and the quotation "echo," with lines connecting them that are starting on the left and become smaller and dimmer as they reach the figure on the right.

So pause the video and think about what Eliot and Seneviratne are saying about place and identity.

Amazing work, everyone.

Now, you might have considered the idea of multiplied identity.

A thought about how it suggests a loss of individuality.

The people in London drawing room have no personal identities or characteristics.

They're all just nameless, faceless figures running around doing their jobs.

They're all just clones of each other, they're all multiples of each other.

So you might think that Eliot is connected to this idea of a loss of individuality with industrialization and a capitalist working mindset.

In contrast, the idea of an echo running from the great-great-grandfather to the speaker in "A Wider View" suggests there are faint echoes of past individuals that can be found in places.

And these echoes reach the speaker and by extension, people in the present.

It implies that a sense of place influences our identity and it connects us to the past.

Now for a quick check for understanding.

What I'd like you to do is connect the poem to the interpretation.

So our poems are "In a London Drawing Room" and "A Wider View." There are four statements of ideas we've discussed in this learning cycle.

So, which poem implies a sense of physical and emotional disconnection between people? Which poem suggests a sense of generational connection between people? Which poem depicts the influence of previous generations as an echo on the present? And which poem creates the idea of a loss of individuality? So pause the video and select your answers now.

The correct answers are the "In a London Drawing Room" implies a sense of physical and emotional disconnection between people and creates the idea of a loss of individuality while "A Wider View" suggests a sense of generational connection between people and depicts the influence of previous generations as an echo on the present.

So very well done if you got those right.

Fantastic work, everyone.

We're now going to bring everything together and use that knowledge to write a comparative introduction to answer the question.

Compare how Eliot and Seneviratne present ideas of human connection in "In a London Drawing Room" and "A Wider View." So think about how we represented these connections through ideas of separation and multiplied identities in "In a London Drawing Room" and through this idea of connection echoes from the past in "A Wider View." Now, when you're writing your answer, remember the comparative introductions we looked at in the first learning cycle.

And remember, a comparative introduction should: start with a sentence about both poems and explore the overarching similarities between them.

Then, narrow down on those similarities in both poems in relation to big ideas.

And finally, propose a nuanced difference between the poems within the overall similarity.

So pause the video and write your comparative introduction now.

Amazing work, everyone.

Now, we're going to read through Sophia's comparative introduction.

And when we're done, I'd like you to think about which sentence you think she should rewrite and why she should rewrite that one.

So, Sophia wrote, "Both Eliot and Seneviratne comment "on the effect of a sense of place in circumstances "have on human connections.

"However, Eliot refers to the connection "between people as closed, "whilst Seneviratne imagines it as a curve.

"Whilst both poems expose the importance "of place and identity, the overall tone differs.

"Eliot foregrounds a sense of disconnection "and loss of individuality, "whilst Seneviratne hints at generational connection "between people that's facilitated "by shared sense of place." So, pause the video and think about which sentence doesn't belong in a comparative introduction.

Fantastic work, everyone.

Now, let's talk through what Sophia has done in her introduction.

So, in her first sentence, she tells us that both Eliot and Seneviratne comment on the effect of a sense of place and how that impacts human connections.

So, she's given us an overarching similarity by saying that both poems are talking about the connection between place and human relationships.

In her second sentence, Sophia is offering quotations from both poems. And then in her final sentence, she's offering a nuanced difference by saying that Eliot foregrounds a sense of a loss of individuality, whilst Seneviratne shows a generation connection between people.

So, you might have picked out the second sentence and noticed that by saying that Eliot refers to connections closed and Seneviratne refers to it as a curve, Sophia was just using quotations, rather than explain the overarching ideas within the poems. So, she told us Eliot refers to connection between people as closed, and that Seneviratne refers to it as a curve, but she hasn't told us what that means.

What does it tell us about people and their connections? So, we might rewrite Sophia's answer to this.

Both Eliot and Seneviratne comment on the effect a sense of place and circumstances have on human connections.

However, Eliot depicts a physical barrier between people, whilst Seneviratne illustrates a bond between people.

Whilst both poems expose the importance of place and identity, the overall tone differs.

Eliot foregrounds a sense of disconnection and a loss of individuality, whilst Seneviratne hints at a generative connection between people that's facilitated by a shared sense of place.

So, now Sophia is considering the big ideas, rather than just giving us quotations from the poems, not explaining their meaning.

Our introduction is there to explain the big ideas to the reader, and then the rest of our answer, we need to analyse the language and structure in order to evidence and explain our ideas.

So, what I'd like to do now, is read back through your introduction, and check that it's focused on comparing the overarching ideas.

So, pause the video and read back through your introduction now.

Fantastic work, everyone.

Always remember that what we write down first is a first draught, and no one gets it absolutely right on the first go.

So, you should always go back and read over your work and see where you can make corrections and improvements.

You all did amazingly well today, everyone.

Here's a summary of what we covered.

Both Eliot and Seneviratne present the negative impact of industrialization on the environment and people.

Arguably, Seneviratne's poem is more optimistic, since it shows us the future of the city and its people.

Both Eliot and Seneviratne show the impact of place on human connections.

Eliot depicts the connections between people through a sense of disconnection and a loss of individuality.

Seneviratne depicts the bond between people through the impact ancestors have on their descendants.

I really hope you enjoyed the lesson, everyone.

You've come away with a better understanding of how we can compare ideas of industrialization and human connections.

I hope to see you for another lesson soon.

Goodbye.