Hi there, Mr. Barnsley here.

Great to see you today.

Thank you for joining me as we continue to explore the poetry from the EdExcel Belonging anthology.

And today we're gonna be doing some comparison.

We're gonna be looking at "Sunday Dip" and "Mild the Mist Upon the Hill" and really thinking about how they explore ideas about childhood.

So you are gonna need a copy of the anthology at the ready, and once you've got that, then I think it's time for us to get started.

Let's go.

So let's take a look then at the outcome for today's lesson.

By the end of the lesson, you are gonna be able to compare how poets present ideas of childhood.

So some key words for us to look out for are nostalgia, romanticism, revere, idealised, and reflective.

Now I really want to focus on that word revere 'cause that might not be a word that you've looked at so far whilst looking at some of the other poetry in this cluster.

So let's focus on that.

It means to feel a really deep respect or admiration for someone or something.

All the other words you might have seen before, but I think it's really important you take a moment to pause the video and read through each of those definitions really carefully so you can recognise and understand those words when they appear in the lesson later.

So pause the video now, read through this slide carefully and then press play when you're ready to move on.

Okay, in today's lesson we are gonna be comparing two lessons from the anthology "Sunday Dip" and "Mild the Mist Upon the Hill." We're gonna start the lesson by really thinking what does it mean to compare? And then we're gonna move on to comparing those ideas of childhood.

So let's start by conceptualising this idea of comparison.

So comparison is a consideration or evaluation of the similarities or differences between two things or people.

So when we talk about comparing texts, we mean that we're finding the similarities and the differences in how the texts approach certain ideas or themes.

So why do you think we are looking for similarities and differences rather than just differences? Over to you for this one, if you want to talk with a partner through this question, then please do.

But if you're working independently, just think through some ideas to yourself.

So pause the video, have a think and press play when you have got some ideas.

Really interesting discussions there.

I heard lots of you saying that if we only look for differences, then we're not actually comparing those subtle kind of really more detailed threads of connection that join ideas or concepts together.

So in order to compare two poems, it may be useful to ask the following questions.

We might want to ask ourselves, what do we think the poets would say to one another if they were in the same room? We might want to think, do you think they would say the same thing about a certain theme or idea? Or how have the poets created subtle differences in meaning around a similar theme or idea? And why do you think the poets might have created these subtle differences? So over to you now for a discussion question.

Why do you think it's important to compare poems and writer's work? What does a comparison give us that two separate analysis, if we just looked at the poems individually would not? So over to you to think about why we do this.

Why compare the poetry, the work of poets? Alright, over to you.

Have a think, even pairs if you wish or independently if you are working by yourself.

Pause the video, have a think and press play when you've got some ideas.

Welcome back.

I heard some really great ideas there and I really want to shine a spotlight on something I heard a few of you saying.

So I've got this on the screen as represented by Sophia who said, "I think comparing text allows us a glimpse into the individuality of mankind.

We get a chance to see how people find different meanings within ideas and that helps us to grasp a little bit more understanding into the complexity of human nature.

Lots of you were talking about the fact that no two of these poems are exactly the same, even if they cover and talk about similar ideas or themes.

So it's really interesting to see how different people respond to the same idea.

It reminds us that we are all different and living alongside other humans, living harmoniously in society is complex because we are all different and have different thoughts and feelings about different things.

So by doing a poetry study, by doing a comparative study, we take the same idea and start to think about how different people respond to it.

Really great if you said something along those lines.

Alright, let's pause for a moment and check our understanding of how we're understanding the lesson so far.

So true or false, comparing poems centres on finding differences between the two poems. Is that true or is that false? Pause video, have a think.

And when you think you've got the right idea, press play.

Congratulations if you said false, let's justify that now.

Is it A, you should look for similarities in order to prove that your idea exists across different texts? Or is it B, you should look for subtle similarities within the differences.

Pause video, have a think and press play when you think you have the answer.

Welcome back and well done if you said B.

We know are gonna be differences between the poems because they're written by two different people, often at two different times.

Again, and these people have got their own opinions, so we know there's gonna be plenty of differences.

But actually the really sharp thing to do is find some of those subtle similarities between the texts.

Well done if you got that correct.

Okay, over to you then for our first task in today's lesson.

Today we're gonna be comparing ideas about childhood.

We're gonna have a discussion now, and I want you to think, why do you think ideas about childhood might be an important idea for us to analyse, and for us to understand.

Some things you may wish to consider as part of your discussion? How childhood experiences affect us as we get older and what ideas about childhood might say about society in general.

So this task would ideally be done as a discussion.

So if you've got a partner, fantastic, you know what to do.

But if you're working by yourself, you may wish to see if there's anyone else that you can have this discussion with, but if there isn't, you can just jot some ideas down.

You might even wish to think, jot some ideas as if there are two people and think about what two different people would be saying if they were having a conversation.

Alright, time for you to pause the video, give this task a go and press play when you are ready to continue.

Okay, welcome back some really great discussion there, it was fantastic to see, particularly those of you who were agreeing with or building on your partner's ideas.

But I really, really like it when I see people disagree but they challenge each other in really respectful ways, and that's always fantastic to see as part of a discussion.

So well done if that was you.

Alright, before we move on to the second part of today's lesson, I want us to take a moment to pause and reflect on the discussions that we've had.

We're gonna do that by comparing our ideas to those that you can see on screen, one of our eight pupils, Sophia.

And as we read through, I want you to think where do I agree with Sophia? Where do I disagree with Sophia? And are there any of Sophia's ideas that actually I hadn't thought of myself but I quite like and I might help them, I might use them to help me in the rest of today's lesson.

So Sophia said, "I think comparing ideas of childhood is important for understanding a society and culture.

Our childhood experiences often influence our whole lives and therefore how we conceptualise childhood really gives us a glimpse into what we value, and what we hope to grow in humanity.

Really nice ideas there.

Why don't you pause the video and compare that to the discussions that you were having.

Alright, pause the video, take a moment to reflect and then press play when you're ready to move on.

Alright, welcome back.

We've done some really great thinking about the idea of comparison and what it means.

Now let's get a little bit more focus, let's start thinking about comparing ideas of childhood.

So today we are going to be comparing two poems, John Claire's "Sunday Dip" and Emily Bronte's, "Mild the Mist Upon the Hill." And we're really gonna be thinking about how they present the idea of childhood.

Now before we do that, I think we should reread the poems. That seems like a really sensible thing to do.

So I'm gonna ask you to pause the video, make sure you've got your anthology to hand, and I would like you to read each poem once more.

Alright, over to you for some independent reading now.

Pause the video, do this and press play when you are ready to move on.

Welcome back some really great independent reading there, that was fantastic to see.

Alright, let's think about how we might summarise each poem then.

So if you've got a partner, you can do this together.

If you're working by yourself, you can just think through this question independently.

But how would you summarise each poem individually? Pause the video, have a think about that, and press play when you've got some ideas.

Great work there.

I heard lots of you saying that Claire's "Sunday Dip" was all about children playing in the water, whilst the speaker Bronte's "Mild the Mist Upon the Hill" is actually looking back a childhood memory with nostalgia.

So you've got kind of the present of children enjoying it, and then a speaker looking back at their childhood memories.

Well done if you said something similar.

So in order to compare how Bronte and Claire present childhood, we might begin by asking about the mood and the tone of the poems. So over to you for this one.

Do you think Bronte and Claire presents similar or different feelings about childhood? What do you think about that? Pause the video and either discuss in pairs or think through this independently and press play when you've got some ideas.

Welcome back.

I heard lots of you saying that Claire presents childhood as being something that's really exciting and joyful.

It's a really overwhelmingly positive poem.

Many of you spoke about Bronte's poem actually not being quite as joyful, it doesn't feel as joyful as Claire's.

However, there was still this idea that the childhood that the speaker looks back on was a happy one, a safe one, a secure one.

Well done if you've summarised the poems, the similarities and the differences in a similar way.

Alright, so now we're gonna dive a little bit deeper into our comparison, and we're gonna start with the language.

So I want you to think about, I've selected some pairs of language from both of the poems, and I want you to think about what the similarities are with those pairs that I put together, but also what the differences are.

So let's look at the first one.

The first pair are merry and dreamy.

The second are breathe and dance.

And the third are slightly longer phrases beneath the willow trees from "Sunday Dip" and Sheltering Roof from "Mild the Mist upon the Hill." Alright, over to you.

I think you can do this as a discussion activity if you've got a partner or if you're working independently, you can just think to yourself what are the similarities and differences between the language we can see in these two poems? Alright, pause the video, give this a go and press play when you're ready to continue.

So really, really nice discussions there, and I really liked how yes, we were talking about differences because we know we've got two different poems, but that connectivity between them by focusing on the similarities shows that whilst people are very, very different, often these big ideas like childhood really show how linked we are as a society and as individuals.

So let's start by looking at merry and dreamy.

I heard lots of you saying that both of these had connotations of happiness and joy.

But dreamy felt very reflective whereas merry just felt like pure joy, pure happiness.

And when it came to breathe and dance, both of these had connotations of being alive, moving, being in the present.

But again, dance felt very energetic, whereas breathe feels less energetic, more almost meditative, more reflective.

And then beneath the willow trees and the sheltering roof, they both suggest this sense of protection, this sense of safety.

But the boys in Claire's "Sunday Dip" are being protected by trees, they're being protected by nature.

Whereas the roof of Bronte's father, he's the building and the people offer protection in Bronte's poem.

So well done if you said anything similar and of course you might have found slightly different similarities or slightly different differences, and that's absolutely fine as well if that's the case.

Alright, then let's think about then, let's try and take all of that discussion we've had and try and summarise, try and put all of our ideas together, synthesise our ideas so we can kind of have a clear summary.

How would you summarise the similarities and differences between the language of Claire's "Sunday Dip" and Bronte's "Mild the Mist Upon the Hill." Over to you for this one, pause the video, have a think in pairs or individually and press play when you think you've got some ideas.

Welcome back, great work there.

I heard lots of you saying that the language of both poems suggests safety and happiness within childhood.

Although I did hear you talking about the sense of excitement in Claire's poem, which felt like it was in contrast to the reflective nature of Bronte's.

And we also talked about whilst both speakers, or kind of the subjects of each poem do have this sense of protection, it's nature that's protecting the boys in "Sunday Dip", whereas the speaker's father is protected in Bronte's poem.

Alright, let's do a check then to see how we're getting on.

We're gonna match the connotation with the poem.

So down the left hand side you've got three connotations, three inferences we could make about the poem.

And on the right hand side you've got "Sunday Dip," "Mild the Mist Upon the Hill" and you've actually got a sentence which says, actually this is a similarity between both poems. So I want you to pause the video and I want you to make those connections.

Connect the left hand side to the right hand side.

When you think you've got the answer, you can press play.

Alright, welcome back.

Let's see how you did.

Did you spot that both Claire's "Sunday Dip" and Bronte's "Mild the Mist Upon the Hill" create a sense of protection and safety? Well done if you did.

Did you notice that Claire's "Sunday Dip" depicts a sense of excitement and energy, and did you spot that Bronte's "Mild the Mist Upon the Hill" evokes a sense of reflection.

I really hope you did.

Fantastic job if you've got all of them right.

Now, I want us to consider the structure of the poems. So to compare the structure of poem, you might ask the following questions, do the poems have the same number of stances? Do the poems both use structural devices such as enjambment and caesuras? Do the poems have a regular or an irregular structure? I want you now to answer the above questions about "Sunday Dip" and "Mild the Mist Upon the Hill".

Alright, pause the video and work through these questions for both poems and see if you can start to spot some of the similarities and some of the differences.

Over to you.

Pause the video, give it a go and press play when you're done.

Great work there.

It was great to see you all looking your poems really forensically like detectives trying to find evidence.

Let's now compare what you found with what one of our eight pupils Izzy found, and you can see whether you were on the same lines.

So do the poems have the same number of stanzas? Well, no, Claire's, "Sunday Dip" has one singular stanza, while Bronte's "Mild the Mist Upon the Hill" has four stanzas.

Do the poems both use structural devices such as enjambment or caesuras? And yes, well done if you spotted both poets use enjambment but neither of the poets really use caesuras.

And do the poems have a regular or regular structure.

And you noticed that it was a regularity in both of the poems there.

Well done if you spotted the same things as Izzy.

That's great.

So I really want to consider now the implications of what we found.

So we might represent enjambment and regularity like this.

So regularity is a regular rhyme scheme and enjambment is where the lines kind of flow on to the next one.

Why do you think both Claire and Bronte would choose to use regularity and enjambment in their poem? What do you think they're saying about childhood through their use of these structural techniques? Why don't you pause the video, have a think and press play when you've got some ideas.

Welcome back, I heard some great things, some things that you might have said, is this continual sense of joy, it doesn't end.

It really reflects the continual impact of childhood, just because you age doesn't mean that your childhood is forgotten about it, it continues to have an impact on your life.

But it also can show this real peaceful, the sense of peace, this sense of contentment and happiness of childhood, it just feels, it flows nicely.

It's really kind of predictable and that's really reassuring and makes us feel safe.

Now, we might represent the organisation of the poets like poems like this.

If you look at that image on the left, you can see that it represents that one stanza of "Sunday Dip" whereas the one on the right represents the four stanzas of Bronte's poem.

What is the effect then of Claire choosing that single stanza in comparison to Bronte choosing the four separate stanzas? Why might they have made those different choices? Again, over to you to pause the video, have a think and press play when you've got some ideas.

Some really interesting ideas there.

And I heard some of you saying things like this, that perhaps Claire's choice reflects the excitement and energy of the boys.

The fact that it all tumbles from one line to the next shows this real sense of excitement whereas the breaks in between the stanzas in Bronte's poem shows these pauses, which again adds to this really reflective tone that the speaker is looking back, is reminiscing, is feeling nostalgic.

And these are like moments of pause and reflection as she remembers her childhood.

So let's check then.

Which of the following statements are true? Is it a, that the use of caesuras in both poems arguably ask the reader to pause and reflect on their childhood? Is it b, the use of regularity in both poems could reflect a sense of continual joy? Or is it c? The use of separate stanzas in both poems could reflect the distinction between childhood and adulthood.

Which seems like the most logical inference we could make when making a comparison here.

Over to you.

Pause the video, pick a response and press play when you're ready for the answer.

Really great work if you said b there, we know there is regularity in the poems and this could reflect that continued sense of joy.

Finally, we're gonna consider the voice and the perspective of the poems. I want you to think, do the poems have the same speaker? Why might this be significant? Alright, pause the video, have a think and press play when you've got some ideas.

Really great work.

I wonder if you said something similar to what you're about to see on screen.

Izzy said Claire's "Sunday Dip" has an omniscient narrator, so someone almost watching the scene.

Whilst Bronte's "Mild the Mist Upon the Hill" has a first person narrator, the speaker is a character in what we are watching.

Claire's choice creates a more general outlook on childhood, whereas Bronte's creates a more reflective, a really personal view.

Wonder if you said any similar things while you were having that discussion? So do the poems have the same perspective then? Why might that be significant? So we know they've got slightly different voices, but do they have the same perspective? Why is that significant? Pause the video, have a think and press play when you've got some ideas.

Welcome back.

I heard lots of you saying some great things there, and loads of you were talking about how Claire's "Sunday Dip" is written in the present tense whilst the "Mild the Mist Upon the Hill" shows the speaker looking back in time.

So perhaps we could argue that Claire's choice shows that we should all be present in our childhood, we should make the most of it, we should let children make the most of their childhoods.

Whereas Bronte, because it's more reflective and it's looking back could highlight that childhood memories will stay with us forever.

They're just one interpretation, of course you might have a different interpretation and that's absolutely fine as well.

As long as they're logical, they're thought through clearly and they link to the text.

Alright, let's pause then for a check for understanding true or false.

Claire's "Sunday Dip" uses a different narrative voice to Bronte's "Mild the Mist Upon the Hill." Is that true or is that false? Pause video have a think and press play when you think you've got the right answer.

Great work if you said that was true, let's justify that now.

Is it a, that Claire's use of an omniscient narrator could suggest how we should try to maintain distance from our childhood memories? Or is it b, Claire's use of an omniscient narrator could suggest how all children deserve a chance to play and feel excitement.

Which feels like a logical justification? Is it a or b? Pause the video, have a think and press play when you want to note the answer.

Really well done if you said b there, of course that was the most logical response.

Right, now I want us to consider the context of both poems. Both Claire and Bronte are considered romantic poets.

Romanticism, and childhood, what do we need to know? Well need to remember that the romantics felt children were not small versions of adult.

They felt that childhood was a really distinct and important moment in life.

Childhood was all about innocence and joy.

And childhood should be about a connection to nature.

So which of these images do you think best reflects the romantic ideal of childhood? Is it a, b or c? Pause the video, have a think and press play when you think you've got the answer.

Great work if you said b, well done, that's children enjoying nature.

Over to you then for our final task in today's lesson, romanticism tended to revere to have a real appreciation of, to put on a pedestal childhood, they presented it in an idealised way.

What do you think Claire's "Sunday Dip" and Bronte's "Mild the Mist Upon the Hill" are trying to convey to the reader about how childhood should be seen in society.

I want you to write a short answer, maybe about a paragraph.

Some things that you may wish to consider as you write the connection between the language of safety in both poems. The sense of continuation created through the structure of both poems, and what the different perspectives of the poems might say about the importance of childhood.

Alright, over to you for this task.

Pause the video, give it a go and press play when you think you're done.

Really, really well done there.

It was great to see you writing with such confidence.

I'm super pleased to see those of you checking your spelling, punctuation, and grammar before you put your pen down.

Well done.

Alright, before we finish today's lesson, we are gonna have a moment of reflection and we are going to compare our work to that's of Izzy's, but also as we're reading Izzy's, we're gonna think about how we can improve Izzy's by making sure she has got, or she's spoken about perspective.

So Izzy writes, "Arguably both Claire and Bronte adhere to the romantic convention of revering and idolising childhood.

Both poets use language such as beneath and sheltering that implies children should feel safe during childhood.

Furthermore, the sense of continuation created through the structure of both poems could relate to how children should feel free to play and explore throughout their childhood." Pause video and have a think with a partner or individually.

How could you add to Izzy's response by talking about perspective? Pause video, have a think and press play when you think you've got an idea.

Welcome back.

Some great discussions there.

I wonder if you said something similar to this.

"Moreover, Claire's choice to focus solely on that moment of joy with no other mention of the boys' lives, implies that children should be allowed to have moments dedicated to pure play and fun.

In contrast, Bronte's decision to have the speaker reminisce about the childhood conveys how important and lasting childhood memories are." Well done if you said something similar.

That's it then, we've reached the end of today's lesson.

Fantastic work today.

On the screen you can see a summary of all the learning that we have covered.

We're gonna quickly go through that together before we move on to our next lesson.

So arguably both poets present a childhood in an idealised way.

Both poets use language to depict childhood as a place of safety and protection.

Arguably, Claire creates an excited, joyful tone, while Bronte creates a reflective, joyful tone.

The use of regularity and enjambment in both poems could reflect the continual joy of childhood.

Romantics revere childhood and presented it in an idealised way.

Alright, great work today.

Thank you so much for joining me.

I do hope to see you in one of our lessons again in the future.

Have a great day.

Bye bye.