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Year 9

Writing about John McCrae’s ‘In Flanders Fields’ as a call to arms

I can plan and write a detailed analytical response to answer the question ‘How does McCrae use ‘In Flanders Fields’ as a call to arms for the reader?’

New
New
Year 9

Writing about John McCrae’s ‘In Flanders Fields’ as a call to arms

I can plan and write a detailed analytical response to answer the question ‘How does McCrae use ‘In Flanders Fields’ as a call to arms for the reader?’

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. McCrae's use of language and structure creates a soothing, reassuring tone.
  2. Quotations should be selected carefully to match the point of the sentence.
  3. Tentative language should be used throughout.
  4. Concluding sentences should summarise the paragraph and link back to the question.

Common misconception

That you should always select quotes with the most linguistic features to talk about.

You should select the quote that best matches the point of the sentence.

Keywords

  • Obligation - An obligation is something you must do.

  • Resolute - To be resolute is to be determined in character, action, or ideas.

  • Evoke - To evoke is to make someone remember something or feel an emotion.

  • Symbolise - To symbolise is to represent something.

  • Poignant - Something poignant creates a sharp feeling of sadness.

You could either ask the students to write up a paragraph in this lesson or write up the whole answer either in the next lesson or as homework.
Teacher tip

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following might flowers be thought to symbolise?
Correct answer: Beauty
Freedom
Sleep
Correct answer: Fragility
Q2.
What does 'to reassure' someone mean?
Correct answer: To remove their doubts or fears
To make them more fearful
To make them feel proud
To make them anxious or worried
Q3.
Bird song might be thought to symbolise .
An ending
Correct answer: New beginnings
Death
War
Q4.
A refrain in a poem is .
A pause in a line of poetry.
Correct answer: A line repeated periodically through the poem.
The continuation of a sentence beyond the end of the line.
Q5.
'A result or effect, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.' is the definition of .
Correct answer: A consequence
A duty
An obligation
Q6.
What does euphony mean in poetry?
Harsh sounds
Happy sounds
Grating sounds
Correct answer: Pleasing sounds

6 Questions

Q1.
'To be determined in character, action, or ideas' means to be .
despairing
proud
patriotic
Correct answer: resolute
Q2.
The 'how' part of a question asks you to analyse .
Correct answer: The language, form and structure
The writer's intentions
The ideas around the central focus of the question
Q3.
Which of the following should a closing sentence do?
Correct answer: Use conclusive discourse markers
Use quotations
Introduce the focus of the paragraph
Correct answer: Summarise the ideas in the paragraph
Q4.
Which of the following sentences includes a tentative verb/adverb?
McCrae’s use of a refrain makes the reader think of the devastation of war.
McCrae's use of collective pronouns creates empathy for the dead soldiers.
Correct answer: Arguably, McCrae’s use of natural imagery offers a hopeful mood to the reader.
Q5.
What is he definition of an obligation?
Correct answer: Something you must do.
Something you want to do.
Something you don't want to do.
Something you've been told to do.
Q6.
Which of the following are reasons why you should use tentative writing in analytical essays?
Correct answer: Everyone may have a different interpretation of a word or technique.
To make your argument more persuasive.
To show the writer's intentions.
Correct answer: There are no right or wrong answers.