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New
Year 11
AQA

Planning a response to an unseen poem by collecting and organising your thoughts

I can plan a response to an unseen poem by collecting and then organising my thoughts.

New
New
Year 11
AQA

Planning a response to an unseen poem by collecting and organising your thoughts

I can plan a response to an unseen poem by collecting and then organising my thoughts.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. To organise your thoughts chronologically, you might consider what happens at the beginning, middle and end of the poem.
  2. By organising your thoughts chronologically, you can consider the progression of ideas through the poem.
  3. To organise your thoughts thematically, you might consider where the distinctions are between your ideas.
  4. By organising your thoughts thematically, you might consider which ideas have more evidence than others.

Common misconception

That there is one correct way of organising your thoughts for a plan.

Creating a plan is designed to help you see what your argument is - there is no definitive way of how you should organise your thoughts.

Keywords

  • Chronologically - a way that follows the order in which a series of events happened.

  • Ambiguity - means unclear or able to be understood in multiple ways.

  • Organise - to do or arrange something according to a particular system.

  • Thematically - in a way that relates to the subjects or themes of something.

It might be useful for pupils to share their mind-map ideas so that they can see how people may have responded to the poem differently.
Teacher tip

Equipment

You will need a copy of Helen Dunmore’s ‘Next Door’ which is available in the additional materials.

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

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.
'A detailed proposal for doing or achieving something' is the definition of a ...
Correct Answer: plan
Q2.
'To do or arrange something according to a particular system' means to ...
Correct Answer: organise
Q3.
The technique where words that imitate the natural sound associated with their meaning is the definition of ...
enjambment.
Correct answer: onomatopoeia.
semantic field.
Q4.
Something that is unclear or able to be understood in multiple ways is something .
Correct Answer: ambiguous
Q5.
'The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect' is the definition of .
Correct Answer: juxtaposition, juxtaposed
Q6.
Which of the following words from Dunmore's 'Next Door' implies ambiguity?
"demolition"
Correct answer: "mirror"
"silence"

6 Questions

Q1.
Organising your thoughts in a way that follows how a series of events happened means organising them ...
Correct answer: chronologically.
thematically.
logically.
Q2.
Organising in a way that relates to the subjects or themes of something is called organising .
Correct Answer: thematically, by theme
Q3.
Which of the following is a summary of Dunmore's 'Next Door'?
Dunmore expresses the value in community support.
Correct answer: Dunmore explores how we might see our neighbours as a reflection of ourselves.
Dunmore explores the negative impact that arguments with neighbours can have.
Q4.
The speaker's description of the neighbour's garden as a "scab" in Dunmore's 'Next Door' could imply a sense of being ...
Correct answer: judgemental.
inclusive.
jealous.
Q5.
Ordering your thoughts allows you to see the progression of your ideas through the poem.
Correct Answer: chronologically, in chronological order
Q6.
Ordering your thoughts can help you see which subjects have the most prevalence in the poem.
Correct Answer: thematically, by theme

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