Je parle une langue seulement...
Anyone can see that. How many languages do you speak? How difficult is it to remember the old ones?
Search for My Tongue - Sujata Bhatt
Leading questions:
What language is it written in?
How is humour used in this poem?
What voice is the poet using? (Does this poem come from experience?)
A reading of the poem...
Okay... to make your lives better this time, I have decided to give you a video to watch ...
ATL: Critical Thinking Skills: Gather and organise relevant information to formulate an argument.
So analysis is about asking questions, as we saw in the previous poem. And we ask questions to gather information. A big trap for many students is thinking that the gathering of information is the whole task. They do a type of literary wordsearch - they find the similes, the metaphors, the assonance... and then sit back all proud of themselves. They forget the second, most important task- to use this information to formulate and argument. Keep this in mind, especially when you are comparing the online review below with Carol Rumen's article.
How To Analyse
Remember we are learning about the poem but also learning about the process. The two must go hand in hand. The pdf here gives another teacher's approach.. how does it compare to ours?
Link here if above not working
Online Review
Not exactly Carol Rumens, but how does this work for you. Consider how this might score on an MYP rubric.
Supporting Documents
One of the many, many, many analysis videos on you tube..
Writing - Practise Essay
Practice Essay #2
These essays are essential as by DP you should be comfortable writing an essay for an hour.
The essay to the left is similar to one you might have to write.