LO: understand and
use enjambment
and caesura; to
write creatively
about our own lives
Slide 1
Monday, February 20, 2023
Lesson Title: Enjambment and Caesura
Success Criteria
Understand what
enjambment and
caesura are.
Identify examples
of enjambment
and caesura.
Explain the effect.
Use enjambment
and caesura in
our own writing.
What skills do
you need to
succeed?
Entrance task: How
many words can
you make using the
letters in the lesson
title?
LO: understand and
use enjambment
and caesura; to
write creatively
about our own lives
Slide 2
Monday, February 20, 2023
Learning objectives
Success Criteria
Understand what
enjambment and
caesura are.
Identify examples
of enjambment
and caesura.
LO: understand and use enjambment and caesura; to write
start
middle
creatively about our own lives
Understand what enjambment and caesura are.
Identify examples of enjambment and caesura.
Explain the effect.
Use enjambment and caesura in our own writing.
Explain the effect.
Use enjambment
and caesura in
our own writing.
What skills do
you need to
succeed?
Red, amber
or green?
end
LO: understand and
use enjambment
and caesura; to
write creatively
about our own lives
Success Criteria
Understand what
enjambment and
caesura are.
Identify examples
of enjambment
and caesura.
Explain the effect.
Use enjambment
and caesura in
our own writing.
What skills do
you need to
succeed?
Slide 3
Monday, February 20, 2023
Starter - definitions
Enjambment – when you BREAK a
sentence between two lines in a poem.
When I talk he looks at me
Like I am amazing.
Copy
these
Caesura – a PAUSE in the middle of a line.
I didn’t cry, even though Tata forgot me too.
What might the effect of these be?
Now, as we read, try to note
down examples of both. (p.55-65)
LO: understand and
use enjambment
and caesura; to
write creatively
about our own lives
Slide 4
Monday, February 20, 2023
Learning objectives
Success Criteria
Understand what
enjambment and
caesura are.
Identify examples
of enjambment
and caesura.
LO: understand and use enjambment and caesura; to write
start
middle
creatively about our own lives
Understand what enjambment and caesura are.
Identify examples of enjambment and caesura.
Explain the effect.
Use enjambment and caesura in our own writing.
Explain the effect.
Use enjambment
and caesura in
our own writing.
What skills do
you need to
succeed?
Can you explain WHY
Crossan has used
enjambment and caesura in
the examples you chose?
Red, amber
or green?
end
LO: understand and
use enjambment
and caesura; to
write creatively
about our own lives
Success Criteria
Understand what
enjambment and
caesura are.
Identify examples
of enjambment
and caesura.
Explain the effect.
Use enjambment
and caesura in
our own writing.
What skills do
you need to
succeed?
Slide 5
Monday, February 20, 2023
Writing creatively…
I don’t have space for a TV. I don’t see
the need for a TV. People are often
amazed by this; for a TV seems to be
so central for so many people who
obviously prefer watching other
people’s lives than having their own.
TV is something I just don’t need.
This isn’t a poem…. But watch what happens
when I start to introduce some enjambment.
LO: understand and
use enjambment
and caesura; to
write creatively
about our own lives
Success Criteria
Understand what
enjambment and
caesura are.
Identify examples
of enjambment
and caesura.
Explain the effect.
Use enjambment
and caesura in
our own writing.
What skills do
you need to
succeed?
Slide 6
The enjambment has
also created patterns.
Monday, February 20, 2023
See where the
enjambment has created
mini-cliff hangers.
I don’t have space
for a TV. I don’t see the need
for a TV. People are often amazed by this;
for a TV seems to be so central
for so many
people who obviously prefer watching other people’s lives than
having their own. TV
The caesura helps emphasize the
is something
key words and ideas.
I just don’t need.
Now your turn – describe a family occasion; a funny
moment; an argument; something unusual about you or
your family. Just write it normally first, THEN see
where you can use enjambment to make it more intriguing
and poetic.
LO: understand and
use enjambment
and caesura; to
write creatively
about our own lives
Slide 7
Monday, February 20, 2023
Plenary
Success Criteria
Understand what
enjambment and
caesura are.
Identify examples
of enjambment
and caesura.
Explain the effect.
Use enjambment
and caesura in
our own writing.
What skills do
you need to
succeed?
Share your poems on your tables.
SHOW them to people as well as
reading them – you need to show
the enjambment. Exaggerate any
pauses (caesura).
LO: understand and
use enjambment
and caesura; to
write creatively
about our own lives
Slide 8
Monday, February 20, 2023
Learning objectives
Success Criteria
Understand what
enjambment and
caesura are.
Identify examples
of enjambment
and caesura.
LO: understand and use enjambment and caesura; to write
start
middle
end
creatively about our own lives
Understand what enjambment and caesura are.
Identify examples of enjambment and caesura.
Explain the effect.
Use enjambment and caesura in our own writing.
Explain the effect.
Use enjambment
and caesura in
our own writing.
What skills do
you need to
succeed?
Red, amber
or green?