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What topics will
be covered
Week
1
Week
2
Induction week
Week
3
Week
4
Introduction to the
course – content,
resources,
assessment.
Introduction to
poetic form – two
Shakespearean
sonnets
Rhyme and the
Sh’n sonnet
Meter and scansion
= the Iambic
pentameter
Metaphysical
poetry
The nature of the
conceit
Hyperbole
The Syllogism
Paradox
Context
What will learners
do?
How will learning
be checked?
Note details, ask
questions,
Relevance of
discussion and
questioning
Annotate poems
and make notes.
Work in pairs and
feed back to whole
group
Work out scansion
pattern of two,
unfamiliar sonnets.
In groups identify
shift in meter and
its impact.
Propose reasons
for this.
In groups: using
random objects,
create a conceit;
identify the
syllogism of ‘To His
Coy Mistress’;
paraphrase the
three stanzas;
define paradox in
own words; find the
Key /
Basic
Skills:
What resources are
needed?
What Independent
Learning / Homework
will be set?
Class contribution
and discussion.
Copies of sonnets
To explore details of:
renaissance,
Shakespeare’s life and
sonnet form –
Petrarchan, Spenserian
and Shakespearean.
Tutor observation
Group conclusions
and class
discussion
RSC you tube
demonstrating impact
of meter in
performance
Peer assessment –
conceits
Feedback from
group rep’s on
stanza work
Random objects
Copies of poems
1. To find a
metaphysical
poem and
analyse conceits
in one stanza
2. Find the conceits
in ‘The Good
Morrow’ be
prepared to feed
back.
conceits in
‘Valediction of
Weeping’
Week
5
Recap –
Metaphysicals.
Address any
concerns and
difficulties. Revisit
the ‘conceit’ with
ref. to H. Ford
review – invite
comment from
students on this.
Week
6
Introduction to the
Romantics and
romanticism.
The cult of
celebrity. Work
with students on
‘Tintern Abbey’
Prompt discussion:
Include alliteration,
assonance, sound
patterning, blank
verse
Week
7
Half Term
Group work –
share homework
findings.
Group work on
‘Love’s Growth’ –
identify meaning.
Analogy quiz in
pairs – share
marking. Create
pictogram of
conceits in the
poem.
Listen – take notes,
ask questions.
Read through
Tintern Abbey from
beginning to end.
Note definitions
and meanings.
In groups explore
in detail part of the
poem. Feedback to
whole group.
To read out –
comment on sound
patterning and its
impact.
Level of discussion
and contribution.
Outcomes – peer
assessment.
Copies of worksheets
Copy of poem
Sheets for pictogram
Information sheets =
platonic thought
Ptolemy
Teacher
observation - Level
of questioning and
contribution.
Relevance of
contributions.
Development of
ideas with
exploration and
analysis.
Copies of poem
Coloured
pens/highlighters
Power point display for
into.
3. Find the
historical context
of the
Metaphysical
poets.
Research ‘platonic love’
1. Contextualise
the material research
Peterloo
Massacre or
French
Revolution (in
brief – dates)
2. John Keats –
find out about
him.
Week
8
John Keats