Saturday, 19 March 2016
Conflict: Bayonet Charge
Learning Objectives
 To know the biographical context of the poem.
 To understand the feelings conveyed in a poem.
 To be able to identify and analyse language devices.
Key Words
empathy
fear
DO IT NOW – silent work 10 minutes
1. Read page 2 of your booklet - it gives you
information about the author that will help you
understand the poem. Highlight key information.
2. Do the vocabulary task on page 3. Use dictionaries
if you need to.
Feedback
To know the biographical context of the poem
Reading the Poem
Focus whilst reading:
Try to identify words or phrases which show his
fear.
To understand the feelings conveyed in a poem.
Bayonet Charge
Suddenly he awoke and was running – raw
In raw-seamed hot khaki, his sweat heavy,
Stumbling across a field of clods towards a green hedge
That dazzled with rifle fire, hearing
Bullets smacking the belly out of the air –
He lugged a rifle numb as a smashed arm;
The patriotic tear that had brimmed in his eye
Sweating like molten iron from the centre of his chest, –
In bewilderment then he almost stopped –
In what cold clockwork of the stars and the nations
Was he the hand pointing that second? He was running
Like a man who has jumped up in the dark and runs
Listening between his footfalls for the reason
Of his still running, and his foot hung like
Statuary in mid-stride. Then the shot-slashed furrows
Threw up a yellow hare that rolled like a flame
And crawled in a threshing circle, its mouth wide
Open silent, its eyes standing out.
He plunged past with his bayonet toward the green hedge,
King, honour, human dignity, etcetera
Dropped like luxuries in a yelling alarm
To get out of that blue crackling air
His terror’s touchy dynamite.
To understand the feelings conveyed in a poem.
!!Checking you understand!!
This poem describes….
enemy
reasons
fear
doubt
running
feelings
To understand the feelings conveyed in a poem.
shock
soldier
Bayonet Charge
Suddenly he awoke and was running – raw
In raw-seamed hot khaki, his sweat heavy,
Stumbling across a field of clods towards a green hedge
That dazzled with rifle fire, hearing
Bullets smacking the belly out of the air –
He lugged a rifle numb as a smashed arm;
The patriotic tear that had brimmed in his eye
Sweating like molten iron from the centre of his chest, –
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In bewilderment then he almost stopped –
In what cold clockwork of the stars and the nations
Was he the hand pointing that second? He was running
Like a man who has jumped up in the dark and runs
Listening between his footfalls for the reason
Of his still running, and his foot hung like
Statuary in mid-stride. Then the shot-slashed furrows
Threw up a yellow hare that rolled like a flame
And crawled in a threshing circle, its mouth wide
Open silent, its eyes standing out.
He plunged past with his bayonet toward the green hedge,
King, honour, human dignity, etcetera
Dropped like luxuries in a yelling alarm
To get out of that blue crackling air
His terror’s touchy dynamite.
To be able to identify and analyse language devices.
Identifying
Techniques
Key
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Starting to do
some
independent
analysis
To be able to identify and analyse language devices.
Close Reading as a Class
Suddenly he awoke and was running – raw
In raw-seamed hot khaki, his sweat heavy,
Stumbling across a field of clods towards a green hedge
That dazzled with rifle fire, hearing
Bullets smacking the belly out of the air –
He lugged a rifle numb as a smashed arm;
The patriotic tear that had brimmed in his eye
Sweating like molten iron from the centre of his chest, –
Word prompts:
SEEMs innocent, natural
Not ready
Past-tense
To be able to identify and analyse language devices.
Close Reading as a Class
In bewilderment then he almost stopped –
In what cold clockwork of the stars and the nations
Was he the hand pointing that second? He was running
Like a man who has jumped up in the dark and runs
Listening between his footfalls for the reason
Of his still running, and his foot hung like
Statuary in mid-stride. Then the shot-slashed furrows
Word prompts:
fate
nature
confusion
goal-less
Other people’s decisions
To be able to identify and analyse language devices.
Close Reading as a Class
Threw up a yellow hare that rolled like a flame
And crawled in a threshing circle, its mouth wide
Open silent, its eyes standing out.
He plunged past with his bayonet toward the green hedge,
King, honour, human dignity, etcetera
Dropped like luxuries in a yelling alarm
To get out of that blue crackling air
His terror’s touchy dynamite.
Word prompts:
tortured
Foreshadowing
persists
To be able to identify and analyse language devices.
Mini Plenary: Think-Walk-Share
1. Does the poem support or challenge
patriotism? Why?
2. How does the poet feel as he is about to go
into battle?
3. Is the soldier happy to be in battle or does he
question why he is there?
4. How does it compare with Flag and Charge of
the Light Brigade? Similarities/Differences?
To be able to identify and analyse language devices.
Practice
How is patriotism presented in Flag and Bayonet
Charge?
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Peer-Assessment
Have they included:
 A point about Flag which mentions the key word from the
question (patriotism)
 A technique in their point.
 A short, relevant quotation
 Speech marks around the quotation
 1 simple idea/piece of analysis. (C-grade)
 A second different piece of analysis and/or zooming in on key
word(s) from the quote (B-grade)
 The wow factor?! Something you’d not thought of before/we
haven’t discussed. (A-grade)
Advice for how to improve: ______________________________
____________________________________________________
Peer-Assessed by: _____________________________________
Peer-Assessment
Have they included:
 A point about Flag which mentions the key word from the
question (patriotism)
 A technique in their point.
 A short, relevant quotation
 Speech marks around the quotation
 1 simple idea/piece of analysis. (C-grade)
 A second different piece of analysis and/or zooming in on key
word(s) from the quote (B-grade)
 The wow factor?! Something you’d not thought of before/we
haven’t discussed. (A-grade)
Advice for how to improve: ______________________________
____________________________________________________
Peer-Assessed by: _____________________________________
Key Quote Charades
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“that brings a nation to it’s knees.”
“that will outlive the blood you bleed.”
“it’s just a piece of cloth”
“blind your conscience to the end”
“Into the Jaws of Death”
“Reel’d from the sabre-stroke”
“Storm’d at with shot and shell”
“Suddenly he awoke and was running”
“He lugged a rifle numb as a smashed arm”
“The patriotic tear that had brimmed in his eye”
“In bewilderment he almost stopped”
“it’s mouth wide open silent, its eyes standing out”
“Bullets smacking the belly out of the air”
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