'Sea Fever'

Friday 24 March

P1

Today we are continuing our work showing a connection to the sea. We will be looking at a famous poem by John Masefield called 'Sea Fever' John was a sailor who loved the sea, and missed it when he was a landlubber.

Today we are going to work in pair to begin to learn how to annotate a poem. This is a technique that you will continue to develop your skills in, and understanding of, as you progress through High School. We are just starting to learn this skill.

You will work in  pairs, and we, as a class will discuss what annotating is, and how to do it. You will contribute your ideas about the poem and begin to look at what language features the writer uses to get his message across to the reader. You will then have a paper copy of the poem and select a partner to work with as we all begin to learn to annotate the poem.

LI: We are learning how to annotate a poem.
SC: I can work with my partner to discuss and share ideas about the poem.
SC: I can identify some language features used in the poem.
SC: I can begin to describe the effect of the language features.

Lesson Sequence
Directed Reading ' Sea Fever' by John Masefield
The Poem, 'Sea Fever'

Students notes on the task
Task and background notes

P2

Period 2 we will be based in the library and this will give you an opportunity to continue to work on your 'My Place' assignments.
I will continue to work with students and discuss your own work with you.
Remember you are presenting your own 'My Place' assignments next Friday March 31  P1 and P2.