2 Pupil Pack Poetry in Mrs Tilschers Class
In Mrs Tilscher’s Class.
By
Carol Ann Duffy.
Pupil Unit.
Includes Guidance on Formative Assessment
Strategies.
THE BIG PICTURE.
Critical Essay: Poetry.
In Mrs Tilscher’s Class
By Carol Ann Duffy.
By the end of this unit you will be able to write Critical Essays on the Poem ‘In Mr’s Tilscher’s Class.
The poem you shall study can be viewed in different ways, such as: an important experience from the past, a poem in which an aspect of life has been revealed, an idea or ideas which have been developed in a poem, a poem which is thought provoking, a poem which is relevant to young people, a poem which deals with an emotion such as happiness, sadness, joy, nostalgia…
You will have to show that you understand the main concerns of the poem through analysis and evaluation of aspects of the writer’s craft such as
WORD CHOICE
THEME
IMAGERY
STRUCTURE
IDEAS or any other relevant feature.
IN MRS TILSCHER’S CLASS
You could travel up the Blue Nile with your finger, tracing the route while MrsTilscher chanted the scenery
Tana. Ethiopia. Khartoum. Aswan.
That for an hour, then a skittle of milk and the chalky Pyramids rubbed into dust.
A window opened with a long pole.
The laugh of a bell swung by a running child.
This was better than home. Enthralling books.
The classroom glowed like a sweetshop.
Sugar paper. Coloured shapes. Brady and Hindley faded, like a faint uneasy smudge of a mistake.
Mrs Tilscher loved you. Some mornings, you found she’d left a good gold star by your name.
The scent of a pencil, slowly, carefully, shaved.
A xylophone’s nonsense heard from another form.
Over the Easter term, the inky tadpoles changed from commas into exclamation marks. Three frogs hopped in the playground, freed by a dunce, followed by a line of kids, jumping and croaking away from the lunch queue. A rough boy told you how you were born. You kicked him, but stared at your parents,
By
Carol Ann Duffy.
Pupil Unit.
Includes Guidance on Formative Assessment
Strategies.
THE BIG PICTURE.
Critical Essay: Poetry.
In Mrs Tilscher’s Class
By Carol Ann Duffy.
By the end of this unit you will be able to write Critical Essays on the Poem ‘In Mr’s Tilscher’s Class.
The poem you shall study can be viewed in different ways, such as: an important experience from the past, a poem in which an aspect of life has been revealed, an idea or ideas which have been developed in a poem, a poem which is thought provoking, a poem which is relevant to young people, a poem which deals with an emotion such as happiness, sadness, joy, nostalgia…
You will have to show that you understand the main concerns of the poem through analysis and evaluation of aspects of the writer’s craft such as
WORD CHOICE
THEME
IMAGERY
STRUCTURE
IDEAS or any other relevant feature.
IN MRS TILSCHER’S CLASS
You could travel up the Blue Nile with your finger, tracing the route while MrsTilscher chanted the scenery
Tana. Ethiopia. Khartoum. Aswan.
That for an hour, then a skittle of milk and the chalky Pyramids rubbed into dust.
A window opened with a long pole.
The laugh of a bell swung by a running child.
This was better than home. Enthralling books.
The classroom glowed like a sweetshop.
Sugar paper. Coloured shapes. Brady and Hindley faded, like a faint uneasy smudge of a mistake.
Mrs Tilscher loved you. Some mornings, you found she’d left a good gold star by your name.
The scent of a pencil, slowly, carefully, shaved.
A xylophone’s nonsense heard from another form.
Over the Easter term, the inky tadpoles changed from commas into exclamation marks. Three frogs hopped in the playground, freed by a dunce, followed by a line of kids, jumping and croaking away from the lunch queue. A rough boy told you how you were born. You kicked him, but stared at your parents,