Year 10 - Nov. 16th , Intro to Half Caste

Year 10 - Nov. 16th , Intro to Half Caste

Agenda + HW

• Exam Explanation

• Introduction to "Half Caste"

• Background and history

• Form + looking at this stanza by stanza

• HW - Remember that your essay is due on Wednesday at the start of the class

• "Half Caste" by John Agard + Notes = due Thursday at the end of class - 7 formative points

Exam Explanation

Section A: Poetry Comparison

• Formal IGCSE Poetry Anthology Comparison

• Two Questions - you pick one

• Ex. "Explore how X and Y explore the theme of _________ using form, structure and language

• Ex. 2 "Explore how X and one other poem studied use __________________. You must address form, structure and language.

• 30 marks

Section B

"Half Caste"

Have it open either on your computer or the hardcopy I gave you last week

Intial Read Thgough

Open Ended

First impression(open ended comments):

Read Through + audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1V-pQBEDO0

Open Ended

Did it make any difference hearing John Agard read it? Why or why not?

Based on our reading, what might 'half-caste' mean?

'Half Caste' - noun or adjective

Referring to a person who is of mixed race. Is considered to be a derogatory slur

John Agard

Born in 1949 in British Guyana

Moved to England in 1977

Queen Gold Medal Award - Poetry

Still alive! 71 years old

GCSE poet since 2002

'British' Guyana

Alright, what is the "form" of this poem?

You know this!

But of course, the harder question as always - why?

Taking it stanza by stanza

I would suggest writing this down or making comments on your digital copy