Year 10 - Nov. 20th

Year 10 - Nov. 20th

Half Caste + Review

Agenda

• Hey hi hello!

• Final comments on Half Caste - theme

• Things to revise for your final essay

Back to 'Half-Caste'!

Open Ended

Okay, so, in your own words, what is at least one theme you see in the poem? How do you know this is a theme?

Open Ended

Pick at least on literary device and explain how it helps show this theme.

How do I revise for my midterm?

Make sure you revise each poem

• Piano

• Poem at Thirty Nine

• Search for My Tongue

• Half Caste

What to know about each poem

• What form it is

• Major literary elements

• Themes

• How the language(literary elements) create the theme

• Impact it has on the reader

Things to remember for your essay

• Proper formatting - poem title

• P.E.E. - you must have evidence!

• Vary your word choice - double check your spelling

• Remember, a tasty essay vs a dry essay

• Make sure you are focused on the quesiton

How can you revise for the essay?

• Read over your essay and my comments

• Re-write - can be submitted to me for re-grading/extra feedback

• Have a stock of strong vocabulary

• Revise different literary elements

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Poll

Overall, how are you feeling for your literary exam?

• No worries! I've got this!

• A little worried

• Internal screaming

• Honestly I don't even know