COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Thomas Gibbs


School Carranballac Jamieson Way



Year Group - 9

Date 18 8 - 14
Topic

The use of metaphor, similes, alliterations and
personification in poetry.

Learning Intention:
Student will learn how to use poetry as a form
of social advocacy.

Success Criteria:
Students will write a pantoum poem that
responds to their MadFest topic.
VELS: Strands, Domain, Foci and Standards

Domain: English

Foci: Writing

Standard: Investigate how evaluation can be
expressed directly and indirectly using
devices, for example allusion, evocative
vocabulary and metaphor (ACELA1552)


Location / Setting

Carranballac Jamieson Way, Classroom


Organisation / Student Groups

Students are to sit in their MadFest groups
and work collaboratively.
Classroom management strategy

Students must listen silently when I raise my
hand. I will clearly describe instructions for
them to follow.
Key Vocabulary
(1) Metaphors
(2) Similes
(3) Alliterations (Putting words next to each
other that make the same sound)
(4) Personification (Describing an object as
though its alive)
Materials, Resources and Equipment

Projector
Laptop
Loose paper / writing materials
Worksheet
References/Sources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHVRZ
5R2UDY&list=UUTouaQl9t8VEmMai1gDxTpg


INTRODUCTION
Connecting, Engaging and Modelling Inquiry
MAIN BODY
Guiding Inquiry and Practise
CONCLUSION
Sharing, Explaining and Reviewing Inquiry

Engage
5 Minutes
Watch For Tomorrow By Joel McKerrow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHVRZ5R2
UDY&list=UUTouaQl9t8VEmMai1gDxTpg

Explore

Reflection 10 Minutes
What was this poem about?
How did Joel structure his poem?

Write Today on one side of the board, and
Tomorrow on the other side. Ask the students to
list phrases that they recall Joel saying. Discuss the
following elements used in Joels Poem:

Tomorrow (imagine)
We live in colour
We dance on the streets
We look the other in the eye
We embrace
We set free
Tomorrow our hope shall be a louder voice
than our apathy

Today (call to action)
We crawl on our hands and knees
Believing that tomorrow we are seeing
Stretch our eyes forward
Move our limbs
Turn our heads toward the sound of
liberation
I am crying for this world to change

Explain

Mind Maps - 10 Minutes
Ask students in their Mad Fest groups to
brainstorm as many words or phrases related
to their Mad Fest topic. Students are to
create two brainstorming lists as follows;

(1) Tomorrow Imagine a better future
(2) Today Call to action

Prompt students to consider:
(5) Metaphors
(6) Similes
(7) Alliterations (Putting words next to
each other that make the same sound)
(8) Personification (Describing an object
as though its alive)

Elaborate

Introduce Pantoums 5 Minutes
Introduce students to the idea of a Pantoum,
and show them an example about bullying.

Pantoums 20 Minutes
Ask students to fill in the attached worksheet,
in order to make their own Pantoum about the
madfest topic.

Evaluate

10 Minutes
One student from each table will be asked to
share their poem to the rest of the class.

REFLECTION:
Was the Learning Intention met?

Extension: Watch the following poem about
bullying by Shane Koyaczan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltun92Df
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