Year 7 and 8 November Assessment

When is the assessment?Year 7 – November 17th-28thYear 8 – November 17th-28thHow long is the assessment?50 minutesWhat will I need to do? Read two poems and answer questions on them.

One poem will be from your KS3 Poetry Anthology One poem will be ‘unseen’. This means you will not have read it in

class before.

Use Point, Evidence, Explain to analyse the poems.

Year 7 and 8 November Assessment

How can I revise?

Re-read the poems and your annotations in your KS3 Poetry Anthology

Read poems in the Learning Lounge or on the internet

Practise PEEing!

Point – make a clear point which answers the question

Evidence – use proof from the text that supports your point. Write it in quotation marks.

Explain – explain what your evidence shows.Pick out key words. Analyse the

words as fully as possible. Explore other interpretations.

Year 7 and 8 November Assessment1) What structure should you use to answer ‘how’ questions?PointEvidenceExplain

2) Your evidence should:a) back up your pointb) contradict your pointc) back up a different pointThe correct answer is a) back up your point3) What punctuation do you always need for quotations, including key

words?Quotation marks4) How do you show perceptive analysis?Pick out and fully analyse key wordsExplore what the words/images imply

Read the poems on the next slides.

You may wish to print them out and annotate (text mark) them as practice for the exam.

Year 7 and 8 November Assessment

NettlesMy son aged three fell in the nettle bed.‘Bed' seemed a curious name for those green spears,That regiment of spite behind the shed:It was no place for rest. With sobs and tearsThe boy came seeking comfort and I sawWhite blisters beaded on his tender skin.We soothed him till his pain was not so raw.At last he offered us a watery grin,And then I took my hook and honed the bladeAnd went outside and slashed in fury with itTill not a nettle in that fierce paradeStood upright any more. Next task: I litA funeral pyre to burn the fallen dead.But in two weeks the busy sun and rainHad called up tall recruits behind the shed:My son would often feel sharp wounds again.

Read and annotate the poem carefully and answer the following questions using Point, Evidence, Explain:You should:

support your points with evidence from the poem

explain clearly, using your own words, what your evidence shows.

 1) How does the writer

show that the father is angry?

2) What image (picture in your mind) is created of the nettles?

A HOT DAYCottonwool clouds loiter.A lawnmower, very far,Birrs. Then a bee comesTo a crimson rose and softly,Deftly and fatly cramsA velvet body in.A tree, June-lazy, makesA tent of dim green light.Sunlight weaves in the leaves,Honey-light laced with leaf-light,Green interleaved with gold.Sunlight gathers its raysIn sheaves, which the wind unweavesAnd then reweaves – the windThat puffs a smell of grassThrough the heat-heavy, tremblingSummer pool of air.

• A S J Tessimond

Read and annotate the poem carefully and answer the following questions using Point, Evidence, Explain:You should:

support your points with evidence from the poem

explain clearly, using your own words, what your evidence shows.

 1) How does the

poet use language to convey the feeling of a hot and heavy day?

A HOT DAYCottonwool clouds loiter.A lawnmower, very far,Birrs. Then a bee comesTo a crimson rose and softly,Deftly and fatly cramsA velvet body in.A tree, June-lazy, makesA tent of dim green light.Sunlight weaves in the leaves,Honey-light laced with leaf-light,Green interleaved with gold.Sunlight gathers its raysIn sheaves, which the wind unweavesAnd then reweaves – the windThat puffs a smell of grassThrough the heat-heavy, tremblingSummer pool of air.

• A S J Tessimond

How does the poet use language to convey the feeling of a hot and heavy day?

P – The writer uses alliteration and a metaphor to describe the clouds. The poem opens withEv – ‘cottonwool clouds loiter’ Ex – The alliteration of ‘cottonwool clouds’ is memorable for the reader and the metaphor of ‘cottonwool’ suggests that the clouds are light and fluffy. The key word ‘loiter’ suggests that the clouds are dawdling.

P – The writer uses onomatopoeia to describe the sound of the lawnmower.Ev – ‘ ’ Ex –

How does the poet use language to convey the feeling of a hot and heavy day?

Using your wonderful annotations, write your own PEEs to answer the question.

Challenge – Key word analysisAlternative interpretations – e.g the word ‘_________’ could also suggest

Comment on the effect on the reader – e.g – This makes the reader think of

How does the poet use language to convey the feeling of a hot and heavy day?

Useful poetry website:

http://childrenspoetryarchive.org/poems