Advice to a teenage daughter Enhanced

Enjoy silent

reading

Timings of Lesson

Recap STARTER

What are some connotations of these images?

Thinking of past knowledge…

Ring the bell!

Recap STARTER

What are some connotations of these images?

What are some connotations of…

Speed?

Vitality?

Attractive?

Hidden? Write at least five for each

image. 5 mins.

MAGNIFICENT 7 MARKS START END A01 I can INTERPRET the explicit and implicit

12 50%

I can INTERPRET evidence and use it to support I can INTERPRET the poem in different ways

A02 I can ANALYSE the poet’s use of language 12

50%

I can ANALYSE the poet’s use of structure I can ANALYSE the poet’s choice of form

I can ANALYSE a range of techniques for effect

How I analyse a poem in different

ways?

Reading the Text

Does this satisfy or confound

your expectations?

Brandishing = to wield a weapon

Conquest = to beat or dominate something

A parent tells their teenage daughter advice about growing up… and boys!

Advice to a Teenage DaughterBy Isobel Thrilling

Advice to a Teenage Daughter

Advice to a Teenage DaughterBy Isobel Thrilling

You have found a new war-gamecalled Love.Here on your dressing-tablestand arrayedbrave ranks of lipsticksbrandishingswords of cherry pink and flame.Behold the miniature armiesof little jarspacked with the scenteddynamite of flowers.See the dreaded tweezers;tiny potsof manufactured moonlight,stick-on stars.Beware my sweet;conquest may seem easybut you can’t compete with football,motor cycles, cars,cricket, computer-games,or a plate of chips.

Did this satisfy or confound

your expectations?

Who? What?Rhyme, Rhythm and stRuctureImageryToneEffectsResponse

WRITER

W A parent warning a daughter about the changing relationships between her and boys

R Where is the turning point in the poem?Is there a regularity in the line length?

I What are three dominant images from the beginning/middle/end of the poem?

T What are some militaristic metaphors?

E Does the make-up seem empowering to the teenage girl? Or does it appear to be uncomfortable?

R

First Thoughts: Use WRITER. 10 mins.

W A parent warning a daughter about the changing relationships between her and boys

R Irregular, short, stark series of images

I War-like, contrasts between stereotypes of boys and girls

T Weary and worn, or supportive and empowering?

E Intended effect: to complicate love and its ideals.

R Up to you! Agree/Disagree? Complicated?

Some ideas on the poem

What are we going to do with this poem?

How can we think of

alternative interpretations?

How can we record

alternative ideas?

How can we record

alternative ideas?

How can we think of alternative interpretations?

Step 1

Think of your first idea(s) of the

poem: THESIS

Step 2

Think of an alternative idea or

interpretation: ANTITHESIS

What is an alternative idea?

Step 3

Think of how these two ideas might

link or form a new idea: SYNTHESIS

Balancing all your ideas!

How can I balance

my ideas?

Use discourse markers!

A discourse marker is a signpost that tells the reader where the writing is ‘going’.

What is a discourse marker?

An extra idea = moreover

What are some discourse markers?

An alternative idea = however

A synthesis idea = therefore

The … metaphor of…serves to…

Writing SWEATY with alternative interpretation.

therefore

however

Moreover(optional)

Example SWEATY

Thrilling depicts the make-up of the daughter in a militaristic manner. The startling metaphor of ‘swords of cherry pink and flame’ demonstrates how cosmetics create an image of power and capability since swords are often ceremonial items, and evoke a superior status. However, this is also a particularly combative metaphor, perhaps suggesting that make-up is used to attack and ensnare a potential boy. Despite this, the ‘pink’ suggests a sense of calmness and femininity which therefore suggests that this metaphor is more to empower the teenage girl than to attack a boy.

Does Thrilling present love as an empowering thing in the poem? 10 mins.

Use an image and write contrasting interpretations in the same SWEATY.

Thrilling depicts the… between… The … metaphor of…demonstrates …

However…

Therefore…

Plenary

What does it mean to ‘synthesise’ two ideas?

Do you reject one idea entirely?

Do you find a compromise between two ideas?

Do you find a different idea from your two originals?

Plenary

Why is it sometimes a problem to synthesise both ideas?

Lisa: I want to go to a play!

Bart: I don’t want to go to a stupid play!

Homer: Let’s compromise

Homer: We’ll go to a play…

Homer: That Lisa doesn’t like!

Bart and Lisa: Both have sad faces!

Bart and Lisa: Both have sad faces!You do not have to agree with

both interpretations you have made: use your judgement!