Advice to a teenage daughter Prior to Enhancement

Timings of Lesson

Recap STARTER

What are some connotations of these images?

Today we are focusing on how to interpret a

poem in different ways.

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

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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

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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

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.

Advice to a Teenage DaughterBy Isobel Thrilling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSRJP8BbfaM examples of imageshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGb9tARVkP4 – reading with images (best!)

Writer structure: initial ideas and technique spotting

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?

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Writer structure: initial ideas and technique spotting (next slide has ideas)

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?

What are we going to do with this poem?

We are going to explore how to interpret and record alternative interpretations.

What is an alternative interpretation?

What is an alternative interpretation?

Practice SWEATY with alternative interpretation

Therefore…

The … metaphor of…serves to…

Moreover it…

However…

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 are used to show a powerful image to other gender. Swords are often ceremonial items, and create a high 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?

Use an image and write contrasting interpretations in the same SWEATY. Thrilling depicts the… between… The … metaphor of…demonstrates …

However…

Therefore…

PlenaryWhat 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?

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!

PlenaryYou do not have to agree with both interpretations you have made: use your judgement.