Year 10 - English
Analysing ideas of identity and heritage in Mundair's 'Name Journeys'
'World and Lives'
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupis explore 12 of the 15 poems from the 'World and Lives' anthology. Pupils complete two lessons about each poem: one on understanding and one on analysis. Pupils study the poems in a thematically linked order so they can complete comparative lessons at key points in the unit.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain how Mundair uses metaphorical language and a subversion of the ghazal form to express ideas of identity and heritage in 'Name Journeys'.
Key Notes
- Mundair uses powerful verbs to describe the experience of isolation felt by the speaker.
- Mundair may use the metaphor "woven tapestries" to refer to how our identities are created by 'threads' of life.
- Mundair uses a variation of the ghazal form to, arguably, connect to Indian heritage and thematic links.
- Mundair may have varied the ghazal form to comment on ideas of identity, heritage and belonging.
Vocabulary To Learn
- woven: made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole
- metaphorically: describing something by means of an image or symbol
- ghazal: originally an Arabic verse form dealing with loss and romantic love consisting of rhymed couplets
- discordant: (of sounds) harsh and jarring because of a lack of harmony
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Subverting a poetic form means you are being critical of it.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Mundair uses powerful verbs to describe the experience of isolation felt by the speaker. Mundair may use the metaphor "woven tapestries" to refer to how our identities are created by 'threads' of life.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'woven'
made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Subverting a poetic form means you are being critical of it. Correction: Subverting a poetic form means that you are in some way commenting on either the context of the form or the general theme of the form and using that to enhance the meaning of the poem.
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- Analysing how Shelley presents ideas of suffering in 'England in 1819' Study Guide
- Analysing ideas of identity and cultural repatriation in khan's 'pot' Study Guide
- Analysing ideas of marginalisation in Parker's 'The Jewellery Maker' Study Guide
- Analysing ideas of prejudice and perception in Femi's 'Thirteen' Study Guide
- Analysing ideas of time, identity and place in Seneviratne's 'A Wider View' Study Guide
- Analysing ideas of voice and identity in Berry's 'Homing' Study Guide
- Analysing mankind and nature in Wordsworth's 'Lines Written in Early Spring' Study Guide
- Analysing oppression and pessimism in Eliot's 'In a London Drawingroom' Study Guide
- Analysing the concepts of strength and resistance in Dharker's 'A Century Later' Study Guide
- Comparing ideas of identity in 'pot', 'The Jewellery Maker' and 'Homing' Study Guide
- Comparing ideas of place in 'In a London Drawingroom' and 'A Wider View' Study Guide
- Comparing ideas of temporality in 'England in 1819' and 'A Century Later' Study Guide
- Comparing liminality, physicality and voice in AQA Worlds and Lives poetry Study Guide
- Comparing Wordsworth and Brontë's views on nature Study Guide
- Exploring connections and ideas across the AQA Worlds and Lives anthology Study Guide
- Exploring ideas of voice and identity in Berry's 'Homing' Study Guide
- Planning a written response on the AQA Worlds and Lives anthology Study Guide
- Understanding Berry's 'On an Afternoon Train from Purley to Victoria, 1955' Study Guide
- Understanding connections between identity and artefacts in khan's 'pot' Study Guide
- Understanding heritage and marginalisation in Parker's 'The Jewellery Maker' Study Guide
- Understanding how Brontë presents nature in 'Shall earth no more inspire thee' Study Guide
- Understanding how Eliot presents London in 'In a London Drawingroom' Study Guide
- Understanding how Shelley critiques powerful institutions in 'England in 1819' Study Guide
- Understanding ideas of identity and heritage in Mundair's 'Name Journeys' Study Guide
- Understanding ideas of power imbalance in Femi's 'Thirteen' Study Guide
- Understanding ideas of time, identity and place in Seneviratne's 'A Wider View' Study Guide
- Understanding ideas of youth and education in Dharker's 'A Century Later' Study Guide
- Understanding mankind and nature in Wordsworth's 'Lines Written in Early Spring' Study Guide
- Writing a comparative response on the AQA Worlds and Lives anthology Study Guide
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