Year 10 - English
Understanding the poem 'The Emigree'
'Belonging'
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupis explore 12 of the 15 poems from the 'Belonging' anthology. Pupils complete two lessons on each poem: one on understanding and one on analysis. Pupils study the poems in a thematically linked order so they can complete comparative and thematic lessons at key points in the unit.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to understand 'The Emigree' and map the big ideas within the poem.
Key Notes
- The title of the poem allows the poem to relate to the general experience of all that emigrate.
- There are feelings of nostalgia, regret and fear within the poem.
- Rumens explores the displaced feelings of people driven from their home country and the enduring impact of tyranny.
- The poem explores the big ideas of identity, memory and power of place.
Vocabulary To Learn
- Identity: the qualities that make a person different from others.
- Emigrate: to leave one's own country to settle in another, usually for political reasons.
- Idealised: regarded as perfect or better than in reality.
- Permeate: spread through something.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may think that the speaker is Rumens herself.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
The title of the poem allows the poem to relate to the general experience of all that emigrate. There are feelings of nostalgia, regret and fear within the poem.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'Identity'
the qualities that make a person different from others.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may think that the speaker is Rumens herself. Correction: Rumens herself did not experience the emigration that the poem describes. She may have written the poem based on her fascination with people and culture. She may have written the poem to appeal to all that have experienced a story of emigration.
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- Analysing how Clare presents nature in 'Sunday Dip' Study Guide
- Analysing how Hood presents the past and present in 'I Remember, I Remember' Study Guide
- Analysing how Landon presents childhood in 'Captain Cook (To My Brother)' Study Guide
- Analysing how Nichols presents ideas of belonging and place in 'Island Man' Study Guide
- Analysing how Wordsworth presents nature in 'To My Sister' Study Guide
- Analysing ideas of conflict and acceptance in Antrobus' 'Jamaican British' Study Guide
- Analysing ideas of home, upheaval and heritage in Hardi's 'My Mother's Kitchen' Study Guide
- Analysing ideas of oppression, heritage and place in Zephaniah's 'We Refugees' Study Guide
- Analysing nostalgia and melancholia in Brontë's 'Mild the Mist Upon the Hill' Study Guide
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- Building analytical paragraphs about Edexcel's Belonging poetry Study Guide
- Comparing childhood in 'Sunday Dip' and 'Mild the Mist Upon the Hill' Study Guide
- Comparing ideas of displacement and belonging in the Edexcel Belonging anthology Study Guide
- Comparing ideas of nostalgia in the Edexcel Belonging anthology Study Guide
- Conceptualising and exploring the Edexcel Belonging anthology Study Guide
- Exploring ideas of cultural belonging in the Edexcel Belonging anthology Study Guide
- Planning a written response on Edexcel's Belonging anthology Study Guide
- Understanding how Antrobus presents identity and heritage in 'Jamaican British' Study Guide
- Understanding how Blakemore presents multiculturalism in 'Peckham Rye Lane' Study Guide
- Understanding how Bridges presents nature in 'Clear and Gentle Stream' Study Guide
- Understanding how Clare presents nature in 'Sunday Dip' Study Guide
- Understanding how Hardi presents ideas of displacement in 'My Mother's Kitchen' Study Guide
- Understanding how Hood presents the past and present in 'I Remember, I Remember' Study Guide
- Understanding how Landon presents childhood in 'Captain Cook (To My Brother)' Study Guide
- Understanding how Nichols presents memories of home in 'Island Man' Study Guide
- Understanding how Wordsworth presents nature in 'To My Sister' Study Guide
- Understanding ideas of humanity and oppression in Zephaniah's 'We Refugees' Study Guide
- Understanding the tone of Brontë's 'Mild the Mist Upon the Hill' Study Guide
- Writing excellent model answers on Edexcel's Belonging anthology Study Guide
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