Today we recapped two poems from the anthology; Checking out me History (Agard) and Singh Song! (Nagra). First we listened to Singh Song! being read by Daljit Nagra then we worked through it line by line. We repeated the process with Checking out me History. As we did this, we were able draw out direct comparisons and contrasts regarding the structure and tone in the poems.
Here are some slides from the lesson with detailed interpretations of the poems and prompts for language analysis:
Singh Song!:
Checking out me History:
After this close reading, we began to search for evidence to compare the two poems. Students are asked to Go for Gold by completing this and writing a detailed comparison of the structure and tone of each poem. The prompts on this slide will help:
Student responses to this question will be displayed on this site soon.
Miss Ryan's GCSE English & Media 