Grade: KS2 Subject: English Date: 19-03-2021

Chapter 8: Poetry

Exercise 5: Comparing two poems: ‘Geography Lesson’ and ‘Black Beard’

Copy and complete the following table as an aid for planning your comments.

‘The Geography Words used ‘Black Beard’ Words used

Teacher’
What the Has dreams of ‘spoke of Bad- ‘barks-out’
teacher is travel lands he tempered ‘scowl’
like longed to ‘growl’
visit’

Effect on Did not leave ‘Name was Students ‘shark bites’

students impact on all the forgotten and wanted to ‘octopus hug’
students faded away’ avoid him and
did not like
him

Detail The teacher did ‘One day I The teacher ‘all work and
about the not like his job. would leave’ never has fun. no play’
teacher’s The teacher got He does not
life ill and had to like children.
leave teaching.

Poet’s The poet ‘But a lesson The poet was ‘have sharks
opinion of respected the he never scared of his bite my rear’
the teacher knew he teacher
teacher taught is with
me to this
day’