AGA KHAN HIGH SCHOOL, UGANDA

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

YEAR 9 LITERATURE 2nd Term 2023 Topic list.

WEEK TOPIC STATE/COMMENT DATE/SIGN

1  What is poetry: How is it
written.
 Aspects of poetry as a genre.
 Topics of poetry to discuss
about: Travel, Migration, and
society.
 Annotation in poetry.

2  Structure in poetry;
 External and Internal Structure.
 Poem: The Road by Nancy
Fotheringham Cato.

3  Plot and Subject matter

 Poem: The Instant of My Death by
Sarah Jackson

4  Themes and ideas.

 Poem: The Bus by Arun Kolatkar
5  Styles/techniques:
 Setting, characterization, figurative
language.
 Poem: At the Bus Station by Julius
Chingono.

6  More styles: Rhetorical devices.

 Poem: These are the Times We
Live in By Imitiaz Dharker

7  Cont: Styles: Lineation.

Arrangement of the lines.
 Poem: The Enemies by Elizabeth
Jennings.

8  Styles: Title, tone, mood and

attitude.
 Poem: Boxes by Sampurna
Chattarji

9  Writing an Essay. Using PEEL.

Text books: Songs of ourselves volume 2 (Cambridge International Examinations)

Cambridge IGCSE: Literature in English.

Teacher’s research. Compiled by Ms. Lukia.