DO NOW:

Write down what

you think a poem is
A poem is a………..
What can you see here?
POETRY
THROUGH THE
AGES. LO: To explore the
different purposes and
ideas in poetry.

AF3: To deduce, infer or

interpret information,
events or ideas from texts.

Assessment: Analysis of a
poem studied this unit.
dreams 

Claire
Success?
Level 7: My
Level 6: My comments begin to
comments are develop an
securely based in interpretation of
Level 5: My textual evidence the text(s), making
comments and I can identify connections
develop an different layers between insights,
explanation of of meaning, with teasing out
inferred some attempt to meanings or
meanings explore these weighing up
drawing on meanings in evidence.
evidence across detail.
the text – I can
read between
the lines.
Marianne Moore a famous poet describes
poetry as…

“imaginary gardens with real

toads in them”

What do
you think
she means?
 After the next slide, answer these questions:
1.

2. What is this poem

about?
3. How do you know?
4. What title would you
give this poem?
How to Eat a Poem by Eve Merriam

Don't be polite.Bite in.Pick it up with your fingers and

lick the juice thatmay run down your chin.It is ready
and ripe now, whenever you are. You do not need a
knife or fork or spoon
or plate or napkin or tablecloth.
For there is no coreor stemor rindor pitor seedor skinto
throw away.
What can you infer about the
underlined areas now that you know
the title?
(INFER and DEDUCE both mean to
GUESS or WORK SOMETHING OUT
from CLUES.)
Let’s read a poem together…

Now answer the

questions underneath
the poem.
 Poetry is all about words…

Poets use words that have associations to make the

meaning of their poems clear,
e.g. Red might mean ‘anger’ or ‘danger’

This is also seen in advertising, to create a

powerful feeling about a product.
e.g. ‘Fairy Liquid’ is associated with ‘magically good’
cleaning and softness.
Look at the words and products below and
make a list of of their associations:

Angel Delight: heavenly, perfect,

delicious.

Five Alive Juice:

Right Guard Deodorant:

Adidas Predator Nitrocharge:

Plenary - Read this TV advert poem:
‘A la Carte’ cats
Come in all shapes and sizes
And ‘A La Carte’ cats
Have many disguises.
But something puts them above
The usual cat race
That’s highly developed
A La Carte taste
Because Gourmet Cats
Have a nose for the good things
That particular taste
A fine cat food brings.
Beef, chicken, salmon
Those flavours
The truly superior
Gourmet cat favours.

What does the name suggest about the product?

Why is the name repeated so often?
Which other words in the poem are strongly associated
with the name and idea behind the cat food?
Homework

Read the poem ‘First Frost’

Using your inference skills we

have studied this class answer
the questions about the poem -
underline your evidence!