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C/W Title: ‘Nettles’ – Analysis Revision Date: Tuesday, 2 February 2021
Recall: Snakes and ladders
How to play:
• Roll the dice to move forward the number of

spaces shown on the dice and answer the question
(along the corridor, up the stairs).
• If you land at the bottom of a ladder and answer
correctly, you can move up to the top of the
ladder.
• If you land on the head of a snake, you must slide Test your recall skills by
down to the bottom of the snake. playing the game, snakes
• The first person to get to the space that says and ladders.
'home’ has won!
Have fun!
C/W Title: Writing to Argue - Vocabulary Date: Tuesday, 2 February 2021
Snakes and ladders
HOME 8. What does 9. What does 10. What does
the word the word the word
'regiment' 'haughtiness' 'wondrously'
mean? mean? mean?
7. What does 4. T/F 'sharp' 5. My ______ 6. I _____ my

the word means a are distant head out of
'billhook' blunt relations of respect.
mean? object? mine.
Test your recall skills by

START HERE 1. My mouth 2. What does 3. T/F The word playing the game, snakes
was extremely the word 'trod' means to and ladders.
swollen 'regiment' jump off.
because of the mean?
_______
Roll the dice app: https://diceapp.io

Homework: Revision.
Due: Wednesday.
LESSON TITLE: ‘Nettles’ – Analysis Revision

Level Outcome Keywords:
Billhook
Exceeding I can carefully select evidence and analyze the poem, Slashed
making inferences. Curious
Recruits
Pyre
Meeting I can choose evidence and start to analyse the poem. Blisters
Sharp
Regiment
Approaching I can use all words independently and embed them in

my writing.
Unit 3 Assessment
What will my assessment be on?
• Your Unit 3 assessment will be on the poem, ‘Nettles’
What will I need to do?

• 10 multiple choice questions
• 1 PEE paragraph about the relationship between the father and son
When will I need to do it?

• You will complete your unit 3 assessment questions in class
• You will have the whole lesson to complete it
Vocabulary - Nettles
Regiment A permanent unit of an army commanded by a lieutenant colonel.
Challenge: Put the word ‘regiment’ into a sentence.

Recruit Enlist (sign up for) in the armed forces.
Challenge: Put the word ‘recruit’ into a sentence.

Pyre A heap of wood usually used as part of a funeral ceremony.
Challenge: put the word ‘pyre’ into a sentence.

Sharp An object having an edge or point that is able to cut something.
Challenge: put the word ‘sharp’ into a sentence.

Blister An area of raised skin with a watery liquid inside.
Challenge: put the word ‘blister’ into a sentence.

Slashed An act of cutting or striking with sweeping strokes.
Challenge: put the word ‘slashed’ into a sentence.

Word Definition
Billhook A cutting or pruning tool with a hooked blade.
Regiment A permanent unit of an army commanded by a lieutenant colonel.
Pyre A heap of wood usually used as part of a funeral ceremony.
Sharp An object having an edge or point that is able to cut something.
An area of raised skin with a watery liquid inside.

Blister
Slashed An act of cutting or striking with sweeping strokes.
Curious Eager (wanting) to know or learn something.
Enlist (sign up for) in the armed forces.

Recruit
Homework: Revision.
Due: Wednesday.

Billhook
Recruits
Pyre
Sharp
Regiment

my writing.
Active Listening
Nettles by Vernon Scannell
My son aged three fell in the nettle bed.

'Bed' seemed a curious name for those green spears,
That regiment of spite behind the shed:
It was no place for rest. With sobs and tears
The boy came seeking comfort and I saw
White blisters beaded on his tender skin.
We soothed him till his pain was not so raw.
At last he offered us a watery grin, Approaching
And then I took my hook and honed the blade Highlight all the words to do with the army.
And went outside and slashed in fury with it
Till not a nettle in that fierce parade Meeting
Stood upright any more. Next task: I lit Highlight all the words to do with the son’s
A funeral pyre to burn the fallen dead. pain.
But in two weeks the busy sun and rain
Had called up tall recruits behind the shed: Exceeding
My son would often feel sharp wounds again. Highlight all the words or devices that show us
how the father feels about the nettles.
Poetry Analysis
Literal level: what the poem means on the surface (if
you were to look up words in a dictionary).
Figurative level: what the poem means on a deeper,

metaphorical level.
‘Nettles’ – Figurative language
‘Nettle bed’
‘Regiment of spite’
‘Funeral pyre’
‘Tall recruits behind

the shed’ ‘My son would feel sharp wounds again’
Approaching Meeting Exceeding

Pick a piece of figurative Why do poets use ‘My son would feel sharp
language and write it figurative language in wounds again’. What
down in your notebook. their poems? Use one of does the speaker mean
the examples above to by ‘wounds’?
explain.
Homework: Revision.
Due: Wednesday.

Billhook
Recruits
Pyre
Sharp
Regiment

my writing.
Quote Explosion
'Bed' seemed a
curious name for
those green
spears
Why is ‘bed’ a strange way to describe the netttles?

Quote Explosion
That regiment of
spite behind the
shed
What is the poet talking about when he says ‘regiment of spite’?

Quote Explosion
We soothed him
till his pain was
not so raw
How does this show the father’s love for his son?
Quote Explosion
I took my hook and

honed the blade
And went outside
and slashed in fury
with it
How does the father try to protect his son?

Homework: Revision.
Due: Wednesday.

Billhook
Recruits
Pyre
Sharp
Regiment

my writing.
Feedback your answers. • Find and highlight the quote, • Find and highlight the quote,
Annotate extra ideas around ‘That regiment of spite behind ‘We soothed him till his pain was
the poem in your book. the shed’ not so raw’
• What is the poet talking about • How does this show the father’s
when he says, ‘regiment of love for his son?
• Find and highlight the quote, spite’?

‘'Bed' seemed a curious name for
those green spears.’
• Why is ‘bed’ a strange way to How does the poet present the
Nettles by Vernon Scannell
describe the netttles? father’s love for his son?
My son aged three fell in the nettle bed.
'Bed' seemed a curious name for those green spears,
That regiment of spite behind the shed:
1. The poet presents the fathers
It was no place for rest. With sobs and tears love for his son by …
The boy came seeking comfort and I saw
• Find and highlight the quote, ‘I White blisters beaded on his tender skin.
2. This can be seen in the phrase
took my hook and honed the We soothed him till his pain was not so raw. “____________________”
At last he offered us a watery grin,
blade And then I took my hook and honed the blade
3. The word “_________” makes
And went outside and slashed in And went outside and slashed in fury with it us think…
Till not a nettle in that fierce parade
fury with it’ Stood upright any more. Next task: I lit
4. This makes the reader feel…
• How does the father try to A funeral pyre to burn the fallen dead. 5. The poet may be trying to
But in two weeks the busy sun and rain
protect his son? Had called up tall recruits behind the shed:
say…
My son would often feel sharp wounds again.

Homework: Revision.
Due: Wednesday.

Billhook
Recruits
Pyre
Sharp
Regiment

my writing.

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C/W Title: ‘Nettles’ – Analysis Revision Date: Tuesday, 2 February 2021

Recall: Snakes and ladders

• Roll the dice to move forward the number of

7. What does 4. T/F 'sharp' 5. My ______ 6. I _____ my

Test your recall skills by

Roll the dice app: https://diceapp.io

LESSON TITLE: ‘Nettles’ – Analysis Revision

Approaching I can use all words independently and embed them in

What will I need to do?

When will I need to do it?

Regiment A permanent unit of an army commanded by a lieutenant colonel.

Challenge: Put the word ‘regiment’ into a sentence.

Recruit Enlist (sign up for) in the armed forces.

Challenge: Put the word ‘recruit’ into a sentence.

Pyre A heap of wood usually used as part of a funeral ceremony.

Challenge: put the word ‘pyre’ into a sentence.

Sharp An object having an edge or point that is able to cut something.

Challenge: put the word ‘sharp’ into a sentence.

Blister An area of raised skin with a watery liquid inside.

Challenge: put the word ‘blister’ into a sentence.

Slashed An act of cutting or striking with sweeping strokes.

Challenge: put the word ‘slashed’ into a sentence.

Regiment A permanent unit of an army commanded by a lieutenant colonel.

Pyre A heap of wood usually used as part of a funeral ceremony.

Sharp An object having an edge or point that is able to cut something.

An area of raised skin with a watery liquid inside.

Curious Eager (wanting) to know or learn something.

Enlist (sign up for) in the armed forces.

LESSON TITLE: ‘Nettles’ – Analysis Revision

Approaching I can use all words independently and embed them in

My son aged three fell in the nettle bed.

Figurative level: what the poem means on a deeper,

‘Tall recruits behind

Approaching Meeting Exceeding

LESSON TITLE: ‘Nettles’ – Analysis Revision

Approaching I can use all words independently and embed them in

Why is ‘bed’ a strange way to describe the netttles?

What is the poet talking about when he says ‘regiment of spite’?

I took my hook and

How does the father try to protect his son?

LESSON TITLE: ‘Nettles’ – Analysis Revision

Approaching I can use all words independently and embed them in

LESSON TITLE: ‘Nettles’ – Analysis Revision

Approaching I can use all words independently and embed them in

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