The World's Wife

by Carol Ann
Duffy
Learning Target: To consider the extent to which knowledge
of an author's biography can inform a reading of their work. 
To know how Duffy uses allusion to explore ideas and feelings
in the poem. 

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 Find the
poem in the
8
Little Red Cap – do Minutes
pdf in
Schoology.

you remember?
Using the document, 12 steps to deepen your
understanding of a poem and your
own knowledge...
Annotate this poem for authorial choices and
ideas.
Think about:
• The levels (sonic, typography, sensory,
ideational)
• Allusions to the original story, enjambment,
caesuras, voice, diction, syntax, structure
 8
minutes

Key Observations + be
ready to
share

Look over Look over your annotations and think about the main ideas (themes or effects) that
the poem suggests.

Choose Choose 1 or 2 and write these on the padlet (link in Schoology).

Stay on Stay on the padlet to read the posts of your classmates. RESPOND to at least one by:
building the point, clarifying, asking a question or challenging (with new evidnece)
I will break you into smaller groups. You
could create a channel to work in or rely
on a shared document – your choice.
Read about CAD – her biography, look in the
criticism folder for a doc, find out about Adrian
Henri. 

Asynchronous Think about the relevance of this quote from

CAD: "the poem is just playing around with the
Learning – story. It’s not necessarily how it was." You can
find the full interview in the resources folder.

Group 1
Research
Post in the relevant column in the Padlet.
I will break you into smaller groups. You
could create a channel to work in or rely
on a shared document – your choice. Find out about Dramatic Monologues

What is this form of POETRY? What are

Asynchronous the FEATURES?

Learning –
Show us a famous example. Look for
Group resources in the folder in Schoology

2 Research
Post to the padlet
I will break you into smaller groups. You
could create a channel to work in or rely
on a shared document – your choice.
Answer this question:

Asynchronous HOW DOES CAD PLAY

Learning – AROUND WITH THE STORY
OF LRRH?
Group 3 
Research Develop some suggestions and
find examples and post these in
the Padlet
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Drawing your own minutes

conclusions
Finally post to the Padlet your answer to ONE or BOTH
these tasks:

1. Provide a brief interpretation (3-4 sentences) of the

poem through the feminist lens (remember our work
on this in an earlier lesson). You could consider
another lens.
2.  Choose 2 or 3 words or phrases from the poem
that interest you most. For each word or phrase,
write a brief commentary explaining the effect it has
on the reader and how the effect is achieved.
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LRC Summary
Look at these statements about LRC:
Consider whether you agree or disagree
with the interpretation of the poem and
why.
Could you offer another interpretation for
the list?

Choose the one (or more than one) you feel

is the most relevant and post it and your
reason for why in the chat. 5
Minutes
 Read the criticism and identify 1-2 points which interest you
Critical Insights and give you new insights into the poem or the collection.

into LRC: Be ready to explain your thoughts.

5
Minutes
 You can talk to me
Please read and annotate these poems: about your IO in
Extended Learning on
• Faust Thursday.
• Mrs Midas
• Tiresias
Next Steps
and Learner Portfolio consideration:
Concepts
Homework Perspective – what are multiple perspectives of this text? What are some
of the reader’s perspectives (from the discussion today)?
We are in 21st century now, so what is shaping your perspective?
Transformation – LRC is complex and refers to another text. It has
appropriated elements of LRRH and has transformed these – for what
purpose? Any impact on you as a reader?