Approaching the Unseen

Poem
Step 1: Identify the key word in the question
Step 2: Read the poem. At the end of each stanza summarise
what you have learnt in relation to the question (in this case
what you have learnt about the geography teacher
Step 2: Read the poem. At the end of each stanza summarise
what you have learnt in relation to the question (in this case
what you have learnt about the geography teacher

What have you learnt about the geography teacher from the poem?
• P1
• P2
• P3
Step 3: Introduction
Introduction

In the poem…
Name the poem and the poet
Summarise in a list of three adjectives what you learn about the geography
teacher.

Step 4: Main body
WHAT? What have we learnt about the
geography teacher?
HOW? How have we learnt this?
1. Evidence – quotation (x3
ideal short quotations)
2. Techniques used – both
language and structure:
WHY? What do we learn about the
geography teacher from
the evidence and the
techniques? What can be
inferred?
Language Structure
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, Short sentences, multi-
adverbs clause sentences
Simile, metaphor, Type of poem: narrative,
personification, pathetic ballad, lyric and then
fallacy stanza style: quatrain,
Declarative, exclamatory,
tetrain
imperative, interrogative Rhyme – free verse,
internal rhyme, rhyming
couplets,
Repetition
Contrast - juxtaposition