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Year 7 · English

Poetic Convention Awareness

Year 7 learners practise conventions of poetry sonnet and ballad.

The activities include Explore a Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Explore Poetry: 'An Emerald is as Green as Grass' and 'The Miller', Explore Poetry: 'The Sensitive Plant', and related practice. The checked support below includes teaching, lesson, video, worksheet. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Explore a Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  • Explore Poetry: 'An Emerald is as Green as Grass' and 'The Miller'
  • Explore Poetry: 'The Sensitive Plant'
  • Explore Poetry: Meeting at Night
  • Explore the Poem Evening: Ponte Al Mare, Pisa
  • Understand How Rhyme is Used in Poetry
  • Understand the Conventions of a Ballad
  • Understand the Conventions of a Sonnet
  • Understand The Language of Poetry

Checked learning resources

  • An Emerald Is As Green As Grass by Christina Rossetti

    Poetry.com · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Exact Christina Rossetti poem with its eight-line text, imagery, comparisons and rhyme scheme for analysis alongside The Miller.

  • Poetry about place and home

    Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 English resource matched to conventions of poetry sonnet and ballad.

  • Reading poetry

    BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 English resource matched to conventions of poetry sonnet and ballad.

  • Oak lesson video: Analysing The Haunted Palace

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 KS3 English video lesson used as video. I can analyse literary techniques in 'The Haunted Palace'. Poe uses persona to create a nostalgic mood towards the past. Poe uses a semantic field to chart the decline of po

  • Oak lesson video: Performing Your Chosen Gothic Poem

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 KS3 English video lesson used as video. I can effectively deliver a Gothic poem using a range of performance techniques. Performing a poem means bringing out the drama of the poem. It is important to vary the pace

  • Oak lesson video: The Lady Of Shalott Understanding The Ballad

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 KS3 English video lesson used as video. I can show understanding of 'The Lady of Shalott' through comprehension and annotation. The Lady of Shalott is a cursed woman who is confined to a tower on an island just ou

  • Analysing poems

    BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    In this English article, learn about the language and subjects used in poetry.

  • Oak worksheet: Analysing The Haunted Palace

    Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 KS3 English resource used as practice. I can analyse literary techniques in 'The Haunted Palace'. Poe uses persona to create a nostalgic mood towards the past. Poe uses a semantic field to chart the decline of pow