Year 9 · English
Understand meaning in Year 9 English
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Focus on analysing meaning in poems and fiction extracts. Open support for “Analyse the Meaning of a Poem: 'Sonnet' by John Clare”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 9 learners practise analysing meaning in poems and fiction extracts.
The activities include Analyse the Meaning of a Poem: 'Sonnet' by John Clare, Analyse a Non-Fiction Text: A Leaflet on Safety in the Home, Analyse Fiction: Mr Gradgrind, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, worksheet, teaching, practice. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
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- Analyse the Meaning of a Poem: 'Sonnet' by John Clare — support from YouTube — The Reader
- Analyse a Non-Fiction Text: A Leaflet on Safety in the Home — support from YouTube — GCSE Online Courses
- Analyse Fiction: Mr Gradgrind — support from Oak National Academy
- Analyse the Language Used to Show Context in Fiction: Coketown — support from Oak National Academy
- Analyse the Meaning of the Poem: 'Tich Miller' — support from YouTube — Enda Mc Hugh
- Analyse the Meaning of the Poem: My Last Duchess — support from YouTube — Comics and Lit
- Explore the Portrayal of Atmosphere in a Text: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' — support from Oak National Academy
- Revise Themes in ‘Of Mice and Men’ — support from YouTube — St Peter's English
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Featured Poem: Sonnet by John Clare
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Non-Fiction Text Analysis: Practical Tips for GCSE English Language
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Creating Layered Language Analysis
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Tich Miller by Wendy Cope: Summary and Analysis
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My Last Duchess by Robert Browning - Summary and Analysis
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Describing Setting And Developing Tone
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Gender in Of Mice And Men
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National curriculum in England: English programmes of study
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Women's rights across the ages: non-fiction reading and writing
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Hard Times — Book the First, Chapter I: The One Thing Needful
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Hard Times — Book the First, Chapter V: The Keynote
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My Last Duchess by Robert Browning
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Malevolent characters: fiction writing
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Creating Layered Language Analysis: worksheet and quizzes
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Critical reading
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John Clare’s “I love to see the summer beaming forth”
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Tich Miller by Wendy Cope
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My Last Duchess line-by-line revision worksheet
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Describing Setting And Developing Tone: worksheet and quizzes
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Of Mice and Men revision knowledge organiser
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Of Mice and Men themes lesson pack
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