New Task 2

In Cluster One there are four poems that could be considered to be about places and having a sense of place.

These poems are:

Island Man
Blessing

Night of the Scorpion 
What Were They Like?

http://www.teachit.co.uk/armoore/anthology/differentcultures.htm#vultures

Using this link comment on how the two poems Night of the Scorpion and What Were They Like? are both similar to and different from the poem Island Man in the ways in which they consider the idea of people having a sense of place.

If it helps consider the phrase 'a sense of place' to mean having a feeling of belonging somehere.

New Task

So...there are eight poems in cluster 1.

It has been decided that the absolute minimum biographical detail you are going to know about these poets is their nationality.

Task


Create thirty postings (one each) of all the poem titles, poets and their nationalities without repeating the form, appearance and structure of any of the previous posts.

or

Post your findings here. Each posting should look different from all the previous ones.

Everyone should type the text out and spend a few minutes playing with the appearance of the text.

At the very least this will mean you will spend some time with the required knowledge.

Your knowledge of this knowledge will be tested on Thursday.

Writing to Argue...Advice

A common question in relation to writing to argue is, "Sir, can we make stuff up?"  The answer is a difficult one.  Here is some expert advice from an English website...

The evidence needs to be convincing but, in an exam situation at least, it does not have to be factual, i.e. you can 'make it up'; you are allowed to make up such things as expert opinions and statistical evidence to support your argument.

Importantly, whatever evidence you do use, it must be well considered and reasonable.

Task

The American government has been hiding the fact that we are regularly visited by aliens for decades.  Not only do the Americans have an alien spacecraft this is where they took the technology for the internet from.  Alien species are not only in communication with us but they are living among us.

a) Make up a plausible expert opinion to back this up.  Provide a quotation and details of who it is from.

b)  Make up some believeable statistical evidence to support this claim.  Make a note of where the data has come from.

Remember...well considered and reasonable!

Limbo

If you follow the link below you will find some rather good information on the poem 'Limbo'.

http://www.teachit.co.uk/armoore/anthology/differentcultures.htm#limbo

Read it carefully.

Make some bullet point notes on it for revision puposes.

Task

Given what you have read, which of the other poems in cluster one most closely relate to the poem 'Limbo'?

You could make connections between the poems thematically or stylistically...or both!

Try to come up with original ideas but later postings may agree or disagree with previous ones providing that they state their reasons.