Transcript Timothy Winters: Evaluation

Timothy Winters: Evaluation
 Learning
objectives:
 To explore how poetic techniques are
used in generating specific effects in
poetry
 To structure an extended, written, critical
response to a poem
Task
 Write
a critical response to Charles
Causley’s poem Timothy Winters, focusing
on the poet’s use of a variety of poetic
techniques to help create a fuller picture
of Timothy’s life and circumstances
Section One - Introduction
 This
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should contain
The name of the poem
The name of the poet
The topic of the poem
The details of the task you have been
set.
Section Two
 Use
of similes to describe Timothy’s
appearance
 Identify three of these from the opening
two stanzas and show what things are
being compared and how the
comparisons help create a picture of
Timothy
Section Three
 Use
of metaphors to describe Timothy’s
appearance
 Identify three of these from the opening
two stanzas and show what things are
being compared and how the
comparisons help create a picture of
Timothy
Section Four
 Read
the third stanza and identify two
separate techniques used which highlight
Timothy’s struggles at school
Section Five
 Read
stanzas four and five and describe
Timothy’s home life.
 Identify five details from the poem of life
at home which reveal the true extent of
Timothy’s suffering at home
 Read the sixth stanza and show how the
simile used is effective in revealing why
Timothy cannot easily be helped.
Section six
 Read
the final two stanzas
 Comment on the final message that the
poem has about Timothy
 Show how the use of repetition highlights
this message in these two stanzas
Section seven
 Comment
now on the use of rhyming
couplets throughout the poem.
 How do they allow the reader to identify
with Timothy’s situation
Section 8 - Conclusion
 Give
your overall impression of how the
poet has shown us a picture of Timothy’s
life
 How has the poet made you feel about
Timothy himself?
 What do you think of the poet’s use of
techniques throughout the poem?
 Restate an example of a technique used
in a way which you found most effective.