Jackie Kay Poetry Revision

Learning Intentions Revise the poems of Jackie Kay to show understanding of meaning, poetic techniques, key ideas and themes. ake !inks "etween the range of poems in order to compare and contrast the poems in e#am conditions. $%&' &ou wi!! "e required to respond to a Jackie Kay poem in the critica! reading part of the e#amination. &ou wi!! have to know the fu!! range of poems as you do not know which wi!! appear in the e#amination. $%() do you have to do' &ou wi!! have appro#imate!y *+ minutes to respond to questions worth ,marks. )here wi!! "e one of the Jackie Kay poems printed in the e#amination paper. &ou wi!! "e required to respond to questions to show your understanding of the poem and the techniques Jackie Kay uses ., marks. )he /I0(L question is worth 1 marks and wi!! require you to compare and contrast the poem that is provided with another Kay poem that you have studied. R23I4I50 6202R(L 7824)I504 (s you revise you shou!d ask yourse!f the fo!!owing genera! questions for each poem9 $hat is the poem a"out' 6enera! ideas:events ; wider themes' $hat type of narrator is used is the narrator a character in the poem .st person or are the ideas "eing descri"ed as a witness <rd person' $hat is the R2L()I504%IP "etween the characters in the poem' %ow is the poem 4)R8=)8R2>' (re stan?as the same !ength' %ow is punctuation used "etween !ines and stan?as' Is the poem sp!it into sections' $5R> =%5I=2 Identify e#amp!es of words which have "een used successfu!!y as they add meaning or emotion e.g. powerfu! words showing anger or happiness' I (62R& %ow does Kay create pictures @imagesA for the audience /ind e#amp!es of simi!es, metaphors, personificationB' 4580> )2=%0I7824 >oes Kay use a!!iteration, onomatopoeia, soft:hard sounding words' /or each e#amp!e 2CPL(I0 $%& she uses the technique. 48==244/8L 20>I06 %ow does the end of the poem make you fee!' >oes it c!ear!y revea! the message : theme of the poem'

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I wi!! provide you with some notes on a few of the Kay poems so you can get an idea of the types of notes you wi!! need to prepare:revise for the e#amination.