Literature 09-03-21

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 5

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Before we start

•  New deadline literature assignment: April 2!
• Any questions about the assignment?
  

Today

- Discuss Siegfried Sassoon

- Read Poems and answer questions

- We will be doing this in groups again

Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Sassoon

- He joined the army in 1914
- He was called Mad Jack, because he single-handely conquered a German trench while killing 60 enemy troops in the process.
- Was wounded in 1917 and was send back to England.
- In England he met a group of pacifists which influenced his ideas about the war
- In 1918 he went back to war, but was wounded again
- His poetry shows the harsh reality of war

Would you like me to read the poems? Or would you like to get started on the exercises?

I would like to hear the poems!

I would like to start working!

The Rear-Guard

Question 1: Group 2

Question 2: Class Group

'Blighters'

Question 1: Group 1

Question 2: Class Group

Question 3: Group 3

Question 4: Group 4

Does it Matter?

Question 1: Group 3

Question 2: Class Group

Question 3: Group 3

Question 4: Group 4

Question 5: Group 4

Get your readers out, because it's time to discuss!

- You will work on the exercises of the 3 poems in groups of 3/4

- Discuss the questions  on page 36-38 as a group

- Find a line in the poem to explain or illustrate your answer

- Assign a team captain and a time keeper

- Try to get as far as you can! The questions you do not finish are homework for Thursday.

- You have until 10:10 to work on this

- Questions? You can ask me for help or ask the internet!

What was your favourite poem by Sassoon? Why?

The Rear-Guard

'Blighters

Does it Matter?

Before you go...

- Thursday: Finish the questions about Sassoon's poems (p. 36-38).