The selected poems discussed in this book are:
- Sujata Bhatt, ‘The Stare’
- Carol Ann Duffy, ‘Head of English’
- Carol Ann Duffy, ‘Originality’
- Carol Ann Duffy, ‘Yes, Officer’
- Miroslav Holub, ‘Brief Thoughts on Laughter’
- Gwyneth Lewis, ‘Flyover Elegies’
- Gwyneth Lewis, ‘Peripheral Vision’
- Gwyneth Lewis, ‘Good Dog!’
- Mudrooroo, ‘City Suburban Lines’
- Dennis O’Driscoll, ‘In Office’
- UA Fanthorpe, ‘Reports’
- UA Fanthorpe, ‘Not My Best Side’.
Each Qwiller Geek Guide contains the following:
• Essay writing strategies
– writing clear sentences using sentence-level grammar & punctuation
– language forms and features of an essay
– understanding literary context
– a sample essay for the literary text with an introduction, body & conclusion
– key scene analysis
– referencing other people’s work
– editing an essay
– reflecting on writing an essay
• Literary text analysis
– key ideas and concepts
–narrative elements, such as characters, text structure and summary, and setting
– language forms and features
• Background information
– analysis of purpose and audience
–analysis of personal context of author and social, cultural and historical context of the literary text
– key term definitions
– bibliography including URL links
• Guided writing strategies
– ‘How to’ activities that guide writing
– modelled responses to support writing
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