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• what did you do on the weekend?

• What activities took place?

• What was the weather like?

When would you get set a task like this?

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• Learning Objective:

• To understand what the poem ‘Your Dad did What?” by Sophie Hannah is about.

• To analyse how the poet has used language and structure to convey thoughts, feelings and ideas.

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• The poem we are going to look at is called:

Your Dad Did What?

What do you think it is about?

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• http://www.myspace.com/video/the-poetry-station/your-dad-did-what-by-sophie-hannah/102382969

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• What did dad do?

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• Lung…………….lunge

• Though………..through

• Tim……………..time

• One letter can make all the difference.

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1. What kind of teacher is this?

2. How do you think the teacher felt at the end?

3. How did you feel when you found out what had happened?

4. How do you think the boy felt being set this task?

5. What is the conflict in this poem?

6. Why are lots of short sentences used in this poem?

7. What is the rhyme scheme and why has it been used?

8. Why do you think 1st 2nd and 3rd person narrative has been used?

9. In your opinion is this a good poem and why?• Extension: write a paragraph explaining both uses of the letter

‘e’

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• Plenary:• Our lesson objectives were: • To understand what the poem ‘Your Dad did

What?’ by Sophie Hannah is about.• To analyse how the poet has used language and

structure to convey thoughts, feelings and ideas.• In your own words, answer the following

questions:• What is ‘You Dad did What?’ about?• How do language and structure contribute to

meaning?