GCSE Poetry Lesson: ‘Cousin Kate’ by Christina Rossetti
- Grades
- Grades 9–12, High School
- File type
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Use
- Digital activity
- Subject
- ELA, Literature, Poetry
- Topic
- poetry lesson plan, language devices
- Resource types
- Teacher Tools, Lesson Plans
- Use
- Digital activity
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GCSE Poetry: ‘Cousin Kate’ by Christina Rossetti
‘Cousin Kate’ by Christina Rossetti is a dynamic poem that explores sexuality inequality between the sexes. I have taught this text a number of times and have used this specific (revised) resource to lead my teaching in class, as a distance learning material (Google Meet lessons), as a homework assignment and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students.
This beautifully illustrated 21 slide PowerPoint lesson includes a starter activity, a brief author biography, content-language-structure questions, an academic writing task, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. This is a complete resource with no additional work required from the teacher, enjoy!
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Learning objectives
- Identify emotive language that establishes the poem's tone
- Explain the poem's narrative, purpose and audience
Skills covered
- Annotation — marking the poem during a first reading
- Language analysis — picking out emotive words that set the atmosphere
- Close reading — answering content questions on narrative, purpose and audience
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Core concepts
Core concepts
- Tone
- Emotive language
- Social class
- Gender inequality
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