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MAORI POETRY. UNFAMILIAR TEXT. OVER VIEW. Look at how to analyse and attack a poem. Start glossary of Maori cultural terms. Analyse “ To a Maori figure cast in bronze outside the Chief Post Office, Auckland .” (Hone Tuwhare). . MONDAY.

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  1. MAORI POETRY UNFAMILIAR TEXT

  2. OVER VIEW • Look at how to analyse and attack a poem. • Start glossary of Maori cultural terms. • Analyse “To a Maori figure cast in bronze outside the Chief Post Office, Auckland.” (Hone Tuwhare).

  3. MONDAY • Class split into four groups. Each group will be given a poem with a series of questions. • Groups will work together (possibly in computer lab) to answer the questions and analyse the poem.

  4. TUESDAY • Each group will recite their poem and present their analysis in a seminar for the rest of the class. • Seminars will be recorded on microphone and put on knowledge net. • Students will annotate copies of the poem during seminars.

  5. THE GOLDEN RULES • Attack the question. • Quote the best example. • Explain it clearly. • Unpack the information in more detail.

  6. ANALYSING LANGUAGE FEATURES. • State specifically the language feature and quote it. Use correct terminology. • state what quotation means . • State what the quotation suggests// why the writer chose that technique// what is implies// connoted//hinted at// alluded to// why it is effect.

  7. EXAMPLE • “They (poets) can amaze us like a thunderstorm.” • Analysis: The phrase “like a thunderstorm” is a simile. It means that poets can invent phases that get our attention. It is effective because “thunderstorms” suggests something powerful and sometimes violent. It can refer to a bright flash, something sudden that grabs our attention. It implies that there is a “wow factor” in poetry.

  8. Read through and annotate poem • Words you do not understand • Striking features • Colloquial language • Maori words • Language features • Anything that sticks out to you

  9. Answer the first two questions • Compare answers with person next to you. • Chose one of the last two questions and attempt to answer it. • Compare answers with someone else in class. • Share ideas in class discussion.

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