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Rebecca Bullard, Yen Tu, Yinka Olaniyan, Alannah Moody, and Elliot Kim

Week 1 – Unseen Poetry Week 2 – The Creative Process Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is designed for students studying A-level Englishliterature, language, history, and drama, and those looking tostudy English at university. It will also be of interest to anyone looking to develop their critical thinking about poetry and improve their skills in analysis and writing. This course will also be of interest to A-level teachers of thesame subjects looking for teaching resources and ideas to usewith their students in the classroom. You can use the hashtag #unseenpoet to talk about this course on social media.

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Week 1 – Unseen Poetry Week 2 – The Creative Process Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is designed for students studying A-level Englishliterature, language, history, and drama, and those looking tostudy English at university. It will also be of interest to anyone looking to develop their critical thinking about poetry and improve their skills in analysis and writing. This course will also be of interest to A-level teachers of thesame subjects looking for teaching resources and ideas to usewith their students in the classroom. You can use the hashtag #unseenpoet to talk about this course on social media.

Topics Covered

  • Ways to read and analyse poetry
  • Introduction to the poem, Patagonia
  • Feelings: Exploring different feelings towards text
  • Patterns: Breaking the text down
  • Puzzles: Tone and figurative language
  • Analysing and understanding the creative process
  • Ways to start writing a poem
  • Shaping a poem
  • Create and share your own poem

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