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1. Date: Monday 2nd December 2013
Title: In Flanders Fields – John McCrae
Learning Objective
To explore the attitude to war
reflected in the poem ‘In Flanders
Fields’.
Write this in your exercise book.
Investigate View or opinion
Shown

2. Date: Monday 2nd December 2013
Title: In Flanders Fields – John McCrae
Learning Objective:To explore the attitude to
war reflected in the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’.
Steps to Success…
1. You will identify the major themes of the poem
2. You will judge the tone of these themes
3. You will compose your own version of the poem
4. You will evaluate your understanding by
comparing your poem to the actual poem

3. Date: Monday 2nd December 2013
Title: In Flanders Fields – John McCrae
Learning Objective:To explore the attitude to
war reflected in the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’.
DEFINITION CHALLENGE
Do you agree with definition A, B, C or D?

4. Date: Monday 2nd December 2013
Title: In Flanders Fields – John McCrae
Learning Objective:To explore the attitude to
war reflected in the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’.
THEME
“The main subject(s) or topic(s) of a poem”
Note this down in your exercise book.

5. Date: Monday 2nd December 2013
Title: In Flanders Fields – John McCrae
Learning Objective:To explore the attitude to
war reflected in the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’.
Flowers
Fields
Grass
Theme?

6. Date: Monday 2nd December 2013
Title: In Flanders Fields – John McCrae
Learning Objective:To explore the attitude to
war reflected in the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’.
Religion
Word
Word
Word

8. Using the word-cloud, make groups of words
that are about similar things.
Group 1 Group 3Group 2

9. You have just sorted the words by theme.
Decide the theme for each group.
Group 1 Group 3Group 2
THEME THEMETHEME

10. Date: Monday 2nd December 2013
Title: In Flanders Fields – John McCrae
Learning Objective:To explore the attitude to
war reflected in the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’.
Steps to Success…
1. You will identify the major themes of the poem
2. You will judge the tone of these themes
3. You will compose your own version of the poem
4. You will evaluate your understanding by
comparing your poem to the actual poem

11. Is the tone of each theme positive or
negative?
Group 1 Group 3Group 2
THEME THEMETHEME
TONETONETONE

12. In your opinion, what is the most common
theme and the most important theme?
Group 1 Group 3Group 2
THEME THEMETHEME
TONETONETONE
= most common theme = most important theme

13. Judge the overall tone of the poem ‘In
Flanders Fields’
The tone of the poem seems positive because…
OR
The tone of the poem seems negative because…

14. Date: Monday 2nd December 2013
Title: In Flanders Fields – John McCrae
Learning Objective:To explore the attitude to
war reflected in the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’.
Steps to Success…
1. You will identify the major themes of the poem
2. You will judge the tone of these themes
3. You will compose your own version of the poem
4. You will evaluate your understanding by
comparing your poem to the actual poem

15. Using your learning from task one, write your
own version of ‘In Flanders Fields’.
Write without stopping for 15 minutes.
To show your understanding:
• Write at least 5 lines of the poem
• Include at least one of the themes identified
• Ensure the tone of your poem is clear
Rules:
You are allowed to use extra words
You do not have to use all of the words
You can change the tense
You do not have to make your lines rhyme

16. Date: Monday 2nd December 2013
Title: In Flanders Fields – John McCrae
Learning Objective:To explore the attitude to
war reflected in the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’.
Steps to Success…
1. You will identify the major themes of the poem
2. You will judge the tone of these themes
3. You will compose your own version of the poem
4. You will evaluate your understanding by
comparing your poem to the actual poem

17. In Flanders Fields – John McCrae
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_x0M5y-EWo

18. Evaluate your understanding by comparing your
poem to the real thing!
Write this in your exercise books.
In my poem, I have adopted a [positive or negative]
attitude to war.
Having seen the real poem, I feel my poem reflects
the real poet’s attitude to war because…
Or
Having seen the real poem, I feel my poem differs
from the real poet’s attitude to war because..

19. Date: Monday 2nd December 2013
Title: In Flanders Fields – John McCrae
Learning Objective:To explore the attitude to
war reflected in the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’.
Steps to Success…
1. You will identify the major themes of the poem
2. You will judge the tone of these themes
3. You will compose your own version of the poem
4. You will evaluate your understanding by
comparing your poem to the actual poem

20. Date: Monday 2nd December 2013
Title: In Flanders Fields – John McCrae
Learning Objective:To explore the attitude to
war reflected in the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’.
PLENARY:
Put a STAR next to the activity you feel you
understood best.
Put a QUESTION MARK next to the activity you
feel you require more work on.