Starter quiz
- What's the best definition of conflict?
- a war or physical fight
- a serious disagreement or argument ✓
- a time free from disturbance
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- Identify the sentence which uses the first person pronoun.
- I went to the market. ✓
- You went to the market.
- He went to the market.
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- What does the word 'identity' mean?
- the qualities that make a person unique or themself ✓
- regarded as perfect or better than in reality
- spread through something
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- What is a tyrant?
- a kind and compassionate leader
- a cruel and oppressive ruler ✓
- someone who wants to overthrow a current leader
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- What is 'emigration'?
- to leave one’s own country to settle in another ✓
- to leave your home town to settle in another in the same country
- to live between many places
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- What connotations do we often have of the word 'sunlight'?
- happiness ✓
- life ✓
- warmth ✓
- oppression
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Exit quiz
- Match the keywords with their definitions.
- identity⇔the qualities that make a person different from others ✓
- emigrate⇔to leave one’s own country to settle in another, usually for political ✓
- idealised⇔regarded as perfect or better than in reality ✓
- permeate⇔spread through something ✓
- The poem ‘The Emigree’ describes a person that has…
- gone on a life adventure to a new country.
- left their home country, potentially due to war. ✓
- been asked to leave their home country.
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- The tone in the opening line of the poem ‘The Emigree’ is...
- excited
- nostalgic ✓
- scared
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- How is memory shown in ‘The Emigree’?
- The speaker has vague memories of her home country.
- The speaker has unwanted memories of her home country.
- The speaker has vivid memories of her home country. ✓
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- In 'The Emigree', the final stanza of the poem shows that the speaker…
- feels conflicted in her identity ✓
- feels certain in her identity
- feels constricted by her identity
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- Which big ideas does the poem 'The Emigree' explore?
- identity ✓
- nature
- memory ✓
- place ✓
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Key learning points
- The title of the poem allows the poem to relate to the general experience of all that emigrate.
- There are feelings of nostalgia, regret and fear within the poem.
- Rumens explores the displaced feelings of people driven from their home country and the enduring impact of tyranny.
- The poem explores the big ideas of identity, memory and power of place.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that the speaker is Rumens herself.
Rumens herself did not experience the emigration that the poem describes. She may have written the poem based on her fascination with people and culture. She may have written the poem to appeal to all that have experienced a story of emigration.
Keywords
Identity - the qualities that make a person different from others.
Emigrate - to leave one’s own country to settle in another, usually for political reasons.
Idealised - regarded as perfect or better than in reality.
Permeate - spread through something.
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