Grade 10: English Home Language - The Zulu Girl by Roy Campbell

Introduction

WELCOME GRADE 10'S TO YOUR ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE WEBQUEST !!!

English Class

This lesson for today will be based a poem named "The Zulu Girl" by Roy Campbell.

We will be understanding and analyzing the poem assigned for today by looking at the poem and reading it line by line to identify the poetic devices in the poem and also gain a literal understanding of the poem.

 

These worksheets are a great way to broaden your understanding of poetry so this exercise is crucial! I will explain in greater detail the essence of this lesson via the WebQuest in the task area. You are expected to work on your own and create a better analogy for yourself. Please take your time and be creative.

Your Task section will include a worksheet 1 and a worksheet 2 in which you are instructed to complete on particular due dates.

Note: Good luck and also always have fun learners !!!

have fun

 

Task

Poem: The Zulu Girl by Roy Campbell                                        Total Marks: 50 Marks

The Zulu Girl

Poetry is derived from the old English language and poets such as William Shakespeare. From previous lessons we have touched base with the basics of poetry and its poetic devices. I would like for you to test your ability in answering questions based on the poem and your significant understanding of it as well. The second requirement is for you to annotate the poem stanza by stanza and also indicate the lines and rhyme scheme used within the poem. This task is to help you increase your knowledge of the history of the English language.

WORKSHEET 1 - Answer questions based on the given poem.

WORKSHEET 2 - Annotate the given poem. 

The mark allocation for each worksheet is divided into 25 marks. (This is a class activity which will be marked as homework)

The link will take you to a page where you can find the poem so that you can start your task and also gain some background knowledge of the poem.

Click on the link below:

https://www.bachelorandmaster.com/britishandamericanpoetry/the-zulu-girl.html#.YK1Aj6gzbIU

The links below will take you to a Youtube page where you can find an explained analyses of the poem.

Click the links below:

https://youtu.be/CR9GsOw8CdU

https://youtu.be/igcCtScaYwg

 

Process

Requirements:

requirements

Answer the following questions:

Step 1: In class we have done various questions and answering sessions and also how to do annotations on the poem, use your notes you have made to answer the questions and annotation section. Please back track to your notes before doing the worksheets. The worksheet will help to exercise your abilities.

Worksheet 1: 

Step 2: Once you have gone through your previous notes, you should answer the following questions to the best of your ability and take your time. Please answer the questions in full sentences and follow the rubric on the evaluation area of the Webquest when answering the questions. Good Luck!!!

  1. Refer to line 1: 'When in the sun the hot red acres smoulder'. How does this line set the initial mood of the poem? (4)

  2.  Explain what the word, 'flings' (line 3) suggests about the girl's state of mind. (3)

  3.  Refer to line 11: 'Through his frail nerves her own deep languors ripple'. Discuss the significance of this description in the context of the poem. (4)

  4.  The concluding stanza offers visions of the future. Do you agree with this statement? Justify your response by referring to imagery and/or diction.(4)

  5. Explain the poems distinctive explanation to your understanding in grave detail ( at least 10 lines). (10)

Worksheet 2:

Step 3: Annotations are so much fun! This part of the worksheet is very important as it will make reading poetry easier and quicker because of the analyses you will create. Answer the questions on will creativity. I am excited to see what you make with this part. Also, remember that this: Annotations are your creation so it is easy to get mark here. Enjoy!!

Instructions for annotating a poem: 

  • You are required to type out the poem on a clean page in MS Word (spaced out for note making)
  • Create annotations for the assigned poem named "My Zulu Girl" by Roy Campbell.
  • By annotating you are required to provided annotations of the  internal and external structures of the poem as follows:
  1. Indicate the author above poem on the page. (2)
  2. Number the lines in the poem.(2)
  3. Indicate the structure of the poem.(3)
  4. Indicate the rhyme scheme of the poem.(2)
  5. Indicate the areas in the poem that contains figure of speeches.(4)
  6. Indicate the words that you are unfamiliar with in the poem and provide its explanation .(6)

NOTE: Use DIFFERENT colors with pencils or highlighters to show your DIFFERENT findings ( note: do not use red or yellow as it will result in a 0). (6)

Evaluation

WORKSHEET 1 RUBRIC:

 

Points Rating Description
20-25 Excellent Meanings are conveyed clearly throughout, free of any spelling errors and analyses are correct and insightful.
11-19 Good Meanings are conveyed well, minor spelling errors and analyses is good.
5-10 Satisfactory Meanings could have been much more clear, handful of spelling errors and analyses is fine.
0-4 Poor Zero effort was used throughout answering the entire worksheet. Unacceptable or absent.

WORKSHEET 2 RUBRIC:

Points Rating Description
20-25 Excellent Annotations and explanations are conveyed clearly throughout, free of any spelling errors and analyses are correct and insightful.
11-19 Good Annotations and explanations are conveyed well, minor spelling errors and analyses is good.
5-10 Satisfactory Annotations and explanations could have been much more clear, handful of spelling errors and analyses is fine.
0-4 Poor There was Zero effort was used throughout where creating annotations are concerned. Unacceptable or absent.

 

Conclusion

Well done learners! After completing these worksheets you have no gained new knowledge and skills!

  • You are now able to answer complex questions that are based on the poem.
  • You are now able to create annotations and annotations.
  • You can read a poem.
  • You can develop an in-depth understanding of poetry.
  • You are clued up with the background of the poem

Poetry

This task was to test your abilities in the beautiful language of English poetry ! The worksheet was to help you expand your understanding and is a great exercise to help you stretch your abilities to its full potential. Poetry is very important because all your exams consist of it, so we will continue in the next lesson with some more poetry and less activities. 

I would like some more engagement with you guys. I will create a Teams meeting for next week and i will share the link on our WhatsApp group so that you can join so that we can have a virtual face-to-face class that will be open to questions and concerns.

Please be on time Monday, 31 May 2021  

Thank you and stay safe!!!

 

Credits

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In order to expand teaching we need to gather ourselves to be more prone to using ICTs in a classroom. Teachers need to exercise their skills in computers everyday and also make their learners comfortable with using computers. Covid-19 has shown us that the 4th Industrial Revolution is now and it is here to stay. The pandemic has forced education to become used on various platforms via the internet.

With WebQuest I have learnt that the internet is vast and 1 platform is not necessarily the only way to communicate with the learners but rather that it is one of the best platforms we should open up to. It have an excellent structure for teaching and learning and easy to understand for the learners who finds computers and the internet difficult to understand. 

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My learners are able to:

  • Carefully read each section in an efficient time allocation.
  • Flip though notes
  • Access study material
  • Access notes 
  • Accessibility (24/7
  • Having fun with lessons in a home environment.

 

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C.C Matthews 

Student Number: 217213618

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