Reading and Exploring 'Good Bones' by Maggie Smith

Reading and Exploring 'Good Bones' by Maggie Smith

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will explore the power of poetry in the 21st century, before reading Maggie Smith's poem 'Good Bones' and analysing her use of sentence types.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Fill in the gap: To be able to move forward when things go wrong or _______ things happen.
Correct answer: Bad
Funny
Good
Unusual
Q2.
Which of the following sentences uses resilient incorrectly?
Correct answer: Everything is going resilient!
I am proud of my emotional resilience.
I must be more resilient in life.
My mum is the most resilient person I know.
Q3.
What does Walker use as a symbol for resilience?
Correct answer: A tree
Hope
Talking
Torture
Q4.
Fill in the gap: A belief that material possessions are more important than ________/ spiritual values.
Animalistic
Emotional
Monetary
Correct answer: Natural
Q5.
What does Walker suggest our revolution should be?
To hate nature
To love gold
Correct answer: To love what is plentiful
To plant trees

5 Questions

Q1.
What year was 'Good Bones' published in?
2014
2015
Correct answer: 2016
2017
Q2.
What happened to the poem 'Good Bones' when it was published?
It was banned
It was made into a TV show
Correct answer: It went viral
No-one read it
Q3.
What form is 'Good Bones' written in?
Ballad
Correct answer: Dramatic monologue
Haiku
Sonnet
Q4.
Fill in the gap: You could make this place _________.
Amazing
Correct answer: Beautiful
Better
Happier
Q5.
What type of sentence is this: This place could be beautiful, right?
Declarative
Exclamatory
Imperative
Correct answer: Interrogative

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UnitEnglish / Romantic poetry and paired texts: Revolutionary and Protest poetry

English