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27 March 2024

G - The one with the dictionary.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What is value of satire?

Learners shared their favourite lines from Canto V of Pope's Rape of the Lock. We compared the elevated language of Pope's mock epic and Milton's Paradise Lost, and decided that the rhyming couplets are key to establishing the satirical tone of Pope's piece.

We chatted about Ben Johnson and his dictionary. Learners used the rest of the period to construct their own 21st century dictionaries, paying close attention to the format of Johnson's dictionary.

PRACTISE: Write your own dictionary. Define at least 25 words copying Johnson's style.

READ:
  • Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"
  • Blake's "The Lamb" and "The Tyger"
  • Burns's "To A Mouse"
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