Read the title and consider its meaning.
Read the poem through, slowly in your
head.
Read the poem and answer the Ws; establish Who is speaking,
What the subject is and What is going on, Where/When lif
important) the poem is set and What is the tone/mood is.
Ask yourself: What might the poet have wanted the
reader to think about whilst reading their poem?
The poet may have wanted us to think about...
Re-read the poem CLOSELY and highlight & annotate HOW the
subject, themes, narrative etc is coming through - ask yourself
WHY particular words, phrases and poetic techniques have
been used.
FEELINGS Establish what your personal response to
the poem is - how does it make you feel?

Read this passage: there were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a few raisins and almonds; some cheese that gregor had declared inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with butter and salt. "am i less sensitive than i used to be, then? ", he thought, and was already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the newspaper. quickly one after another, his eyes watering with pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them because he couldn't stand the smell. kafka, the metamorphosis (david wyllie, trans.) what can you infer about gregor from this excerpt? a. he enjoys disturbing his family by making a lot of noise. b. he is upset at being locked in the room and tries to escape. c. he is becoming less human and more like a bug. d. he is depressed and is trying to hurt himself.

What is the theme in “letter from birmingham jail”? how does the theme emerge and develop over the course of the text? use evidence from the text to support your response. your response should be at least two complete paragraphs

Type the correct answer in the box. use numerals instead of words. if necessary, use / for the fraction bar. the length of each side of a square increases by 2.5 inches to form a new square with a perimeter of 70 inches. the length of each side of the original square was inches.