Seagull

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Seagull

• Paragraph 2
• Using evidence

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A sailor meets a pirate in a bar, and talk turns
to their adventures on the sea. The sailor notes
that the pirate has a peg-leg, a hook, and an eye
patch.The sailor asks, "So, how did you end up
with the peg-leg?" The pirate replies, "We were
in a storm at sea, and I was swept overboard into
a school of sharks. Just as my men were pulling
me out, a shark bit my leg off.""Wow!" said the
sailor. "What about your hook"? "Well", replied
the pirate, "We were boarding an enemy ship and
were battling the other sailors with swords. One
of the enemy cut my hand off.""Incredible!"
remarked the sailor. "How did you get the eye
patch"? "A seagull dropping fell into my eye,"
replied the pirate."You lost your eye to a
seagull dropping?," the sailor asked
incredulously. "Well," said the pirate, "it was
my first day with my hook."
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Aims

• Today we are aiming to
• Apply our analysis of the poem in writing a
  paragraph of our critical essay
• Revise using evidence and examining technique

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Recap

• Last time, you looked closely at the first nine
  lines of the poem.
• You analysed how sights and sounds were conveyed
  (got across).
• You revised and learned poetic techniques
  Alliteration, Assonance, Onomatopoeia,
  Repetition, Simile, Metaphor and Personification.

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Introduction

• Task What picture does the poet Brian McCabe
  give us of seagulls in his poem Seagull?
• With a partner, write one sentence in answer to
  the above question
• E.g. The poet gives an impression of seagulls as
  __________ through the use of _________.

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Introduction

• Take a sheet of lined A4, Seagull is your
  heading, and put your name top right. Copy the
  essay task on the top line.
• What picture does the poet Brian McCabe give us
  of seagulls in his poem Seagull?
• Introduce the topic of seagulls in an interesting
  way e.g. Seagulls are often thougth of
  as________.
• Then, link this to the poem Seagull introduce
  title, author and genre (poem)?
• Finally, put the sentence in response to the task
  (that you just did with a partner) to finish the
  conclusion. Time Max 10 mins

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Topic sentences

• Topic sentences introduce the general idea of the
  paragraph they do not go into examples or use
  quotes they are like signposts for your talk.
• In your first main paragraph you are going to
  look at the images the poet uses to show you the
  seagull feeding which of these is a good topic
  sentence

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Topic sentence which is best?

• The seagull is like a pirate in the way it goes
  after food.
• In the opening lines of the poem, effective
  imagery is used to give a violent picture of the
  seagulls feeding.
• In the opening lines, the seagull is described as
  a dawn marauder.
• Answer2 Copy it as the start to your second
  paragraph

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Paragraph 2

• Topic sentence
• Examine two images (similes or metaphors)
  separately dawn marauder, mug thrushes
  kill kebabs, prey on pizza
• PEE. Make a point about how the seagull is given
  a certain image, use a quote as evidence, explain
  how the quote makes the seagull seem violent (you
  can use the diagrams from yesterday to help you
  explain)?
• Round off the paragraph with a sentence on your
  opinion on the images used.

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