Checking Out Me History Analysis Grade 9 (Mr Salles)

[@tronix4469]

The effect of "French" not being rhymed with anything in the Toussaint stanza also mirrors Agards view of his Carribean culture not being acknowledged by others,

[@sayedhusson3876]

Notes from the video - to future GCSE students: form of the poem: oral poetry - has phonetic spelling and strong rhythm, shows how agard wants to send down and preserve his message and the message of history repetition of dem and short sentences creates a sense of anger and drums home the message of anger he feels the reference to 1066 when William I invaded is his way of showing british culture is also the result of conquest like his own 'bandage' and 'blind' alliterative - words of injury describe what happens when you don't learn about your own history in the stanza about Toussaint, the only line that doesn't rhyme is the one with "french" which reflects how the poets culture is not acknowledged by others the references to nursery rhymes "dish run away with de spoon" shows that for agard, white history is an unimportant as these characters when not taught alongside black history doesn't use punctuation - agards way of forcing us to not understand something because of missing information which he implies is his view of history without the black part; essentially not understandable agard does not dismiss "Lord Nelson and Waterloo" and "Columbus and 1492" showing he thinks both parts of history should be taught together "carving out me own identity" - "carving" is active strenuous task, suggests permenance. this is also the final line and talks about the speaker showing he has found a new identity from learning the history the rhyme of most stanzas climaxes on the last word which is the black figure he wants us to think about enjambment expresses his uncontrolled anger at eurocentric views of history, also combines white and black figures in the same sentence so the reader realises they belong together. verses about white people are very simple and have childish rhyme which mocks there presentation of history as naive and childish. the verses about the black figures are in italics to make them stand out, they're also in free verse showing the freedom of the figures but also their lack of representation the verses about black characters also have lots of positive imagery about nature which suggests the people are natural and positive 'dem' also servers the second purpose of forcing the reader to understand and use agard's identity ADVANCED point - the playful singsong verses such as the third one are written in a carefree form called calypso which is a political type of music and is used to make the political point that more blacks need to be recognised

[@aliciakaur7556]

Thank u so muchhh

[@kronosmelon6875]

most useful yt comment ever

[@wilsonperez3274]

Got my gcse tomorrow thx

[@Yuuuuuuuuuuyyya]

THANK UUU!

[@AnimalJammer2004]

Here's me revising at 10:15PM laughing my butt off at the accent while revising one of my least favourite poems of the anthology - thank you, Mr. Salles, you're a life (and grade) saver!!!

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Fame at last! Thanks, and good luck in the exams

[@spiko-ou3bp]

What is wrong with you how is this one of your least favourite poems?!?!? 😂 it's my favourite poem by far and his accent is the only reason i know the whole poem off by heart because it's fun to read/sing 😂

[@abdulchowdhury6165]

@@spiko-ou3bp same its my favourite since the rest are just all the same idea - war or nature. This is actually about history! Our neglected history

[@s-chool]

@@spiko-ou3bpyeah i agree most poems rhyme for the sake of it but this poem actually works

[@deborahbarrows8419]

I absolutely love watching your videos. My understanding had increased tenfold. Thank you.

[@jedburnie9755]

making notes on your grade 9 videos for all poems now haha !! thank you sir!

[@jedburnie9755]

please do grade 9 romeo and juliet / a christmas carol / an inspector calls

[@jakepeto2496]

Yet again Mr Salles has infatuated me with another poem, the subtleties laced within this poem were beyond me, until now.

[@randomgirl-zi8le]

Thank you, these videos are so helpful and I've been waiting for this one

[@mahimabegum3733]

you deserve more recognition!!!

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Thanks! Tell your teachers and your friends...

[@emilyhalsteadd]

this is amazing since we have an assessment on this soon!

[@Zeno_CODM]

this guy is a life saver

[@dolsiehall2683]

cramming for english lit and your videos are sooo useful

[@sachacollins5434]

lowe the accent tho

[@rubymclean8621]

If I get a 8 or 9 in literature I will love you forever

[@MohamedSalahElHaj]

Mr Salles, could you say that John Agard uses 'Checking out me history' as an diatribe to critique/attack the 'British colony' who overtook Guayana, but also uses the poem as to bring more recognition to his culture by using historical black figures such as 'Nanny de maroon'' and 'Toussaint L'Ouverture. Furthermore, he wants that the white and black shouldn't be segregated because otherwise the historical timeline would be 'Eurocentric' and that black community would be forgotten. Would that be a good introduction?

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Your ideas work, but you need to express them better. I'd also add that part of his audience is afro-caribbean and he wants them to realise that they can reclaim their history

[@MohamedSalahElHaj]

Mr Salles Teaches English Thank you Mr Salles

[@heynicky1109]

Haha Mr Salles your pronunciation is very good. And, as always, helpful video. Well done.

[@Sanni188]

This was really helpful, thank you!

[@jfkfkfkdkdkd7835]

Are u just gonna focus on literature this year ...I got a grade 8 in lit because of your videos but ur eng Lang videos are very limited I understand ur busy but I’d appreciate if u could make solid new content for eng Lang thank you

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

You're not looking right! I have more than one language video for each question on both papers. Well done with Lit. You should also read the sample of my guide in the link to the videos and see if you like that. It is perfect for grades 8 and 9

[@jfkfkfkdkdkd7835]

Mr Salles Teaches English thank you , I struggle a lot on my section bs and time management do u have any tips?

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

@@jfkfkfkdkdkd7835 Yes, do section B first

[@avato251]

ayeeee u ate with the singing mr Salles

[@shonablackburn5788]

Dear Mr Salles Thank you for your analysis. I am a year 7 student, and this term we have begun to study poetry (having so far looked at poems by Carol Ann Duffy, George the poet, Amanda Gorman - at Biden's inauguration -and, currently, this poem by John Agard). I am curious to know why (this being 'English') we are not studying the masters, such as Keats or Wordsworth? If it is assumed that such a level of sophistication is beyond us, and that a deliberate dumbing-down of the curriculum is required in order to engage our attention, that is surely very patronising. So, presumably, there is some other reason which escapes me. I would very much appreciate hearing your thoughts (I dare not ask my teacher for fear of reprisals). Thank you Shona x

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Hello Shona, Teachers try to find the best time to introduce poetry, so that students understand it, hopefully like it, and aren't intimidated by it. I expect your teachers are choosing poems that they hope are relevant to many year 7s, because they deal with interesting and relevant topics. The will teach you the masters over time and who is to say, in 50 years, whether any of the poets you have studied already will by then be considered masters too?

[@shonablackburn5788]

@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Hello Mr Selles. Sorry for not getting back to you before, but I wanted to say I found your reply very inspiring. We have been studying many more black poets (Benjamin Zephaniah, Suli Breaks and Jay Bernard) I especially like the poems with a political message. My favourite is 'Is him be ma daddy?' which concerns absentee black fathers, as a result of the slave trade, and strong single mums on welfare. I find this very moving: 'Is him be ma daddy? Is him be ma daddy? No, dem's not yo' daddy, bro Den who be ma daddy? I be yo' momma Dat all yo' need to know But who be ma daddy - Ma cotton-pickin' daddy How d'hell I know It was long time ago

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

@@shonablackburn5788 Thanks Shona. I didn’t know this poem. I find the last line very depressing. Don’t you wonder what she is hiding from her son? Thanks for your excellent post.

[@bridgetkevil3453]

The boat the Caribhbeans came over on was called The Windrush.

[@wasabi7826]

does anyone know how he gets that cool effect around his mouse? i see that when he clicks, he gets a nice ripple effect. how does one get this?

[@s-chool]

is nobody going to mention how good his singing is???

[@snatchedwig2650]

Can you do some Macbeth videos?

[@jedburnie9755]

hi sir, I'm really trying to get a 9 in english lit and i am getting that at the moment but what can i do extra do you think to guarantee me that 9, i watch your videos but what else would benefit me?

[@Sanni188]

jed burnie practice, revision, using broad ideas, not the most obvious ones.

[@e.1544]

Sir, how do I talk about the themes and is the structure and the language enough from this video for me to achieve a top grade?

[@hamadahmad4339]

Can you mention the fact he recorded his video in the school in our papers? or is it only what we can see on paper

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

You can mention it if you relate it to the question, and to a quotation

[@madsocks_brxch-jamez2703]

The accent is amazing 😂😂😂

[@miz3005]

Sir i was wonderimg why does shaka zulu not have his own stanza describing him whereas all the other figures do. Do you have an interpretation besides shaka zulu just not being a moral person.

[@emr1844]

Sup Mr Millar

[@skatts8]

am i the only who watched this to look like i'm doing work in English :)

[@stevebrizzle]

Really gets my goat when teachers can't pronounce common names correctly. Haiti is pronounced 'HAYtee' and Haitian is pronounced 'HAYSHun'. Come on Mr Salles, you can do better!

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

You don't know what you don't know - thanks for the tips

[@tinprimo17]

16:00

[@uzmamehtab940]

He tried so hard to sing can they both cannot sing xd

[@OscarAgnew-in2kb]

useless