Mushrooms -Sylvia Plath by angelina tsilimpari https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75 Made by Seminar group 5 (b) en-us 2017-03-10 16:49:24 UTC 2025-11-02 21:58:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Folder.png Poem Analysis aggelina_ts98 https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75/wish/159325141 Key theme:
Gradual female revolution

Techniques used:
Symbolism: Use of body parts (noses,toes)
Metaphors: mushroom caps
Imagery: stanza 19-20 "Diet on water"

Mood:
Sneaky
Painful
Sad
Witty]]> 2017-03-10 16:54:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75/wish/159325141 Lifespan of author aggelina_ts98 https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75/wish/159328489 Sylvia Plath (1932- 1963)

She belonged in Middle Class

She got married to Ted Hughes and got 2 kids

Characteristics of her work:
-Perfectionism

-Symbolism frequently used as a technique

-Her dad's death when she was 8 years old influenced her work

-Immigration and mental illness
> she was an immigrant herself
> she suffered from depression and was psychologically unstable]]> 2017-03-10 17:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75/wish/159328489 Multimodality and Poetry teaching wanning_zhang https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75/wish/159700698 THEORY
1. the 'multimodal nature' of poem makes various modes of media improving poetry teaching.
2. different potentials for engagement with a text
3. increase interest and motivation of students

PRACTICE
1. blending visual and print media
2. non-native speakers
3. the irreplaceable role of teacher]]> 2017-03-13 14:57:30 UTC https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75/wish/159700698 Poet and Poems wanning_zhang https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75/wish/159706388 Connections between Plath and her poems
 - tough marriage life
 - oppressed situation as being a female poet

The poet as the speaker
]]> 2017-03-13 15:12:28 UTC https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75/wish/159706388 Induction to feminism movement aggelina_ts98 https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75/wish/159707304
Much of her work was based on male dominated society, as women had found it hard to assert themselves 

Mushrooms had a strong link to the personal life of Sylvia, relating to the mental decline in her, poems may have been her only voice that was heard


]]> 2017-03-13 15:14:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75/wish/159707304 Publication of 'Mushrooms' wanning_zhang https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75/wish/159709964 How the poem develops through time, and in relation with the multimodality.
1. handwriting - 1959
2. published in a poetry collection called "The Colossus and Other Poems" - 1960 
3. printed pages/typescript drafts in newspaper - collected in British library.
4. digital pages online
]]> 2017-03-13 15:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75/wish/159709964 Sylvia Plath- modern writing aggelina_ts98 https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75/wish/159716236 2017-03-13 15:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75/wish/159716236 Sylvia plath- original transcript aggelina_ts98 https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75/wish/159716851 2017-03-13 15:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75/wish/159716851 Different visual work of 'Mushrooms' wanning_zhang https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75/wish/159718461 Visual work:
1. Brief introduction of Sylvia Plath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJn0ZPd6mYo 
2. Assessing Sylvia Plath’s Poetry, by Jessica Fernquist
https://prezi.com/4c-nnpnamhti/mushrooms-sylvia-plath/
]]> 2017-03-13 15:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75/wish/159718461 Reflection: multimodality and presentation wanning_zhang https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75/wish/159719164 1. Whatsapp
2. Padlet
3. PowerPoint slides

BUT! face-to-face group discussion is the most effective way to keep everyone in the same pace.]]> 2017-03-13 15:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/aggelina_ts98/l9pww1i7no75/wish/159719164