Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Paper 1, Paper 2, Poetry Anthologies, Shakespeare, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
A lesson I have taught at the end of a poetry module in the final term. Great for cultural capital and promoting sensitivity regarding black history. Students find it very engaging. It's also nice to... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Paper 2, Poetry Anthologies, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Used this with my KS4 groups. The idea is to instill the principles of responding to Literature questions using the conceit of 'building a case' to push them to developing a clear idea/concept. This s... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Paper 1, Paper 2, Set Exam Texts (Novels), Shakespeare, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Unseen Poetry Worksheet on Piccadilly Line poem by Carole Satyamurti. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Edexcel style exam paper on Conflict and Unseen Poetry. Has easy teacher marking attached. Teacher simply highlights the relevant target, level and grade. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Paper 2, Poetry Anthologies, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: EDEXCEL
Pearson Edexcel Unseen Poetry resource based on the poems Blackberry Picking and Nettles. Gives an intro to the exam criteria, marks, timings and AOs. There is also a peer assessment marking grid cont... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Paper 2, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: EDEXCEL
Revision lesson with high-ability Year 11. Focused on analysis of writer's intention and included an exam practice question (24 marks) for AQA Literature Paper 2, Section C.Worksheet uploaded separate... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
This will be used for Set 2, Year 11 revision of Unseen Poetry. The worksheet is centred around the poem Catrin, however the analysis question frame can be adapted for any unseen poem. It u... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
More of the same... 5 minute activities all structured in the same way using What How Why as a framework. Designed to help develop confidence in analysing language skills. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR
5 minute activities all structured in the same way using What How Why as a frame work. Designed to help develop confidence in analysing language. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR
Just the beginning couple of slides for a lesson introducing what, how, why paragraphs. There is a grid with question prompts to help show how they can begin their paragraphs with a different focus. O... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Poetry Anthologies, Set Exam Texts (Novels), Unseen Poetry, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Lesson on 'Bright Star' as an unseen poem for high ability students who had already had a lesson on sonnets. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
SOW was created to support the Unseen Poetry element. Range of Black British poets' contribution to poetry. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Give by Simon Armitage and Tramp by Robert M. Loydell comparison - group work discussion prompt sheet VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
For unseen poetry, a way to explore the implicit meaning and get students thinking about approaching a deeper level analysis. Good for GCSE or lower. I used with HAP group but could easily... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Differentiated worksheet to go with the ppt (uploaded separately because people couldn't access the zip file with both docs in) VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
There is also a differentiated worksheet to go with this but I will have to upload separately because I seem to have a problem with the zip file with both docs in. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Unseen poetry full lesson for remote teaching based on Amanda Gorman's The Hill We Climb from Biden's inauguration ceremony.Includes differentiated question worksheet and ppt VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Aimed at a higher year 11 set. Instructions on how to set up via Breakout Rooms on Teams attached, with all clues and answers. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Paper 2, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
6 lesson mini-unit to introduce pupils to AQA Unseen Poetry, both questions. It begins with the skill of analysing a tiny snipppet of a poem and builds to a comparison of 2 poems in lesson 6. The unit... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Success criteria with linked improvement tasks to aid quick marking and DIRT lesson. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Exemplar Material, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Revision of key poetic techniques with examples VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Raw score to grade boundary conversion to reflect current changes to AQA GCSE English Literature exam structure for the 2021 series only. Obviously, a very provisional document, but a useful reference... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Assessment Materials, Paper 1, Paper 2, Poetry Anthologies, Set Exam Texts (Novels), Shakespeare, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Using a skills checklist found on Twitter, by a colleague so apologies for no accurate credit, I have created a guide listing online resources students can use to address their areas for concern. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Paper 1, Paper 2, Poetry Anthologies, Shakespeare, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
AQA English literature Unseen poetry VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Planning sheet for poetry analysis - helps analyse the poem using STRIVE and also form each element into a PETER paragraph. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Paper 2, Poetry Anthologies, Unseen Poetry, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A fun one off lesson about how to compare two poems using own brand and branded jaffa cakes as a (tasty) teaching aid. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Poetry Anthologies, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Poetry Overlay - a useful resource when analysing unseen poems VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
An unseen question on the theme of rejection. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Day by day revision tasks for English Literature Paper 2 Section C week 5. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
A booklet of unseen poetry essays for pupils to complete. Suitable to use in class but designed to be set as homework. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Paper 2, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Fun, end-of-term lesson in which students drew bingo grids in their books and then looked for the techniques in the unseen poems on the PPT.The idea was that they would then have the technique and an... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Poetry Anthologies, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Taught to year 9.In this lesson, students attempted to analyse an unseen poem without reading it in its entirety. Based on 'Valentine' by Carol-Ann Duffy VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
In this lesson, I gave students two biscuits with some similar features (Oreos and Chocolate Chip Cookies). They then went on to write up a GCSE unseen comparison style response based on the table.Thi... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
This lesson was taught as unseen poetry for my Year 9 who were studying the 'Love and Relationships' cluster, but could be adapted as an anthology lesson. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Poetry Anthologies, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
A scheme of learning (10 lessons) and resources for preparing students for AQA Literature Paper 2 Section C VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Paper 2, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
This worksheet is a way of scaffolding students' ideas comparing the methods that both poets use. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Paper 2, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
2 questions in the AQA GCSE English Lit paper 2 format. One on Ted Hughes Thistles. The other comparing it to Nettles by Vernon Scannell. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Paper 2, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Poppies was part of a collection of poems commissioned by Carol Ann Duffy in 2009. Here are some of the remainder of the poems to used for unseen poetry. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
This comparison of The Identification and Nettles was used in one-to-one tutoring with a LA learner, but it can be adapted to be used with any students. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Here are some of your favourite poems (as mentioned in the facebook chat). I use them as quick lesson starters to encourage students to focus on A02. This is helping to dispel the 'unseen poetry... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL
A collection of poems from diverse authors to use as unseen poems, discussion points, challenging conversation starters and inspiration for events like Black History Month. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas
A series of questions for prose, poetry and drama to help teachers plan and students to think more independently... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Poetry Anthologies, Set Exam Texts (Novels), Shakespeare, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas
A display of tier 2 analytical vocabulary (works really well to promote more sophisticated student expression), and some other nice quotations about why reading is great! VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Assessment Materials, Exemplar Material, Paper 1, Paper 2, Poetry Anthologies, Schemes of Work, Set Exam Texts (Novels), Shakespeare, Unseen Poetry, Wall Displays, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas
A lesson to support students with English Literature, Paper 2, Section C. A comparison of 'Nettles' and 'Upon my son Samuel...' VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Table for students to complete using the 'Both... Both... However' structure. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Copies of poems and blank grid for students to complete. Works well as independent practice for Section C of AQA English Literature Paper 2. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Comparing two unseen poems. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Activity one explores similes about love taken from 19 classic and contemporary songs including Alicia Keys, 50 cent and Beyonce. Activity two sees students group the similes according to e... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Poetry Anthologies, Shakespeare, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas
Comparison question on feelings of love in Wendy Cope's Waterloo Bridge and Valentine by Tom Pickard. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
'little tree' e e cummings 'The Voice of a Discarded Christmas Tree' Murray Lachlan Young VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
A handy mat for use with KS3/4 students when they analyse a poem. It features steps to help them annotate the poem, includes key techniques they are likely to find, and also features two choices of wr... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Paper 2, Poetry Anthologies, Unseen Poetry
A PowerPoint containing poems & essay questions. I used this with my class for them to annotate the poem in timed conditions and thought I would upload to save someone some time! VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Aimed at GCSE Literature, 5 ways to say something meaningful about a quotation with worked examples VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Poetry Anthologies, Set Exam Texts (Novels), Shakespeare, Unseen Poetry
A pre exam warm up session based on AIC, P&C poems and Unseen VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Paper 2, Poetry Anthologies, Set Exam Texts (Novels), Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
A series of sophisticated phrases useful for literature analysis. I have saved this to my desktop and just change the question each time I use it. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Poetry, 19th Century Literature, Poetry Anthologies, Shakespeare, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Paper 2, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Unseen poetry exam task based on Mother any distance and My Father Thought it by Simon Armitage. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Assessment Materials, Paper 2, Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
A lesson used to help students recognise and analyse structural features in poetry using Spared by Wendy Cope. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Designed as a revision for lower ability groups, allows students to explore poetry in a non-threatening way with links to YouTube for the songs. Focus is on heartbreak with 'Up' by Olly Murs fea... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
While the example here links to An Inspector Calls, the principle can be applied to any essay question.I read about this strategy on someone's blog last year (unfortunately I can't now find it) and I... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Assessment Materials, Paper 1, Paper 2, Poetry Anthologies, Set Exam Texts (Novels), Shakespeare, Unseen Poetry