NATIVE GUARD (Trethewey) for CIAE A LEVEL

NATIVE GUARD - Natasha Trethewey - Teacher Pack

A complete pack of work for study of this compelling but challenging poetry text which appears on the syllabus for paper 4 of the Cambridge International A Level .

There are 12 units in the pack, each with multiple activities. All poems in the collection are covered at some stage; there is a wealth of links to contextual and other materials; and there is a discrete pack of critical resources for use in delivering AO5 ‘other views’.

Each of these 12 units has several elements, clearly divided and delineated. I have not converted the materials into powerpoints but this can be done very straightforwardly as questions and materials are clearly laid out.

The text is in three distinct phases and I have structured the pack in line with this - considering each section holistically before constructing worksheets on individual poems. Contents is as follows:
1 Critical appreciation of Genus Narcissus
2 Considering part 1 as a whole
3 Worksheets on individual poems in part 1
4 Considering part 2 as a whole
5 The context of the part 2 poems - worksheet
6 Worksheets on individual poems in part 2
7 Considering part 3 as a whole
8 Worksheets on individual poems in part 3
9 The whole text: exploration of titles, epigraphs and poem order
10 The whole text: critical extracts for AO5
11 The whole text: end of reading discussion questions
12 Appendix - further interview transcript