WJEC Poetry Anthology

This lesson was used to consolidate my middle ability year 11 students' knowledge of the WJEC Poetry Anthology as they prepared for their GCSEs. Having studied the entire poetry selection over years 10 and 11, the pupils wanted to revise the entire selection whilst also tackling planning and preparing for the essay style question. A quick visual starter using imagery associated with the poetry provoked pupils to consider the key symbols prevalent in the poems before they worked in groups to create exam style questions and plan together. The challenge was then increased when the pupils were tasked with choosing two of the poems at random and creating an individual response linking the two poems together.