AQA Poetry - Power and Conflict - Literature P2 - My Last Duchess - Full Lessons & Worksheets

An exploration in creativity.

Robert Browning Blake’s poem, ’My Last Duchess’ is brought alive through this resource which includes visual and auditory links.

An in depth analysis of the poem, alongside differentiated resources and printable worksheets. Each slide can be adapted and printed to suit your own classroom.

This pack includes:
1 - An introduction to this section of the course
2 - Analysis of Section B an C Literature P2
3- Mark Scheme for student use
4 - Poetry Learning Mat
5 - Themes explored in ‘My Last Duchess’ with links to other poems
6 - Learning objective with explicit links to AO1/2/3
7 - Starter activities - Introduction to Pictures
8 - Starter activities - Exploration of Artifacts
9 - Context sheet - who is Robert Browning and what may have influenced ’My Last Duchess’
10 - Context - Embedded video links to context, subject and themes within ’My Last Duchess’
11 – Context exploration question – student focus on developing answers with specific contextual evidence.
12 - The poem with detailed analysis of FORM & STRUCTURE
13 - The poem - complete with explicit annotations which explore Form / Stucture/ Power and Objectification / Status / Dramatic Irony
14 - Deeper Thinking - scaffolded questions
16 - Critical Thinking - scaffolded ‘opt’ questions
17 - Considering Quotation - worksheet to explore themes presented through analysis and quotation
19 - Examination style question - as modeled against section B
20 - Key quotation memory Exercise and future learning link.
21 – Over 4 hours of lessons which focus on the poem with optional ‘opt in’ differentiated activities, scaffolded questions and printable slides as worksheets.