Pre-19th C Poetry Full Scheme of Work: Compare and Contrast Wordsworth and Blake

Full scheme of work focusing on the GCSE skills of comparison and contrast of poetry (Paper 2) (AO1, AO2). There is also an introduction to Context and how this affects the writers (AO3). The scheme itself also includes elements of descriptive writing (AO4) and a Speaking and Listening Assessment at the end of the scheme.

The scheme focuses on the poems of Wordsworth and Blake, with a particular focus on creating and structuring a poetry analysis which includes comparison and contrast. This scheme of work has been run with higher ability Year 8, I have left my annotations on the slides so you can follow/see what was achieved with them, but I think it can also be used higher up the school.

The poems/texts studied are:
- Extracts from Dorothy Wordsworth's diary
- I wandered lonely as a cloud (Wordsworth)
- The Ballad of Lucy Gray (Wordsworth)
- Composed Upon Westminster Bridge (Wordsworth)
- Little Boy Lost (Blake)
- Little Boy Found (Blake)
- London (Blake)