AQA GCSE English Literature 'Power & Conflict Cluster' worksheets & summaries

There are two documents for use with AQA GCSE English Literature (8702) Poetry Anthology 'Power and Conflict' cluster. The first document is 15 pages long and has an A5 size worksheet on each of the 15 poems that ask students to write what the poem is about, what it teaches them, select two quotes to explain (one memorable quote and one use of imagery), name who the poet is and when the poem was written and the relevance of this. There are 2 different pictures per poem: one of the poet and one of an image that relates to the poem.

The second document is a few pages long and contains a paragraph summarising what each poem is about. This is useful for when students have missed poems, for teaching assistants working with the group and parents too.

Poems include: 'Ozymandias' by Percy Shelley, 'London' by William Blake, Extract from 'The Prelude' by William Wordsworth, 'My Last Duchess' by Robert Browning, 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 'Exposure' by Wilfred Owen, 'Storm on the Island' by Seamus Heaney, 'Bayonet Charge' by Ted Hughes, 'Remains' by Simon Armitage, 'Poppies' by Jane Weir, 'War Photographer' by Carol Ann Duffy, 'Tissue' by Imtiaz Dharker, 'The Emigree' by Carol Rumens, 'Checking Out Me History' by John Agard and 'Kamikazee' by Beatrice Garland.

These have been useful for weaker students to write their personal response to a poem after class input and could be made into an A5 size revision booklets too!