AS A Level KS5 John Donne Poetry

Student and Teacher Booklets covering a full range of John Donne’s love, death and God-themed poems.

The following poems are analysed in this resource with both a student and a teacher booklet provided FOR EACH poem:

• The Flea
• The Good-Morrow
• The Sun Rising
• The Canonization
• The Anniversary
• A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
• The Ecstasy
• The Relic
• Elegy XIX: To his Mistress going to bed
• Loves Deity
• Good Friday 1613: Riding Westward
• Holy Sonnet VII: At the round Earth’s
• Holy Sonnet X: Death be not Proud
• Holy Sonnet XIV: Batter my Heart

Each poem comes with:

1. A blank Student Booklet
2. A completed Teacher Booklet
3. A pdf of Narrative Annotations to explain the poem
4. A pdf of Poetic Technique Annotations to explain the poem

Also included in this resource:

1. Pre-Tasks: Timeline of John Donne, specfic themes to research
2. ** John Donne - Blank Poem Booklet** (x14 poems)
3. John Donne - Context Booklet (x19 pages) Student (blank) and Teacher (completed) booklet
4. John Donne - Exam Booklet - Past Paper and Theme questions (x11). Guidance on how to write an essay; several helpful tables dividing poems into ‘Love’ and ‘God’ poems; Love topics; God and Death topics and matching poems
5. John Donne - Essay Planning Booklet (x23 pages)
   6.** Love poems** - questions for each poem; language work (x18 pages)
6. The Flea- sample paragraphs and guided work
7. John Donne + Love - copy of excellent article (referenced); example essay paragraphs for Love poems; example introductions for Love poems
8. John Donne + God - notes; three essay plans provided