Bayonet Charge by Ted Hughes AQA Poetry Anthology Conflict and Power

This resource is a ‘stand-alone’ lesson that can be used for either revision or as an introduction to the Power and Conflict AQA Poetry Anthology for GCSE English. The lesson focuses upon the theme of conflict present within the poem and the use of literary devices which achieve the purposes of the poet.

The lesson opening tasks learners to identify key terms.

Consideration of the importance of comparison.

Walk through of annotating opening of poem.

Task of how to put annotation into sentences and paragraphs

Task to analyse, feature spot and annotate devices alone.

Deeper analysis example of close language features and
language/structural uses.

Wider themes within the poem
Plenary to help with summation
Assessment objective bands explained.

There are supporting resources for differentiation which include glossary of terms and notes for each section of the lesson as a whole to follow and keep for revision purposes.