Living Space by Imtiaz Dharker

Living Space by Imtiaz Dharker (editable PowerPoint and worksheets)

Living Space is a GCSE English teaching resource for the poem ‘Living Space’ by Imtiaz Dharker - as featured in the WJEC Eduqas GCSE Poetry Anthology. The resource includes a range of activities which explore in detail the poem’s context, language, tone, form, style, theme and structure. The resource is aimed at teachers of GCSE students preparing for the WJEC Eduqas GCSE English examinations.

Living Space includes:

• An introduction to Imtiaz Dharker and the context of the poem

• Consolidation and understanding tasks

• Exploring Dharker’s use of language and imagery

• Analysing the poem’s form and structure and Dharker’s use of poetic techniques

• Modelling how to use P.E.T.E.R. to write about ‘Living Space’

• The key themes of ‘Living Space’

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