This worksheet covers themes of independence and family ties. Students analyse Armitage’s use of metaphor and enjambment to convey the complex emotions involved in leaving home and growing up.
This GCSE revision workbook includes
Summary of poem
Exercise 1
Vocabulary list
Thematic Connections
Language and Structure
Poetic Techniques:
Structure and Form:
Context
Memorable Quotes
Questions (x3)
Exercise 2:
The Poem
This workbook emphasises key themes, language analysis, and contextual
understanding to support students’ comprehension and exam preparation. It is designed to encourage critical thinking and engagement with the language techniques and poetic forms used across GCSE Poetry examinations.
It can be printed or used digitally, allowing students to build their skills and confidence with unseen poetry through structured, guided practice.
A study of Hardy’s melancholy take on love and disappointment. This worksheet includes tasks on tone, imagery, and Hardy’s use of contrasting colours to reflect the bitterness of a relationship that has gone cold.
This GCSE revision workbook includes
Summary of poem
Exercise 1
Vocabulary list
Thematic Connections
Language and Structure
Poetic Techniques:
Structure and Form:
Context
Memorable Quotes
Questions (x3)
Exercise 2:
The Poem
This workbook emphasises key themes, language analysis, and contextual understanding to support students’ comprehension and exam preparation. It is designed to encourage critical thinking and engagement with the language techniques and poetic forms used across GCSE Poetry examinations.
It can be printed or used digitally, allowing students to build their skills and confidence with unseen poetry through structured, guided practice.
This worksheet examines themes of admiration and generational change. Students analyse Heaney’s use of rural imagery and structure, exploring the poet’s changing relationship with his father over time.
This GCSE revision workbook includes
Summary of poem
Exercise 1
Vocabulary list
Thematic Connections
Language and Structure
Poetic Techniques:
Structure and Form:
Context
Memorable Quotes
Questions (x3)
Exercise 2:
The Poem
This workbook emphasises key themes, language analysis, and contextual understanding to support students’ comprehension and exam preparation. It is designed to encourage critical thinking and engagement with the language techniques and poetic forms used across GCSE Poetry examinations.
It can be printed or used digitally, allowing students to build their skills and confidence with unseen poetry through structured, guided practice.
Poppies by Jane Weir
War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy
Love’s Philosophy by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning
Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Prelude (Extract) by William Wordsworth
Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Bayonet Charge by Ted Hughes - to sort
Checking Out Me History by John Agard
Climbing My Grandfather by Andrew Waterhouse
Each Worksheet includes:
Summary of poem
Exercise 1
Vocabulary list
Thematic Connections
Language and Structure
Poetic Techniques
Structure and Form
Context
Memorable Quotes
Questions (x3)
Exercise 2
The Poem
Poppies by Jane Weir
War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy
Love’s Philosophy by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning
Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Prelude (Extract) by William Wordsworth
Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Bayonet Charge by Ted Hughes - to sort
Checking Out Me History by John Agard
Climbing My Grandfather by Andrew Waterhouse
This worksheet guides students through Blake’s powerful social commentary on London’s oppression. Activities cover key themes like corruption and suffering, poetic devices such as repetition and irony, and context on the Industrial Revolution and Blake’s own beliefs.
This GCSE revision workbook includes
Summary of poem
Exercise 1
Vocabulary list
Thematic Connections
Language and Structure
Poetic Techniques:
Structure and Form:
Context
Memorable Quotes
Questions (x3)
Exercise 2:
The Poem
This workbook emphasises key themes, language analysis, and contextual understanding to support students’ comprehension and exam preparation. It is designed to encourage critical thinking and engagement with the language techniques and poetic forms used across GCSE Poetry examinations.
It can be printed or used digitally, allowing students to build their skills and confidence with unseen poetry through structured, guided practice.
Eden Rock by Charles Causley
Exposure by Wilfred Owen
Kamikaze by Beatrice Garland
Letters from Yorkshire by Maura Dooley
My Last Duchess by Robert Browning
Remains by Simon Armitage
Storm on the Island by Seamus Heane
The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson
The Émigrée by Carol Rumens
The Farmer’s Bride by Charlotte Mew
GCSE Poetry Revision Bundle (10 worksheets)
Each Worksheet includes:
Summary of poem
Exercise 1
Vocabulary list
Thematic Connections
Language and Structure
Poetic Techniques
Structure and Form
Context
Memorable Quotes
Questions (x3)
Exercise 2
The Poem
This workbook emphasises key themes, language analysis, and contextual understanding to support students’ comprehension and exam preparation. It is designed to encourage critical thinking and engagement with the language techniques and poetic forms used across GCSE Poetry examinations.
It can be printed or used digitally, allowing students to build their skills and confidence with unseen poetry through structured, guided practice.
Students examine Dharker’s reflections on the fragility of human structures. Through analysis of symbolism and extended metaphor, students will explore the poet’s commentary on impermanence and identity.
This GCSE revision workbook includes
Summary of poem
Exercise 1
Vocabulary list
Thematic Connections
Language and Structure
Poetic Techniques:
Structure and Form:
Context
Memorable Quotes
Questions (x3)
Exercise 2:
The Poem
This workbook emphasises key themes, language analysis, and contextual understanding to support students’ comprehension and exam preparation. It is designed to encourage critical thinking and engagement with the language techniques and poetic forms used across GCSE Poetry examinations.
It can be printed or used digitally, allowing students to build their skills and confidence with unseen poetry through structured, guided practice.
A reflection on motherhood and changing roles, this worksheet includes activities on Duffy’s use of flashbacks, vivid imagery, and tone, helping students understand the connection between mother and daughter across time.
This GCSE revision workbook includes
Summary of poem
Exercise 1
Vocabulary list
Thematic Connections
Language and Structure
Poetic Techniques:
Structure and Form:
Context
Memorable Quotes
Questions (x3)
Exercise 2:
The Poem
This workbook emphasises key themes, language analysis, and contextual understanding to support students’ comprehension and exam preparation. It is designed to encourage critical thinking and engagement with the language techniques and poetic forms used across GCSE Poetry examinations.
It can be printed or used digitally, allowing students to build their skills and confidence with unseen poetry through structured, guided practice.
A look at Byron’s portrayal of heartbreak and betrayal. This resource includes activities on rhyme, tone, and imagery, helping students analyse the theme of loss in love and the poet’s emotional depth.
This GCSE revision workbook includes
Summary of poem
Exercise 1
Vocabulary list
Thematic Connections
Language and Structure
Poetic Techniques:
Structure and Form:
Context
Memorable Quotes
Questions (x3)
Exercise 2:
The Poem
This workbook emphasises key themes, language analysis, and contextual understanding to support students’ comprehension and exam preparation. It is designed to encourage critical thinking and engagement with the language techniques and poetic forms used across GCSE Poetry examinations.
It can be printed or used digitally, allowing students to build their skills and confidence with unseen poetry through structured, guided practice.
Tissue by Imtiaz Dharker
Walking Away by Cecil Day-Lewis
When We Two Parted by Lord Byron
Before You Were Mine by Carol Ann Duffy
Follower by Seamus Heaney
London by William Blake
Mother, Any Distance by Simon Armitage
Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy
Singh Song! by Daljit Nagra
Winter Swans by Owen Sheers
Each Worksheet includes:
Summary of poem
Exercise 1
Vocabulary list
Thematic Connections
Language and Structure
Poetic Techniques
Structure and Form
Context
Memorable Quotes
Questions (x3)
Exercise 2
The Poem
This workbook emphasises key themes, language analysis, and contextual understanding to support students’ comprehension and exam preparation. It is designed to encourage critical thinking and engagement with the language techniques and poetic forms used across GCSE Poetry examinations.
It can be printed or used digitally, allowing students to build their skills and confidence with unseen poetry through structured, guided practice.
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CELTA - Teaching Practice (TP) Essentials
CELTA Assignment 1 - Focus on the learner
CELTA Assignment 2 - Language-Related Tasks
CELTA Assignment 3 - Focus on Receptive or Productive Skills
CELTA Assignment 4 - Lessons from the Classroom
For New Teachers and TEFL/CELTA Students
This comprehensive ESL lesson plan introduces students to the fascinating world of idioms, helping them uncover the cultural significance behind commonly used English expressions. Designed for intermediate learners, the lesson begins with a reading activity from a curated article, followed by tasks that encourage creative sentence writing, interpretation, and finding equivalent idioms in their own language. Reflection questions and guided discussions deepen cultural understanding. Comes with worksheets, vocabulary lists, and extension activities. Perfect for promoting intercultural communication and enhancing fluency.
This worksheet explores reconciliation and unity in relationships. Activities cover Sheers’ use of natural symbolism, contrast, and tone to depict a couple finding harmony amidst conflict.
This GCSE revision workbook includes
Summary of poem
Exercise 1
Vocabulary list
Thematic Connections
Language and Structure
Poetic Techniques:
Structure and Form:
Context
Memorable Quotes
Questions (x3)
Exercise 2:
The Poem
This workbook emphasises key themes, language analysis, and contextual understanding to support students’ comprehension and exam preparation. It is designed to encourage critical thinking and engagement with the language techniques and poetic forms used across GCSE Poetry examinations.
It can be printed or used digitally, allowing students to build their skills and confidence with unseen poetry through structured, guided practice.
Walking Away by Cecil Day-Lewis - GCSE Poetry Revision Worksheet
This worksheet helps students explore the theme of parental love and letting go. Activities focus on Day-Lewis’s use of metaphor and gentle tone, capturing the bittersweet emotions of seeing a child grow up.
This GCSE revision workbook includes
Summary of poem
Exercise 1
Vocabulary list
Thematic Connections
Language and Structure
Poetic Techniques:
Structure and Form:
Context
Memorable Quotes
Questions (x3)
Exercise 2:
The Poem
This workbook emphasises key themes, language analysis, and contextual understanding to support students’ comprehension and exam preparation. It is designed to encourage critical thinking and engagement with the language techniques and poetic forms used across GCSE Poetry examinations.
It can be printed or used digitally, allowing students to build their skills and confidence with unseen poetry through structured, guided practice.
A lively exploration of love, culture, and humour, this worksheet examines Nagra’s playful use of language, cultural dialect, and repetition to portray a young man’s joyful, yet challenging, married life.
This GCSE revision workbook includes
Summary of poem
Exercise 1
Vocabulary list
Thematic Connections
Language and Structure
Poetic Techniques:
Structure and Form:
Context
Memorable Quotes
Questions (x3)
Exercise 2:
The Poem
This workbook emphasises key themes, language analysis, and contextual understanding to support students’ comprehension and exam preparation. It is designed to encourage critical thinking and engagement with the language techniques and poetic forms used across GCSE Poetry examinations.
It can be printed or used digitally, allowing students to build their skills and confidence with unseen poetry through structured, guided practice.
For New Teachers and TEFL/CELTA Students
This dynamic and interactive lesson plan flips the classroom dynamic by putting students in the teacher’s seat! Designed for all proficiency levels, this activity boosts students’ confidence, public speaking, and presentation skills. Students prepare and deliver a 5-minute mini-lesson on a topic they’re passionate about, sharing a skill or interest with their peers. The plan includes preparation guidelines, a reflection worksheet, and a feedback checklist for teachers. It’s a fun, engaging way to foster creativity and collaboration in the ESL classroom.
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