'My Last Duchess' Analysis Lesson

This PowerPoint provides a guide for approaching analysis of Robert Browning’s ‘My Last Duchess’ on the GCSE English specification. The poem has been left un-annotated as each school and department will likely have their own way of approaching the texts, however the lesson provides a structure for approaching analysis of the poem. It may need to be split over two lessons depending on the work rate of the students- I found that two 1 hour lessons with a small group of between 3 and 7 low-ability students was enough to cover the poem with time for questions and discussion afterwards. The students will need their GCSE anthology to make notes as the lesson progresses (indicated by the yellow triangle icon).