Afternoons by Philip Larkin

Afternoons by Philip Larkin (42-slide PowerPoint and 4 worksheets)

‘Afternoons’ is a GCSE English teaching resource for the poem ‘Afternoons’ by Philip Larkin - as featured in the WJEC Eduqas GCSE 9-1 Poetry Anthology.

The resource includes a range of activities which explore the poem’s context, language, tone, form, style, theme and structure in detail. The resource is aimed at teachers of GCSE students preparing for the WJEC Eduqas GCSE 9-1 English examinations.

Afternoons by Philip Larkin contents include:

• A short introduction to Larkin and the poem’s context (1950s/60s gender roles, social housing)

• Comprehension tasks

• Analysing the use of language and imagery in Afternoons

• Examining the poem’s form, structure and Larkin’s use of poetic techniques

• Modelling how to use P.E.T.E.R. to write analytically about ‘Afternoons’

• Philip Larkin’s ‘message’ and the poem’s key themes