AQA A Level English Lit - Paper 2 WW1 Unseen Prose

A scheme of lessons to prepare students for the Unseen Prose section of AQA A Level English Lit Paper 2 - ‘Texts in Shared Contexts’.

The lesson format is all on these word documents which contain contextual information, academic articles, etc. etc. There are a range of tasks and questions for discussion and notes. I have found this approach of handouts works well with folder organisation and ensuring all relevant material is collected together, whilst I deliver the lessons in a seminar fashion, sitting as a group discussing/ noting together. However, the content could easily be copied into PowerPoints if that’s your preferred teaching method. There are 4 lessons although the material could easily be spread over 8, and perhaps more if you wanted students to write in class essays.

Each lesson features a range of material and sources with important contextual information which ties into an unseen extract. The themes explored through the extracts are:

1. Significance of responsibility
2. Significance of life on the front line
3. Significance of officers
4. Significance of faith

There are also select poems which tie to the context/ theme in the unseen extract and support students to think about AO4 typicality. There is a planning grid and home learning tasks added to each lesson, which cover pre-reading and consolidation.

I have devised a simialr scheme of lessons for Gatsby and Jane Eyre too which are in my resources.