Storm on the Island Lesson AQA GCSE (With Comparison to The Prelude) Power and Conflict AQA

This lesson covers key content for the poem, highlighted key quotes as well as prepared notes, extensive analysis and exploration of context, example comparative points to another poem from the anthology, as well as a writing frame to support all students and make the comparison paragraphs easy work.

Key vocabulary, terminology, and paragraph structuring is included, as are opportunities for students to mark and improve their own work through target codes.

Quotes include:
“This wizened earth has never troubled us”
“leaves and branches
Can raise a tragic chorus”
“You might think that the sea is company,
Exploding comfortably”
"“spits like a tame cat
Turned savage.”

Works towards:
How is nature presented in ‘Storm on the Island’?
and then
Compare how nature is presented in 'The Prelude’ and one other poem.