Worlds and Lives Poetry - Comprehension Booklets Huge Bundle!

These 16-page resource booklets contain a wide range of challenging and engaging comprehension activities for use throughout the reading of all 15 of the ‘Worlds and Lives’ poems. Teachers have found the activities particularly useful throughout teaching, or for exam revision or guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of students towards meeting the key English Literature assessment objectives - suitable for all examining bodies. Students have found these resources extremely engaging, and it is clearly highlighted within each task regarding which assessment strands the task is designed to demonstrate.

Booklets are included for the following poems:
A Century Later - Imtiaz Dharker;
A Portable Paradise - Roger Robinson;
A Wider View - Seni Seneviratne;
England in 1819 - Percy Bysshe Shelley
Homing - Liz Berry
In A London Drawingroom - George Eliot
Like An Heiress - Grace Nichols
Lines Written in Early Spring - William Wordsworth
Name Journeys - Raman Mundair
On An Afternoon Train from Purley to Victoria, 1955 - James Berry
Pot - Shamshad Khan
Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee - Emily Bronte
The Jewellery Maker - Louisa Adjoa Parker
Thirteen - Caleb Femi
With Birds You’re Never Lonely - Raymond Antrobus

Each booklet is provided in both Word (to allow for easy editing) and PDF (to ensure for consistency of formatting between computers).

Activities across the booklets are as consistent, to provide an equal understanding of each poem, and include (amongst many others):

‘Analysing Context’ - helping students to ‘Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written.’
‘Analysing Subject Matter, Language and Structure’ - to help students to ‘Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.’
‘Diary Entry’ - to help students to ‘Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. Make an informed personal response, recognising that other responses to a text are possible and evaluating these.’
‘The Speaker’ - to help students to ‘Read, understand and respond to texts. Students should be able to: maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.’