This is a handout for AQA A Level Literature students giving them simple steps to approach the unseen poetry question in the exam (Paper 1, Section B).
**This is a practice question for Edexcel A Level English Lit/Lang; Paper 1, Section A; ‘Voices Anthology’. This question compares 1.2 (Ian Birrell article) with a diary entry. **
A set of questions on the language and structure in Rossetti’s poem, ‘May’. Designed to enable students to annotate / make notes on Rossetti’s poem (taught as part of the Edexcel A Level Pre 19th Centrury Victorian Verse Selection).
A lesson taking students through the process of responding to an unseen poem in an exam. Aimed at the IGCE Edexcel Lit spec but would work generally for unseen poetry with a few tweaks. Lesson as follows:
Recap of marks, intros and conclusions
9 steps to take when approach the question (to be done along as a class)
Model paragraph
Reflection on model
A bank of questions for Paper 1, Section C of the Love Through The Ages paper for the AQA A, A Level spec. I have taught the pre-1900 poetry collection and Tess of the d'Urbervilles, but these questions are applicable to any choice of text when compared with the anthology.
This is a help sheet for students when approaching Paper 1, Section C (Love Through The Ages). The examples are for the pre-twentieth century poems and Tess of the D’Urbervilles but the advise stands for any texts chosen.
The sheets covers: the basics, structure of the essay and content to cover with example sentences / phrasing.
This is a bank of questions for all the poems in the Songs Of Ourselves Anthology on the CIE English Literature GCSE. Poems are:
Fleur Adock, ‘For Heidi With Blue Hair’
James K Baxter, ‘Elegy For My Father’s Father’
Elizabeth Bishop, ‘One Art’
Boey Kim Cheng, ‘Reservist’
Emily Brontë, ‘Cold In The Earth’
Robert Browning, ‘Meeting At Night’
Emily Dickinson, ‘Because I could not stop for Death’
Philip Larkin, ‘The Trees’
Charlotte Mew, ‘The Trees Are Down’
Grace Nichols, ‘Praise Song For My Mother’
Wilfred Owen, ‘Anthem For Doomed Youth’
Siegfried Sassoon, ‘Attack’
Stephen Spender, ‘My Parents’
Alfred Lord Tennyson, ‘Song: Tears, Idle Tears’
Hone Tuwhare, ‘Friend’
A pack of questions for question 5 on the IGCSE Edexcel English Language (A) Exam Paper. The unseen passage and question is printed in the booklet (anthology passage not included). Each question is aimed at a different extract.
This is a lesson that focuses the students on analysing and writing PEE paragraphs on two extracts from Act 1, Scene 5 and Act 2, Scene 3. It comes with a model paragraph and a scaffolded approach to writing. Focuses on Malvolio.
It could work as part of a unit of work or a standalone lesson on essay writing skills.
This is a lesson to prepare students for an essay question based on Act 3, Scene 4 of Twelfth Night. Would work as part of a scheme of work or as a stand alone lesson. It encourages planning for PEE paragraphs and uses group work to explore key lines in the extract.
This is an unseen nonfiction question and a feedback sheet with model paragraphs for students. This relates to the Edexcel English Language and Literature A Level course - Paper 2, Section A.
This PowerPoint presentation covers content, themes, feelings, language and structure in this poem from The Songs of Ourselves Poetry Anthology for the 0486 English Literature Cambridge IGCSE. Intended to be taught / given as a revision tool.
A lesson to help students plan and prepare for an essay / coursework question on Lady Macbeth.
The question is: How does Shakespeare present Lady Macbeth as a complex and interesting character?
The lesson guides students through their thinking; aims to get them to plan in a structured manner that clearly addresses / argues the question and also has a model paragraph to show how to write up one’s plan successfully.
Would work for coursework or exam writing practice.
This PowerPoint presentation covers content, themes, feelings, language and structure in this poem from The Songs of Ourselves Poetry Anthology for the 0486 English Literature Cambridge IGCSE. Intended to be taught / given as a revision tool.
This PowerPoint presentation covers content, themes, feelings, language and structure in this poem from The Songs of Ourselves Poetry Anthology for the 0486 English Literature Cambridge IGCSE. Intended to be taught / given as a revision tool.
This PowerPoint presentation covers content, themes, feelings, language and structure in this poem from The Songs of Ourselves Poetry Anthology for the 0486 English Literature Cambridge IGCSE. Intended to be taught / given as a revision tool.
This PowerPoint presentation covers content, themes, feelings, language and structure in this poem from The Songs of Ourselves Poetry Anthology for the 0486 English Literature Cambridge IGCSE. Intended to be taught / given as a revision tool.
This PowerPoint presentation covers content, themes, feelings, language and structure in this poem from The Songs of Ourselves Poetry Anthology for the 0486 English Literature Cambridge IGCSE. Intended to be taught / given as a revision tool.