This is a fully annotated version of ‘Coming’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘Written Near a Port on a Dark Evening’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics. This one also includes questions to support independent annotation.

This is a bundle of resources that includes a range of example essays, questions and paragraphs on Journey’s End. This is a hugely useful resource providing teachers with ideas for essays / analysis of the text. Similarly, it can be a useful example to students for them as a model of the kind of analytical writing expected of them in KS3 for high level ability students.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘The Kraken’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘Watching for Dolphins’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘Afternoon With Irish Cows’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics.

These resources are excellent for pupils to use prior to starting the text - the book covers resource is a particular favourite (where it gives pupils the opportunity to discuss the function of books covers, explaining what themes and issues they anticipate in the text and explain their inference).

This bundle contains thoroughly detailed annotations of each of the poems contained within one of the key CIE poetry anthologies; this includes suggested observations about structure and how one might sub-divide the poems into different topics. It also includes a student-friendly and ready-to-print anthology with good spacing for annotations and extra notes pages between each poem. Note that each poem comes with a suggested ‘starter’ or discussion activity (e.g. some with links to videos or picture stimulus with suggested answers / ideas). They are certainly best used as teacher resources to guide understanding of the poems and to give inspiration for different interpretations - as well as detailed analysis of key language and imagery - but it can also serve as a useful revision resource given directly to students at the end of the course. NOTE: These are only suggested interpretations and are, of course, subjective (I am a teacher and, as such, very much human!). THIS bundle includes Word Document version (if scrambled, ensure that margins are narrow!), PDF document and blank Word Version of Anthology. The bundle includes all of the following poems: ‘The City Planners’ – Atwood, Margaret ‘The Planners’ – Cheng, Boey Kim ‘The Man with Night Sweats’ – Gunn, Thom ‘Night Sweat’ – Lowell, Robert ‘Rain’ – Edward, Thomas ‘The Spirit is too blunt an instrument’ – Stevenson, Anne ‘Long Distance II’ – Harrison, Tony ‘Funeral Blues’ – Auden, W.H. ‘He Never Expected Much’ – Hardy, Thomas ‘The Telephone Call’ – Adcock, Fleur ‘A Consumer’s Report’ – Porter, Peter ‘Request to a Year’ – Wright, Judith ‘On Finding a Crushed Fly in a Book’ – Turner, Charles Tennyson ‘Ozymandias’ – Shelley, Percy Bysshe ‘Away, Melancholy’ – Smith, Stevie

This is a fully annotated version of ‘The Poplar-Field’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘The Sea Eats the Land at Home’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics. This one also includes a PowerPoint and questions to support independent annotation.

This is a typed-up student version of the CIE IGCSE Poetry Anthology for English Literature. It includes all of the poems from Songs of Ourselves on the list that includes ‘Coming’, ‘In Praise of Creation’ etc. It is useful presented on the page in a way that makes annotations and extra notes on each poem as easy as possible and all in one place. We have got them wire-bound for the pupils too as they are then even better!

This is a fully annotated version of 'Ode on Melancholy’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘Cetacean’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics. This one also includes additional questions to support independent analysis and annotations.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘The Caged Skylark’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics. This one also includes an ActivInspire and questions to support independent annotation.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘Cetacean’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics. This one also includes a PowerPoint and questions to support independent annotation.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘Stormcock in Elder’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘Cetacean’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics.