A short lesson that allows students to visualise a structure for an essay.
This essay focuses on Romeo and Juliet but could be applicable to any essay format.
A full lesson exploring approaches to the poem Glasgow by Edwin Morgan. This lesson is based on the legacy GCSE but would work well for the 9-1 GCSE with the Unseen Poetry Element.
Students are encouraged to work in pairs, groups and individually to develop responses to a poem seen for the first time.
Use the buttons to navigate through the PDF resource. An invaluable tool to help students structure their response to Paper 2 Question 5. Answer is modelled throughout the resource.
30 non fiction extracts (15 pairs) to support students in understanding contextual information about the Power and Conflict poetry cluster. Link to editable Google Doc included within the document.
Each text is accompanied with 9 questions to support comprehension.
The text pair also includes English Language Paper 2 style questions. For example:
How does the writer use language to describe …? (AO2)
Use details from both sources to write a summary of what you understand about the similarities/differences between… (AO1)
Compare how the writers convey their attitudes towards … (AO3)
Further questions encourage students to make links between the poem and the ideas raised within the extracts.
An image and past questions to support students in revising macro imagery within the play. Questions are coloured to reflect confidence levels link to an editable Google slide is included in the resource.