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Poems of the Decade – Full Scheme of Work (A-Level Edexcel)

Complete, high-quality lesson slides. Fully editable, engaging, and rigorous. Dual-coded for visual learners.

This comprehensive and fully resourced Poems of the Decade scheme of work is designed for A-Level English Literature (Edexcel) but is easily adaptable for AQA. The scheme supports in-depth textual analysis, critical thinking, and essay writing while ensuring students meet the demands of AO1–AO2.

Perfect for experienced teachers looking to save planning time or early career teachers seeking a clear, structured approach.

What’s Included:

• First Lesson includes Unit introduction to A-level Component 3: Section A.
• Short Term Plan – Including the lesson title, Inquiry Question, prior and future learning, and assessment focus.
• Five for Five starters (linked across KS5 texts for spiral learning and retrieval practice)
• Full answers for every Five for Five
• Dual-coding throughout – Visual icons and diagrams aid memory and concept links
• Key vocabulary on every slide
• Frayer models to deepen understanding of abstract terminology
• Detailed context slides for both poem and poet, with theoretical and critical links
• Reading slide summarising key themes, motifs, and speaker/persona
• Pit Stop Table task – Students complete a guided table of quotations, techniques, analysis, and context/critical theory
• Pit Stop Table answers – Fully modelled for easy marking or discussion
• We Do task – discussion prompts with scaffolded analytical writing support and practice
• We Do task answers – Model responses demonstrating high-level analysis - All lesson model paragraphs follow PEZEDAL structure (Point, Evidence, Zoom (technique), Effect/ Explain, Develop, Additional interpretation, Link to themes/ ideas/ reader/ psychoanalytical.
• I Do task – Model A* essay covering the lesson’s inquiry question with full AO1 - AO2 coverage
• You Do task – Essay planning/writing task with full scaffold and ‘Strive’ extension challenge
• Plenary – Peer or self-assessment with success criteria
• Home learning slide – editable independent task prompt

Each lesson is structured for clarity, challenge, and progression while encouraging critical engagement with the anthology texts.

Suitable for:

• Edexcel A-Level English Literature (Component 3: Section A)
• Teachers delivering the Poems of the Decade anthology - Easily adaptable for AQA
• KS5 literature classrooms aiming for high engagement and top-band responses

Format:

• Fully editable PowerPoint slides
• Professionally structured, ready to teach or adapt for your cohort