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A bundle consisting of 21 lessons for the entire Edexcel IGCSE English Literature Poetry Anthology.

Each lesson includes the following:

• Key terminology with definitions.
• Guiding questions on language, form and structural features to support annotations.
• Pair and/or group analysis tasks.
• Authorial context.
• Glossaries.
• Notes on form.
• A thematic grid that connects the poem to wider, holistic ideas and supports with comparison for AO3.
• Revision questions at the end of each poetry presentation for exam prep.
• Modelled writing, writing frames and a practice question to develop comparative analysis.

Originally taught to a mainstream, mixed ability Year 10 class.

The poems are intended to be taught in the following order:

1. Sonnet 116
2. Remember
3. La Belle…
4. My Last Duchess
5. Blessing
6. War Photographer
7. If
8. Prayer Before Birth
9. Search for my Tongue
10. Half-Past Two
11. Piano
12. The Tyger
13. Hide and Seek
14. Poem at Thirty-Nine
15. Half-Caste
16. Do Not…

The bundle also includes a set of revision activities that aims to support with the planning process and prepare students for Section B, Paper 1 for the Edexcel

These slides include the following:

• An explanation of AOs
• A planning process with examples of how to move from reading an exam question, to organising ideas, to writing a response.
• A planning grid to help structure essays.
• Sample paragraphs and essays, approaches to writing, frames and practice exam questions
• A self assessment checklist and exam process reminders
• Knowledge organiser and revision clock templates (these are best printed).
• Reflection activities to help students audit their prior knowledge.

Suitable for a year 10 or 11 group that has covered the poems already and can be used to support an existing scheme in the run up to mock exams or timed writing. These slides can also be used for independent revision.