Steph Atkinson | Friday April 26, 2019
Categories: KS4, EDEXCEL iGCSE, EDEXCEL iGCSE English Language, Paper 1 Reading and Writing, Paper 2 Reading and Writing, EDEXCEL iGCSE English Literature, Paper 1 Prose and Drama, Paper 2 Poetry Unseen, Hot Entries, Media & Non-Fiction, Analysing Media & Non-Fiction, Poetry, Anthologies, Pre-2015 Anthologies, Edexcel iGCSE Anthology, Prose, Writing, Analytical Writing, Literary Analysis, Non-Fiction Analysis, Media Analysis, Poetry Analysis, Prose Analysis
click on image to enlarge Overview and Guide to Grids for the Edexcel Anthology Texts These teaching grids can be used with any GCSE syllabus for which the analysis of non-fiction, media, poetry or prose is required. Whilst initially intended for those pupils sitting the Edexcel English Language and English Literature iGCSE / Certificates, they have been created to work across all exam boards and to be multi-purpose, hopefully providing a worthwhile and timesaving resource. A free copy of the…
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Lauran Hampshire-Dell | Thursday September 21, 2017
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English Literature 2015, Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry , Poetry, Anthologies, AQA Anthology, AQA Power and Conflict Cluster
iyerm | Friday November 13, 2015
Categories: KS4, EDEXCEL GCSE, Edexcel GCSE English Literature 2015, Component 2: 19th Century Novel and Poetry since 1789, Component 2: 19th Century Novel and Poetry since 1789 Schemes, Hot Entries, Poetry, Anthologies, Edexcel Anthology, Edexcel Relationships Cluster, Armitage, The Manhunt, Baillie, A Child to His Sick Grandfather, Browning, Sonnet 43, Cooper-Clarke, I Wanna Be Yours, De Kok, My Father Would Not Show Us, Duffy, Valentine, Hadfield, Love’s Dog, Keats, Le Belle Dame sans Merci, Wordsworth, A Complaint, Zephaniah
Guide Navigation Edexcel GCSE English Literature Component 2: 19th-century Novel & Poetry since 1789 Assessment Pack Associated Resources Edexcel GCSE Poetry Anthology Sample Question Lesson 5.docx Qualification Aims and Objectives The aims and objectives of the Pearson Edexcel Level 1/ Level 2 GCSE (9–1) in English Literature are to enable students to: Read a wide range of classic literature fluently and with good understanding, and make connections across their reading; read in…
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Mia Sneyd | Wednesday October 21, 2015
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English Literature 2015, Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry , Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry Schemes, Hot Entries, Poetry, Agard, Checking Out Me History, Anthologies, AQA Anthology, AQA Power and Conflict Cluster, Armitage, Remains, Blake, London, Browning, My Last Duchess, Dharker, Tissue, Duffy, War Photographer, Garland, Kamikaze, Heaney, Storm on the Island, Hughes, Bayonet Charge, Owen, Exposure, Rumens, The Emigree, Tennyson, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Shelley, Ozymandias, Weir, Poppies, Wordsworth, The Prelude, Writing, Poetry Analysis
This guide contains ideas and resources for teaching the poems in the ‘Power and Conflict’ cluster of the AQA Poems Past and Present anthology. The anthology is examined in AQA GCSE English Literature (8702) for teaching from September 2015. The anthology is assessed in Paper 2 (Modern Texts and Poetry) of the Literature examination. The duration of the paper is 2 hrs 15mins and it is a closed book examination. The paper as a whole is worth 60% of the GCSE. There are four questions on the…
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Russell Carey | Wednesday June 24, 2015
Categories: KS4, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE English Literature 2015, Component 02: Exploring Poetry and Shakespeare, Component 02: Exploring Poetry and Shakespeare Schemes, Hot Entries, Poetry, Anthologies, OCR Anthology, OCR Love and Relationships Cluster, Bronte, Love and Friendship, Browning, Now, Charlotte Mew, Fin de Fete, Derek Walcott, Love After Love, Duffy, Warming Her Pearls, Elizabeth Jennings, One Flesh, Hardy, A Broken Appointment, Jackie Kay, Dusting the Phone, James Fenton, In Paris With You, Keats, Larkin, An Arundel Tomb, Liz Lochhead, I Wouldn’t Thank You for a Valentine, Plath, Morning Song, Thomas, The Sorrow of True Love , Tony Harrison, Long Distance II
Guide Navigation OCR GCSE English Literature Component 02: Exploring Poetry and Shakespeare Assessment Pack Introduction This resource makes reference to the exam board’s published specification, poetry anthology (Towards a World Unknown) and sample assessment materials. At the time of writing, there have been no live materials. The first question papers will be taken in the summer of 2017. When working with particular year groups, teachers should refer to the relevant year’s specification.…
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Adrian Bower | Wednesday June 24, 2015
Categories: KS4, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE English Literature 2015, Component 1: Shakespeare and Poetry, Component 1: Shakespeare and Poetry Schemes, Hot Entries, Poetry, Anthologies, Armitage, The Manhunt, Blake, London, Brooke, The Soldier, Browning, Sonnet 43, Dharker, Living Space, Dickinson, As Imperceptibly as Grief, Dove, Cozy Apologia, Duffy, Valentine, Hardy, A Wife in London, Heaney, Death of a Naturalist, Hughes, Hawk Roosting, Keats, To Autumn, Larkin, Afternooons, Lord Byron, She Walks in Beauty, Owen, Dulce et Decorum Est, Sheers, Mametz Wood, Shelley, Ozymandias, Wordsworth, The Prelude, Writing, Poetry Analysis
Guide Navigation WJEC Eduqas GCSE Eng Lit Component 1: Poetry Anthology Scheme Lessons 1-9 WJEC Eduqas GCSE Eng Lit Component 1: Poetry Anthology Scheme Lessons 10-17 WJEC Eduqas GCSE English Literature Component 1: Shakespeare and Poetry Assessment Pack GCSE Overview This guide contains ideas and resources for teaching the poems in the Eduqas anthology. The anthology is examined in Eduqas GCSE English Literature for teaching from September 2015. The anthology is assessed in paper 1, entitled…
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Shane Richardson | Tuesday June 16, 2015
Categories: KS4, EDEXCEL GCSE, Edexcel GCSE English Literature 2015, Component 2: 19th Century Novel and Poetry since 1789, Component 2: 19th Century Novel and Poetry since 1789 Schemes, Hot Entries, Poetry, Anthologies, Edexcel Anthology, Edexcel Conflict Cluster, Blake, A Poison Tree, Carson, Belfast Confetti, Casey, The Class Game, Clarke, Catrin, Hardy, The Man He Killed, Lord Byron, The Destruction of Sennacherib, Rossetti, Cousin Kate, Tennyson, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Wordsworth, The Prelude, Zephaniah, No Problem, Writing, Poetry Analysis
Guide Navigation Edexcel GCSE English Literature Component 2: 19th-century Novel & Poetry since 1789 Assessment Pack Associated Resources How to Deconstruct a Poem.pdf Special Feature Card.docx How is this unit assessed? A 2 hour 15 minute written examination. It counts for 50% of the GCSE English Literature qualification. Overview of the Unit Content This unit asks students to study a 19th century novel and a poetry collection from the Pearson anthology. The Aims of the Unit This…
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Sarah Battams | Monday March 02, 2015
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English Literature 2015, Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry , Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry Schemes, Hot Entries, Poetry, Anthologies, AQA Anthology, AQA Love and Relationships Cluster, Writing, Poetry Analysis
Guide Navigation AQA GCSE Eng Lit Paper 2: Love and Relationships Anthology Scheme AQA GCSE Eng Lit Paper 2: Love and Relationships Anthology Lessons 1-8 AQA GCSE Eng Lit Paper 2: Love and Relationships Anthology Lessons 9-16 AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2: Modern Texts & Poetry Assessment Pack This guide contains ideas and resources for teaching the poems in the ‘Love and Relationships’ section of the AQA Poems Past and Present anthology. The anthology is examined in AQA GCSE…
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Shane Richardson | Wednesday July 30, 2014
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, AQA English Literature, Unit 2 Poetry Across Time, Hot Entries, Poetry, Anthologies, Pre-2015 Anthologies, AQA Moon On The Tides, Writing, Poetry Analysis
Associated Resources AQA English Literature unit 2 mark scheme.pdf Introduction to The Relationship Cluster All of the poems in this cluster have been placed together because they share a common theme: that theme is relationships. Relationships are something of which we all have different experiences. Some relationships are very positive and help the people in those relationships to grow; others are more destructive and damage those involved in them. This cluster of poems in the AQA anthology…
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Shane Richardson | Tuesday January 14, 2014
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Poetry, Agard, Flag, Anthologies, Armitage, Out of the Blue, Dharker, The Right Word, Hardi, At the Border, Minhinnick, The Yellow Palm, Sheers, Mametz Wood, Weir, Poppies, Writing, Analytical Writing, Comparative Analysis, Comparing & Contrasting, Poetry Analysis, AQA English Literature, Unit 2 Poetry Across Time, AQA Moon On The Tides
click on image to enlarge Guide Navigation 1. Introduction 2. Out of the Blue 3. Flag 4. Mametz Wood 5. The Yellow Palm 6. The Right Word 7. At the Border 8. Poppies 9. Exam Technique 10. Sample Exam Questions AQA Anthology Poems “Moon on the Tides: Conflict Cluster” Introduction to the Conflict Cluster All of the poems in this cluster have been placed together because they share a common theme: that theme is conflict. Each of the different poems, in their own ways, explores an…
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Aimee Williams | Tuesday October 23, 2012
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, AQA English Literature, Unit 2 Poetry Across Time, Hot Entries, Poetry, Anthologies, Pre-2015 Anthologies, AQA Moon On The Tides, Writing, Analytical Writing, Poetry Analysis
Scheme AQA GCSE English Literature Unit 2 Relationships Cluster Scheme.docx Associated Resources Introduction Code Breaker.docx Intro.ppt Themes.docx Intro Poems.docx ‘Brothers’ by Andrew Forster Brothers.ppt Brothers Cloze.docx Brothers Timeline.docx Brothers Quiz.docx STIRRL.docx ‘Nettles’ by Vernon Scannell Nettles.ppt Crunch Student Copy.doc Crunch Teacher Copy IWB.doc Language Devices in Nettles.pptx Looped.ppt Effects of Language in Nettles.docx Internet Lesson…
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Steph Atkinson | Wednesday April 18, 2012
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Hot Entries, Poetry, Anthologies, Browning, Sonnet 43, Marvel, To His Coy Mistress, Owen, Futility, Tennyson, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis, Poetry Analysis, AQA English Literature, Unit 4 Approaching Shakespeare, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Unit 3 Poetry and Drama, AQA Moon On The Tides
Guide Navigation Part 1 Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet | Part 2 Marvel’s To His Coy Mistress Part 3 Browning’s Sonnet 43 | Part 4 Owen’s Futility Part 5 Tennyson’s The Charge of the Light Brigade Love and Conflict In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare explores several themes but perhaps the twin themes of love and conflict were uppermost in his mind when he conceived and wrote the play. At GCSE, the play is often used as part of a controlled assessment task in which…
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| Tuesday January 31, 2012
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Poetry, Anthologies, AQA English, AQA English Language , AQA English Literature, Unit 2 Poetry Across Time, AQA Moon On The Tides
Guide Navigation AQA Moon on the Tides Anthology - Relationship PPTs AQA Moon on the Tides Anthology - Character and Voice PPTs AQA Moon on the Tides Anthology - Place PPTs AQA Moon on the Tides Anthology - Conflict PPTs Relationship Powerpoints This anthology is used for the following courses: GCSE English Spec Code 4700 GCSE English Language Spec Code 4705 GCSE English Literature Spec Code 4710 The Anthology can also be used for Controlled Assessments in the following: GCSE English Literature…
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Steph Atkinson | Wednesday June 15, 2011
Categories: Hot Entries, Anthologies, AQA A Level English Language & Literature B, ELLB1, AQA Food Glorious Food, KS5 Archive, AQA A Level
Steph Jackson and Alice O’Connor’s ELLB Text Grids ELLB1 Text 1 2011.doc ELLB1 Text 2 2011.doc ELLB1 Text 3 2011.doc ELLB1 Text 4 2011.doc ELLB1 Text 5 2011.doc ELLB1 Text 6 2011.doc ELLB1 Text 7 2011.doc ELLB1 Text 8 2011.doc ELLB1 Text 9 2011.doc ELLB1 Text 10 2011.doc ELLB1 Text 11 2011.doc ELLB1 Text 12 2011.doc ELLB1 Text 13 2011.doc ELLB1 Text 14 2011.doc ELLB1 Text 15 2011.doc ELLB1 Text 16 2011.doc ELLB1 Text 17 2011.doc ELLB1 Text 18 2011.doc ELLB1 Text 19 2011.doc ELLB1…
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Richard Gent | Wednesday December 29, 2010
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Poetry, Agard, Checking Out Me History, Anthologies, Armitage, The Clown Punk, Duffy, Medusa, Forster, Horse Whisperer, Writing, Poetry Analysis, AQA English Literature, Unit 2 Poetry Across Time, AQA Moon On The Tides
Click on the links below to access our resources on the following poems. Checking Out Me History - John Agard Medusa - Carol Ann Duffy The Clown Punk - Simon Armitage Horse Whisperer - Andrew Forster These resources are relevant to the courses listed below: AQA GCSE English spec code 4700 AQA GCSE English Language spec code 4705 AQA GCSE English Literature spec code 4710 The anthology can also be used for Controlled Assessment in the following: AQA English Literature Unit 5: Exploring Poetry…
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