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GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry Puzzle Activity »
Categories: KS4, Poetry, Blake, The Sick Rose, Starters & Teaching Ideas, Teaching Ideas & Skills Development
This activity is taken from the Plenary in Lesson One of the Edexcel GCSE Eng Lit Component 2: Unseen Poetry Scheme.
Decide on your Poem
Choose a poem you are studying that you want the students to analyse. This scheme is looking at ‘The Sick Rose’ by William Blake.
Draw some jigsaw puzzle pieces on the board and ask students to do the same in their books.
Pose the question “What pieces make up ‘The Sick Rose’ puzzle?” Ask students to insert some of the possible meanings of the poem onto each puzzle piece.
Discuss the effects...
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This collection of lesson starters for A Level English Literature complement the collection of ‘ice breakers’ and general English starters for broad recapping ideas, word games, creative writing starters, essay skills, general terms activities and skill builders. See A Level English Starters.
General discussion prompts are useful as broad starters once in a while. Try one of these quotations to get the class thinking:
- “Literature adds to reality. It does not simply describe it.” C. S. Lewis
- “Poetry is the best words in the best...
A Level English Linguistic Lesson Starters »
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This collection of suggestions includes ice-breaker or ‘getting to know you’ ideas which are especially suitable for a new class and some...
[ read full article ] »GCSE English Spoken Language ‘Defend the Indefensible’ Activity »
This activity is taken from the First Activity in Lesson Two of the AQA, WJEC Eduqas, OCR & Edexcel GCSE Spoken Language Scheme.
‘Things that irk’
On a piece of A4 paper, ask the students to write down something they really do not like – encourage these suggestions not to be too serious. Use the example of Marmite; things that irk rather than serious issues. Once this is done, collect their responses and distribute them amongst the class so that everyone has someone else’s suggestion.
‘Defend the...
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