behaving with integrity, and moral dignity; show respect or admiration for someone

manipulative information disseminated to influence opinions, often biased or misleading

extremely cruel, harsh, or violent in action or manner

present information in an exaggerated or attention-grabbing way to evoke shock or excitement

sceptical or distrustful attitude towards motives, sincerity, or the goodness of human nature

Comparing experiences of war in poetry

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Understanding the poem 'Exposure'

Analysing the poem 'Exposure'

Understanding the poem ‘War Photographer’ by Carole Satyamurti

Analysing the poem ‘War Photographer’ by Carole Satyamurti

Comparing experiences in Owen's 'Exposure' and Satyamurti's 'War Photographer'

Understanding the poem ‘The Man He Killed’ by Thomas Hardy

Analysing the poem ‘The Man He Killed’ by Thomas Hardy

Understanding the poem 'Charge of the Light Brigade'

Analysing the poem 'Charge of the Light Brigade'

Understanding the poem ‘What Were They Like?’ by Denise Levertov

Analysing the poem ‘What Were They Like?’ by Denise Levertov

Comparing how poets convey the hopelessness of war in Edexcel's Conflict poetry

Understanding the poem ‘Belfast Confetti’ by Ciaran Carson

Analysing the poem ‘Belfast Confetti’ by Ciaran Carson

Exploring the Romantic poets in the Edexcel 'Conflict' anthology

Understanding the poem ‘A Poison Tree’ by William Blake

Analysing the poem ‘A Poison Tree’ by William Blake

Understanding the poem 'The Destruction of Sennacherib' by Lord Byron

Analysing the poem 'The Destruction of Sennacherib' by Lord Byron

Understanding the poem 'Extract from the Prelude'

Analysing the poem 'Extract from The Prelude'

Exploring different types of conflict in Edexcel’s Conflict anthology

Understanding the poem ‘Half-caste’ by John Agard

Analysing the poem ‘Half-caste’ by John Agard

Understanding the poem ‘The Class Game’ by Mary Casey

Analysing the poem ‘The Class Game’ by Mary Casey

Understanding the poem 'No Problem' by Benjamin Zephaniah

Analysing the poem 'No Problem' by Benjamin Zephaniah

Analysing model answers on Edexcel conflict poetry

Planning a written response on Edexcel conflict poetry

Writing excellent model answers on Edexcel conflict poetry

In 'Edexcel Conflict Poetry', pupils compared the language, form and structure of a variety of poems connected by the themes of power and conflict. In 'Edexcel Conflict Poetry continued', pupils work on making more nuanced comparisons between poems.

In 'A World at War: Poetry', pupils explore how poets present the atrocities of World War One through their poetry. In 'Edexcel Conflict Poetry', pupils analyse how a variety of different wars have been presented through poetry.

In this unit, pupis explore 12 of the 15 poems from the 'Conflict' anthology. Pupils complete two lessons on each poem: one on understanding and one on analysis. Pupils study the poems in a thematically linked order so they can complete comparative and thematic lessons at key points in the unit.

Poetry anthology: first study

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

behaving with integrity and moral dignity

manipulative information disseminated to influence opinions

present information in an exaggerated or attention-grabbing way

sceptical or distrustful attitude towards motives

Match the keywords with their definitions.

a collection of poems connected by time period

a collection of poems connected to themes

a collection of poems connected to context

Before reading a poem, analysing the {{}} can help you make predictions about what it's going to be about.

Which quotation taken from Jessie Pope's 'Who's for the Game' suggests the war is exciting?

Arguably poets who have had firsthand experience of war depict the __________ of it.

Sometimes poets {{}} dying for your country as a form of propaganda.

Some of the poetry you'll read as part of your poetry study is based on World War One. What are the dates for World War One?

What method is used in this sentence: 'It was the biggest pizza she'd ever seen.'?

A particular attitude towards something or a point of view is known as a {{}}.

{{}} is the social, historical or cultural background of a text. 

information, based on truth and fact, used to promote a cause

information, especially of a misleading nature, used to promote a cause

information, of a truthful nature, used to condemn a cause

Comparing experiences of war in poetry

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