completely filling one's mind and attention

a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour

Comparing ideas of love in ‘Sonnet 29’, ‘Cousin Kate’ and ‘Dusting the Phone’

English

Exploring and responding to the Eduqas poetry anthology

Understanding ideas of war and isolation in Owen's ‘Disabled’

Analysing ideas of war and isolation in Owen's ‘Disabled’

Understanding the Poem 'Kamikaze'

Analysing the Poem 'Kamikaze'

Comparing ideas of identity and isolation in ‘Disabled and ‘Kamikaze’

Understanding the poem 'Remains'

Analysing the Poem 'Remains'

Developing interpretations of ‘Remains’ with Simon Armitage

Understanding ideas of war in Hardy’s ‘Drummer Hodge’

Analysing ideas of war and inevitability in Hardy’s ‘Drummer Hodge’

Comparing ideas of war in Hardy’s ‘Drummer Hodge’ and Armitage’s ‘Remains’

Understanding the poem ‘Sonnet 29’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Analysing the poem 'Sonnet 29' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Understanding the poem 'Cousin Kate' by Christina Rossetti

Analysing the poem 'Cousin Kate' by Christina Rossetti

Understanding ideas of love and obsession in Kay's 'Dusting the Phone'

Analysing ideas of uncertainty and intensity in Kay's 'Dusting the Phone'

Understanding ideas of youth and nature in Blake’s ‘The Schoolboy’

Analysing ideas of youth and nature in Blake’s ‘The Schoolboy’

Understanding ideas of youth and nostalgia in Heaney’s ‘Blackberry Picking’

Analysing ideas of youth and nostalgia in Heaney’s ‘Blackberry Picking’

Comparing ideas of youth and nature in ‘The Schoolboy’ and ‘Blackberry Picking’

Understanding the poem 'Catrin' by Gillian Clarke

Analysing the poem 'Catrin' by Gillian Clarke

Understanding ideas of love and relationships in Ewing’s ‘Origin Story’

Analysing ideas of love and relationships in Ewing’s ‘Origin Story’

Comparing ideas of love and identity in ‘Catrin’ and  ‘Origin Story’

Analysing extended responses to the Eduqas poetry anthology

Planning a written response on the Eduqas poetry anthology

Writing a written response on the Eduqas poetry anthology

Reviewing a written response on the Eduqas poetry anthology

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

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

In this unit, pupis explore 11 of the 15 poems from the Eduqas poetry anthology. Pupils complete two lessons about 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 during the unit.

Poetry anthology: first study

Depiction or discussion of sex or sexual body parts, including sex education.

Depiction or discussion of sexual content

Which of the following poems presents sex in a positive way?

Is the following statement true or false: 'Browning's 'Sonnet 29', Rossetti's 'Cousin Kate', and Kay's 'Dusting the Phone' all suggest that relationships have a significant impact on your life.'

Which of the following poems presents a relationship as having a positive impact on the speaker's relationship?

Browning initially said the poem was a translation.

Which of the following is true of Browning's 'Sonnet 29'?

'A painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour' is the definition of which word beginning with 's'?

Arguably, Browning's 'Sonnet 29', Rossetti's 'Cousin Kate', and Kay's 'Dusting the Phone' all present sex in ________ way.

The speaker is fantasising about their absent lover.

The speaker is waiting for their lover to call them.

The speaker is heartbroken because their lover has picked somone else.

Which of the following is an accurate summary of Browning's 'Sonnet 29'?

The speaker is getting married to their lover.

The speaker is talking to their friend about their lover.

The speaker is waiting for their lover to call.

Which of the following is an accurate summary of Kay's 'Dusting the Phone'?

The speaker wants to abandon their lover.

The speaker has been seduced and abandoned by their lover.

The speaker is excited about their new relationship.

Which of the following is an accurate summary of Rossetti's 'Cousin Kate'?

Both Browning and Rossetti were writing in which period?

If something is all-consuming then it is which of the following?

Arguably, Browning's 'Sonnet 29', Rossetti's 'Cousin Kate' and Kay's 'Dusting the Phone' all associate which of the following with love?

Comparing ideas of love in ‘Sonnet 29’, ‘Cousin Kate’ and ‘Dusting the Phone’

Lesson outcome

Content guidance