a group of visible stars that form a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal

domination of a people or area by a foreign state or nation

a language of southern Africa, derived from the form of Dutch brought to the Cape by Protestant settlers

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

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

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'

Comparing ideas of love in ‘Sonnet 29’, ‘Cousin Kate’ and ‘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 of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Which of the following is the context of Hardy's 'Drummer Hodge'?

Complete the quotation from Hardy's 'Drummer Hodge': “They throw in Drummer Hodge, to rest / __________”

The original title of Hardy's 'Drummer Hodge' was which of the following?

Hardy's 'Drummer Hodge' implies which of the following will happen to Hodge's body?

Hardy uses the following words in 'Drummer Hodge': “a kopje-crest” and “ the veldt”. What language are these?

'domination of a people or area by a foreign state or nation' is the definition of which word beginning with 'c'?

The word "young" and "fresh" have connotations of which of the following?

Describing somewhere as "strange" and "foreign" implies which of the following?

praise it and encourage others to as well

To criticise something means which of the following?

To "throw" something implies which of the following?

'done in a rude, sudden, or informal way' is the definition of which of the following?

'a group of visible stars that form a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal' is the definition of which of the following?

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

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