most important, because of including or affecting all other areas

has subtle details that make it complex and interesting

the fact of having no effect or of achieving nothing

something that you want and plan to do; an aim

Writing an extended written response on the Eduqas 2025 poetry anthology

English

Understanding the poem 'War Photographer'

Analysing the poem 'War Photographer'

Understanding ideas of dehumanisation and apathy in Ghose’s ‘Decomposition’

Analysing ideas of dehumanisation and apathy in Ghose’s ‘Decomposition’

Comparing ideas of art in Duffy's 'War Photographer' and Ghose's 'Decomposition'

Understanding ideas of belonging in McKay’s ‘I Shall Return’

Analysing ideas of belonging and heritage in McKay’s ‘I shall return’

Understanding ideas of belonging in Wordsworth's 'I wandered lonely as a cloud'

Analysing ideas of belonging in Wordsworth's 'I wandered lonely as a cloud'

Comparing belonging in 'I wandered lonely as a cloud' and 'I Shall Return'

Planning an extended written response on the Eduqas 2025 poetry anthology

In 'AQA Power and Conflict Poetry' continued, pupils used a range of reading skills to aid the supported decoding of challenging poems. In 'Unseen Poetry', pupils use these reading skills to decode texts with independence. 

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 this unit, pupis read and analyse four poems from the Eduqas poetry anthology. Pupils complete two lessons about each poem: one on understanding and one on analysis. At the end of the unit, pupils analyse themes from across the anthology and practise crafting a sophisticated comparative essay.

Poetry anthology: continued study

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

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

sentence about both poems/poets exploring overarching similarity

narrow down on the similarities in both poems in relation to big ideas

specific thesis - nuanced differences within that similarity

Put the elements of a comparative introduction in order.

Which of the following might you use to develop ideas in an analytical paragraph?

Is the following statement true or false: 'When comparing poems, you want to choose poems that have entirely similar ideas about a theme.'

explains the individual focus of the paragraph

Match the elements of a comparative essay to their definition.

think about the poets' overall intentions

Your overall conclusion in a written response should do which of the following?

'The fact of having no effect or of achieving nothing' is the definition of which word beginning with 'f'?

Which of the following discourse markers would you use to show cause and effect?

Is the following statement true or false: 'You should use tentative language in your response to texts.'

'Something that you want and plan to do; an aim' is the definition of which of the following?

The speaker feels as if their sacrifice was worth it.

The speaker's family refuses to talk to them in the aftermath of the war.

The speaker feels isolated in the aftermath of war.

Which of the following is the summary of Owen's 'Disabled'?

Which of the following poems would you compare with Owen's 'Disabled' on the theme of war?

Match the discourse marker to the purpose.

Writing an extended written response on the Eduqas 2025 poetry anthology

Lesson outcome

Content guidance