a feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the past

not obvious; requiring careful attention to notice or understand

a feeling of being happy or comfortable as part of a particular group

Comparing ideas of nostalgia in the Edexcel Belonging anthology

English

Conceptualising and exploring the Edexcel Belonging anthology

Understanding how Clare presents nature in 'Sunday Dip'

Analysing how Clare presents nature in 'Sunday Dip'

Understanding the tone of Brontë's 'Mild the Mist Upon the Hill'

Analysing nostalgia and melancholia in Brontë's 'Mild the Mist Upon the Hill'

Comparing childhood in 'Sunday Dip' and 'Mild the Mist Upon the Hill'

Understanding how Wordsworth presents nature in 'To My Sister'

Analysing how Wordsworth presents nature in 'To My Sister'

Understanding how Landon presents childhood in 'Captain Cook (To My Brother)'

Analysing how Landon presents childhood in 'Captain Cook (To My Brother)'

Understanding how Bridges presents nature in 'Clear and Gentle Stream'

Analysing how Bridges presents nature and belonging in 'Clear and Gentle Stream'

Understanding how Hood presents the past and present in 'I Remember, I Remember'

Analysing how Hood presents the past and present in 'I Remember, I Remember'

Understanding how Blakemore presents multiculturalism in 'Peckham Rye Lane'

Analysing how Blakemore presents multiculturalism in 'Peckham Rye Lane'

Understanding how Nichols presents memories of home in 'Island Man'

Analysing how Nichols presents ideas of belonging and place in 'Island Man'

Understanding how Antrobus presents identity and heritage in 'Jamaican British'

Analysing ideas of conflict and acceptance in Antrobus' 'Jamaican British'

Exploring ideas of cultural belonging in the Edexcel Belonging anthology

Understanding the poem 'The Emigree'

Analysing the poem 'The Emigree'

Understanding how Hardi presents ideas of displacement in 'My Mother's Kitchen'

Analysing ideas of home, upheaval and heritage in Hardi's 'My Mother's Kitchen'

Understanding ideas of humanity and oppression in Zephaniah's 'We Refugees'

Analysing ideas of oppression, heritage and place in Zephaniah's 'We Refugees'

Comparing ideas of displacement and belonging in the Edexcel Belonging anthology

Building analytical paragraphs about Edexcel's Belonging poetry

Planning a written response on Edexcel’s Belonging anthology

Writing excellent model answers on Edexcel's Belonging anthology

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

In 'Single Poet Study: Maya Angelou', pupils explored how Angelou uses her poetry to present strong relationships to people and place. In 'Edexcel Belonging Poetry', pupils analyse how a variety of different relationships to culture and place have been presented across time.

In this unit, pupis explore 12 of the 15 poems from the 'Belonging' 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

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Landon presents a nostalgic view of childhood. Hood does too.

Landon evokes the joy of childhood; likewise, Hood depicts the freedom of it.

Potentially, we might see Hood's poem as the most evocative.

Which of the following examples uses a comparative conjunction?

'Weak, unimportant, or in doubt' is the definition of {{}}.

Which of the following poems has a tenuous link to the theme of nostalgia?

'Not obvious; requiring careful attention to notice or understand' is the definition of {{}}.

The sentence: 'Neither Hood nor Landon present the present day in a positive way' uses ...

Arguably, both Landon and Hood present the loss of __________ in their poems 'Clear and Gentle Stream' and 'I Remember, I Remember'. 

The speaker wishes their sister would join their protest.

The speaker is trying to convince their sister to join them in nature.

The speaker is trying to convince their sister to move to the city.

Which of the following is an accurate summary of Wordsworth's 'To My Sister'?

The speaker is overjoyed to find themselves at the stream.

The stream feels comfortable and familiar to the speaker.

The speaker is mourning the loss of their stream.

Which of the following is an accurate summary of Bridges' 'Clear and Gentle Stream'?

'A feeling of being happy or comfortable as part of a particular group' is the definition of {{}}.

Complete this quotation from Landon's 'Captain Cook (To My Brother)': "leaving childhood, life's {{ }} land behind".

Complete the following quotation from Hood's 'I Remember, I Remember': "My spirit flew in {{ }} then".

'A feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the past' is the definition of {{}}.

Comparing ideas of nostalgia in the Edexcel Belonging anthology

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