the period that follows an unpleasant event or accident, and the effects that it causes

the state of feeling alone and without friends or help

based on or relating to a particular set of ideas or beliefs

achieving no result; not effective or successful

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

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'

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'

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

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

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

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

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Both poems suggest that soldiers feel isolated in the aftermath of war.

Both poems suggest that soldiers feel proud in the aftermath of war.

Both poems suggest that soldiers feel angry in the aftermath of war.

Which of the following are similarities between Owen's 'Disabled' and Garland's 'Kamikaze'?

Arguably, both poems __________ the nature of war.

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

Place the elements of a comparative introduction in chronological order.

'Based on or relating to a particular set of ideas or beliefs' is the definition of which of the following?

'Achieving no result; not effective or successful' is the definition of which word beginning with 'f'?

'To be excluded from a society or group' is the definition of which word beginning with 'o'?

Which of the following comparative conjunctions would you use to show a difference between one thing and another?

The poem depicts an injured soldier in the aftermath of war.

The poem depicts a father returning home in the aftermath of war.

The poem depicts a mother waiting for her son to return from war.

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

The poem is about a successful Kamikaze pilot and his family's reaction to him.

The poem is about a failed Kamikaze pilot and his family's reaction to him.

The poem is about a Kamikaze pilot wondering whether to complete his mission.

Which of the following is an accurate summary of Garland's 'Kamikaze'?

explains the focus of the individual paragraph

In an analytical essay, which of the following is the definition of a thesis statement?

'The state of feeling alone and without friends or help' is the definition of which word beginning with 'i'?

'The period that follows an unpleasant event or accident, and the effects that it causes' is the definition of which word beginning with 'a'?

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

Lesson outcome

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