the main subject that is being discussed in a piece of writing

Revising key themes in the ‘Power and Conflict’ anthology

English

Refining comparative essay writing

Understanding the poem 'Checking Out Me History'

Analysing the Poem 'Checking Out Me History'

Understanding the poem 'The Emigree'

Analysing the poem 'The Emigree'

Comparing ‘Checking Out Me History’ and ‘The Émigrée’

Understanding the Poem 'Tissue' by Imtiaz Dharker

Analysing the Poem 'Tissue' by Imtiaz Dharker

Exploring theme, message and intent across the ‘Power and Conflict’ anthology

Comparing 'Tissue' with other poems

‘Power and Conflict’ poetry: writing a sophisticated comparative response

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, focusing on the final three poems: *Checking Out Me History*, *The Emigree* and *Tissue*

In this unit, pupis read and analyse three more poems from the 'Power and Conflict' 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 write a sophisticated comparative essay,

Poetry anthology: continued study

a subtle difference in meaning. In our poetry essays we want to look for nuanced differences in the presentation of the same thing (e.g. war).

words that work in pairs to join ideas together (e.g. neither/nor).

words and phrases we use to organise and connect our ideas. They let our reader know where our argument is going.

to make a judgement on something. In English we evaluate a writer’s methods and ideas.

focusing on European culture to the exclusion of the rest of the world

showing anger or frustration at unfair treatment

a language developed from a mixture of different languages

the act of settling and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area

the people inhabiting a land before the arrival of colonists

determined to teach, often a moral lesson

if something takes precedence, it is considered more important than something else

the qualities that make a person different from others.

to leave one’s own country to settle in another, usually for political reasons.

regarded as perfect or better than in reality.

regarded as perfect or better than in reality

the repetition of a word at the end of a sentence or stanza

a person’s racial, religious or cultural background

an honorary position given by the monarch; the poet is tasked with writing poems about state occasions

a situation where people are forced to leave the place they normally live

the ideas and feelings a word evokes in addition to its literal meaning

a version of a metaphor that is developed throughout a piece of writing

a word that is spelled and sounds the same as another but has a different meaning (e.g. bat)

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular rhythm

a stanza in a poem consisting of four lines

a type of metaphor that is developed throughout a piece of writing

something lasting for a short time only (life can be described as transient)

the main subject/ideas in a piece of writing

an important idea in a text that the writer wants to tell people about

the reason someone has for writing a text

a verb that demonstrates an opinion on something

to cause someone or something to be remembered forever

the primary argument or central idea presented in a piece of academic writing

a sentence that introduces the main idea or theme of a paragraph, guiding its content

information or objects that are firmly and deeply fixed within something else

words or phrases that express a lack of certainty when presenting ideas

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