Making connections across the AQA Worlds and Lives anthology
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can make connections between the AQA Worlds and Lives anthology.
Key learning points
- Structurally, irregularity runs through the anthology and could reflect the unpredictable nature of life.
- The lack of adherence to traditional forms could reflect how we need to move away from traditional ideas.
- The presence of other voices and perspectives across the poems could reflect the connected nature of the world.
- Connections of ‘big ideas’ that span centuries could reflect the nature of humanity.
Keywords
Liminal - occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold
Ghazal - a lyric poem with a fixed number of verses and a repeated rhyme, typically on the theme of love
Non-conformity - the quality of living and thinking in a way that is different from other people
Abstract - existing as an idea, feeling, or quality, not as a material object
Anthology - a collection of literary works that have a similar form or subject
Common misconception
Since you normally only compare two poems, it's not useful to make connections across the whole anthology.
Making connections across the whole anthology allows you to see the threads that connect the poems which will extend your comparative responses.
Teacher tip
You might like to remind pupils of the poems with a short summary of them before you begin the lesson.
Equipment
You will need access to a copy of the AQA World and Lives anthology for this lesson.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following is the definition of 'anthology'?
Q2.Which of the following are threads that run through the Worlds and Lives anthology?
Q3.Which two poems from the Worlds and Lives anthology gesture towards the sonnet form?
Q4.Match the poems from the AQA Worlds and Lives anthology with the theme.
Climate change
Migration
Prejudice
Q5.Starting with the oldest, put these poems from the AQA Worlds and Lives anthology in chronological order.
Q6.Occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold is the definition of ...
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Non-conformity means ...
Q2.The sonnet, couplet and ghazal all arguably consider the theme of .
Q3.Which of these poems is the only one from the AQA Worlds and Lives anthology with a regular rhyme scheme that runs all the way through the poem?
Q4.Whose voice do we not hear across the AQA Worlds and Lives anthology?
Q5.Existing as an idea, feeling, or quality, not as a material object means something ...
Q6.How might we interpret the fact that the oldest and latest poems in the anthology both consider humanity's relationship with nature?
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