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Year 11

AQA

Unseen poetry

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Exploring titles in unseen poetry

I can explore the significance of titles in unseen poetry.

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Structural analysis of unseen poetry

I can explore the impact of structural choices within unseen poetry.

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Understanding sub-text in unseen poems

I can unlock implied meanings, or sub-text, in poetry.

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Conceptualising and analysing speaker and voice in unseen poetry

I can make inferences based on the use of speaker and voice in a poem.

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Identifying and analysing semantic fields in unseen poetry

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Explaining comparative imagery in unseen poetry

I can understand and explain the use of comparative imagery in a poem.

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Selecting and using quotations from an unseen poem

I can select and analyse quotations from an unseen poem.

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Comparing how poets present motherhood and maternal stereotypes in unseen poems

I can conceptualise and explain a comparison of two unseen poems.

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Developing a personal response to an unseen poem

I can develop my personal response to an unseen poem.

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Planning a response to an unseen poem by collecting and organising your thoughts

I can plan a response to an unseen poem by collecting and then organising my thoughts.

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Writing and developing a response to an unseen poem

I can write and then build on a response to an unseen poem.

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Analysing tone in an unseen poem

I can conceptualise and explain the use of tone in an unseen poem.

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Analysing use of sound in an unseen poem

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Comparing personal responses to unseen poetry

I can compare and interrogate my personal responses to unseen poetry.

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Comparing ideas about transience in unseen poetry

I can compare ideas about transience in unseen poetry.

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Analysing how poets present ideas of transience in unseen poetry

I can analyse and compare how poets use language, form and voice to present ideas of transience in unseen poetry.

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Analysing extended responses to ideas of transience in unseen poetry

I can consider and explain the effectiveness of model responses and how they present ideas of transience in a comparative answer.

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Planning a comparative response to ideas of transience in unseen poetry

I can plan a comparative response to unseen poetry on ideas of transience.

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Writing a comparative response to ideas of transience in unseen poetry

I can write a confident and clear comparative response to ideas of transience in unseen poems.

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Reviewing a comparative response to ideas of transience in unseen poetry

I can reflect on and rewrite an extended comparative response on ideas of transience in unseen poetry.

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