Planning an extended written response on the Eduqas 2025 poetry anthology
I can plan an extended comparative response.
Planning an extended written response on the Eduqas 2025 poetry anthology
I can plan an extended comparative response.
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Key learning points
- One way to help you organise poems in an anthology is to sort them into ‘mini-clusters’ by theme.
- When you’re approaching a comparative question, begin by identifying the key theme.
- Once you’ve established the key theme, consider how the named poem responds to the theme.
- To choose a comparative poem, ensure you choose one with an overall similarity but nuanced differences.
- One way to plan your answer is to create a multi-paragraph outline.
Keywords
Theme - a subject or topic of discourse or of artistic representation
Nuanced - has subtle details that make it complex and interesting
Propaganda - information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, often used to promote a political cause
Nationalist - a person who strongly identifies with their own nation and strongly supports its interests
Ideological - based on or relating to a particular set of ideas or beliefs
Common misconception
While comparing poems, you should only look for similarities between them.
To create an effective comparison, you want to find nuanced differences within overall similarities.
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Equipment
You will need a copy of the Eduqas 2025 Anthology for this lesson.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
war
nature
love
overarching argument about the essay
analysis of methods that supports the topic sentence
summarises each paragraph