New
New
Year 10
Eduqas

Analysing model answers

I can recognise excellent writing practice in a model answer.

New
New
Year 10
Eduqas

Analysing model answers

I can recognise excellent writing practice in a model answer.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. When comparing poems, you should choose a poem that matches the poem you have been given thematically.
  2. Use comparative connectives like 'however' or 'both' to structure your response.
  3. You can discuss the poems separately, but if you can, try to make small comparative comments throughout.
  4. You can focus on ‘bigger’ methods (like imagery or form) as well as close-text analysis.
  5. Context should be relevant, specific and support your argument.

Common misconception

Students often use context as a 'bolt-on'.

Context is a valuable additional source of evidence for your argument. Context should be relevant, specific and support your argument. It should be 'peppered' throughout your essay and not 'bolted-on' at the end.

Keywords

  • To compare - to note the similarities and/or dissimilarities between two or more things

  • Context - the circumstances in which a text was produced

  • Perspective - a writer’s point of view or attitude towards something

  • Poignant - stirring one’s emotions - being emotionally-memorable

Equipment

3 different coloured highlighters will be useful in this lesson.

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
  • Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
What does 'to compare' mean?
to come up with alternative perspectives so that you have more than one
Correct answer: to note the similarities or dissimilarities between two or more things
to analyse two or more texts together
Q2.
Which of the following poets wrote poems about war that feature in the Eduqas poetry anthology?
Correct answer: Wilfred Owen
Imtiaz Dharker
Carol Ann Duffy
Correct answer: Rupert Brooke
Correct answer: Owen Sheers
Q3.
What was the name of Rupert Brooke's war poem that features on the Eduqas anthology?
'Dulce et Decorum Est'
Correct answer: 'The Soldier'
'Mametz Wood'
'The Manhunt'
Q4.
Which of the following is the correct translation for the phrase "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori"?
'it is harrowing and disappointing to die for one's country'
'it is cowardly and despicable to shun one's national duty'
Correct answer: 'it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country'
Q5.
Which of the following is the opening line to Rupert Brooke's 'The Soldier'?
Correct answer: "If I should die, think only this of me:"
"And think, this heart, all evil shed away,"
"Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,"
"If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace"
Q6.
Complete the quotation from Wilfred Owen's 'Dulce et Decorum Est': "He plunges at me, guttering, choking, ."
Correct Answer: drowning, "drowning"

6 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following is an example of a comparative connective?
Correct answer: however
moreover
because
so
Correct answer: yet
Q2.
Which of the following poems from the Eduqas anthology might you compare Barrett Browning's 'Sonnet 43' to?
'The Prelude'
'A Wife in London'
Correct answer: 'Valentine'
'To Autumn'
Q3.
Which of the following poems from the Eduqas anthology might you compare Wordsworth's 'The Prelude' to?
'She Walks in Beauty'
Correct answer: 'To Autumn'
'Dulce et Decorum Est'
'Mametz Wood'
Q4.
is the circumstances in which a text was produced.
Correct Answer: Context
Q5.
Which of the following statements about context is true?
you should teach your reader something new about the writer
Correct answer: context needs to be relevant
context should form the majority of your response
Correct answer: specificity is important when including context
context should be included at the end of each paragraph
Q6.
If you were discussing the poem 'Mametz Wood', which contextual information would not be relevant?
The 38th Division was comprised of soldiers from Wales.
Owen Sheers is a Welsh poet.
Most of the 38th division were ill-equipped and poorly-trained young men.
Correct answer: In 2014, Sheers presented a one-hour BBC documentary.

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