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Power and Conflict poetry: scheme of learning
AQA GCSE English Literature · Paper 2, Section B
24 lessons across about six weeks, built around one big question: what does power do to people, and how do poets make us feel it? Every lesson has slides, teacher notes and a student pack at three levels.
Three levels of support in every lesson · 4 Feedback Loop kits · an end-of-unit essay with model answers
Real pages from the scheme
Choose a page to see it larger. Lesson 3 is free to read in full, with its slides and student pages.
Teacher handbookCover
Unit mapTeacher handbook, page 6
Lesson notesLesson 3 in the teacher handbook
SlidesLesson 3: exploding the quotation
SecuringLesson 3 task, aiming for a 4
StrengtheningLesson 3 task, aiming for grades 5 to 6
SoaringLesson 3 task, aiming for grades 7 to 9
Whole-class feedbackFeedback Loop kit 1
Model answersA grade 8–9 answer with notes
Revision workbookFor studentsOne question, three levels
Lesson 3 asks every student the same question: How does Browning let the Duke reveal more than he means to? Each student pack keeps the task and changes the support around it.
Securing
Aiming for a 4
A word bank, a choice of exact quotations, a worked example on a different quotation, and sentence starters for What, How and Why.
All three levels are in the free Lesson 3 sampler.
Strengthening
Aiming for grades 5 to 6
Prompts for What, How and Why, a paragraph planner and a success checklist.
All three levels are in the free Lesson 3 sampler.
Soaring
Aiming for grades 7 to 9
A debatable statement to argue with, prompts to think about, analytical verbs, and an argument planner that asks for an alternative reading.
All three levels are in the free Lesson 3 sampler.
Five sequences, 24 lessons
Feedback Loop kits and the end-of-unit essay are planned into the sequence. Lesson 3 is free: choose it to read the whole lesson.
The power of rulersLessons 1 to 6
- 1Power and conflictWhat kinds of power do these fifteen poems explore, and what will the exam ask you to do with them?
- 2OzymandiasHow does Shelley show that human power does not last?
- 3My Last DuchessFreeHow does Browning let the Duke reveal more than he means to?
- 4LondonHow does Blake present the suffering caused by those in power?
- 5Checking Out Me HistoryHow does Agard challenge the power of the people who decide what history is taught?
- 6Comparing power: Ozymandias and My Last DuchessFeedback Loop kit 1How do Shelley and Browning present men with great power, and what do they want us to think of them?
The power of natureLessons 7 to 10
- 7The PreludeHow does Wordsworth show the power of nature over a confident boy?
- 8Storm on the IslandHow does Heaney present a community’s fear of nature’s power?
- 9ExposureHow does Owen show that the weather is a deadlier enemy than the guns?
- 10Comparing nature’s power: The Prelude and Storm on the IslandFeedback Loop kit 2How do Wordsworth and Heaney present the power of nature over people?
Soldiers in battleLessons 11 to 14
- 11The Charge of the Light BrigadeHow does Tennyson turn a military blunder into a story of heroism?
- 12Bayonet ChargeHow does Hughes show a soldier’s patriotism disappearing in the moment of attack?
- 13RemainsHow does Armitage show that a soldier cannot leave a killing behind?
- 14Comparing soldiers: The Charge of the Light Brigade and Bayonet ChargeFeedback Loop kit 3How do Tennyson and Hughes present soldiers in the moment of battle?
Memory, loss and identityLessons 15 to 20
- 15War PhotographerHow does Duffy present the gap between the horror of war and the people who look at it?
- 16PoppiesHow does Weir present a mother’s loss as her son leaves for war?
- 17KamikazeHow does Garland present the cost of a pilot’s choice to turn back?
- 18The EmigréeHow does Rumens present a speaker’s love for a city she cannot return to?
- 19TissueHow does Dharker show that the things people build are less permanent than they think?
- 20Comparing memory: Remains and PoppiesFeedback Loop kit 4How do Armitage and Weir present the lasting effects of conflict on one person?
The examLessons 21 to 24
- 21Grouping the poemsWhich poems make the best partners, and why?
- 22Writing the comparisonHow do you write a 30-mark comparison in 45 minutes?
- 23End-of-unit essayEnd-of-unit essayCompare how poets present the effects of conflict in 'Exposure' and in one other poem from 'Power and conflict'.
- 24Feedback and improvementFeedback lessonWhat does a stronger comparison look like, and how will you improve yours?
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Nine folders, ready to teach from
- 00Start here5 pages: how the scheme fits together
- 01Teacher handbook119 pages: intent, unit map, lesson notes, assessment guide, knowledge bank
- 02Slides24 PowerPoint decks with teacher notes, and a PDF copy of each
- 03Student packsSecuring, Strengthening and Soaring, 84 pages each
- 04Independent practiceThree booklets, 22 pages each
- 05Feedback Loop kitsFour kits, 6 pages each
- 06End-of-unit assessmentEssay paper and teacher guide with model answers
- 09Missed a lessonA one-page catch-up sheet for every lesson, with a box for the teacher’s check-in
- 10InclusionNotes for students with SEND, students learning English and pupil premium students, and a key words list
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