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Unseen poetry: scheme of learning

AQA GCSE English Literature · Paper 2, Section C

12 lessons across about three weeks, built around one big question: how do you find what a poem is doing when you have never seen it before? Every lesson has slides, teacher notes and a student pack at three levels.

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Three levels of support in every lesson · 2 Feedback Loop kits · an end-of-unit assessment with model answers

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Teacher handbookCoverUnit mapTeacher handbook, page 6Lesson notesLesson 3 in the teacher handbookSlidesLesson 3: exploding the quotationSecuringLesson 3 task, aiming for a 4StrengtheningLesson 3 task, aiming for grades 5 to 6SoaringLesson 3 task, aiming for grades 7 to 9Whole-class feedbackFeedback Loop kit 1Model answersA grade 8–9 answer with notesRevision workbookFor students

Three sequences, 12 lessons

Feedback Loop kits and the end-of-unit assessment are planned into the sequence. Lesson 3 is free: choose it to read the whole lesson.

Reading one poemLessons 1 to 4

  1. 1A first readingWhat do you do in the first five minutes with a poem you have never seen?
  2. 2Pictures in wordsHow does imagery make a poem’s ideas felt?
  3. 3The shape of a poemFreeHow do form and structure carry meaning?
  4. 4Voice and toneFeedback Loop kit 1How does a poet make us hear a speaker’s feelings?

Comparing two poemsLessons 5 to 8

  1. 5Same theme, different waysHow can two poems about the same subject do different things?
  2. 6Comparing structureHow do two poets use structure to present longing and loss?
  3. 7Comparing voiceHow do two speakers look back on childhood?
  4. 8Places of peaceFeedback Loop kit 2How do two poets present a place that brings peace?

The examLessons 9 to 12

  1. 9Planning question 27.1How do you plan and write a 24-mark answer in 30 minutes?
  2. 10Planning question 27.2How do you compare methods in 15 minutes?
  3. 11End-of-unit assessmentEnd-of-unit assessmentAssessment: questions 27.1 and 27.2 in 45 minutes.
  4. 12Feedback and improvementFeedback lessonHow can you move your answers up a level?

Seven folders, ready to teach from

  • 00
    Start here4 pages: how the scheme fits together
  • 01
    Teacher handbook58 pages: intent, unit map, lesson notes, assessment guide, knowledge bank
  • 02
    Slides12 PowerPoint decks with teacher notes, and a PDF copy of each
  • 03
    Student packsSecuring, Strengthening and Soaring, 42 pages each
  • 04
    Deliberate practiceThree booklets, 14 pages each
  • 05
    Feedback Loop kitsTwo kits, 6 pages each
  • 06
    End-of-unit assessmentAssessment paper and teacher guide with model answers

Both licences also include the model answer pack (16 pages) and the revision workbook (40 pages). Everything arrives as zip files of editable Word and PowerPoint files, with a PDF copy of each.

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