Christina Rossetti Selected Poems: Activity Pack for A Level Edexcel

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Edexcel A Level

Create an engaging study experience for students as they immerse themselves in the poetry by the mysterious and enigmatic Victorian writer Christina Rossetti. With a plethora of activities for each poem, subdivided into the areas of genre, theme, attitudes and values, language, structure, form, context and critical reception, this invaluable and exhaustive activity pack will enable you to mix and match to suit your class.

A very well-structured and comprehensive resource that would give a teacher all the tools they needed to plan, prepare and teach a unit on Rossetti's poetry

J Hathaway, Head of English & Peer Reviewer
Activities include:
  • engaging questions
  • critical thinking
  • close reading
  • pair and group tasks
  • visual, audio and kinaesthetic tasks
  • further research

Accessible for every level and linked to the AOs throughout!

Plus! Answers to all activities and essay questions included
  • Prepare
    Pre-reading exercises provide a starting point for study
  • Explore
    Appealing poem-by-poem tasks guide students through the collection, allowing them to gain understanding and analytical skills while remaining engaged
  • Reflect
    Whole-text activities show the bigger picture, exploring key areas of: Characterisation • Relationships • Genre • Themes • Attitudes and Values • Writer’s use of language • Form • Structure • Context • Critical Reception

What do teachers say about this resource? (12211)

A very well-structured and comprehensive resource that would give a teacher all the tools they needed to plan, prepare and teach a unit on Rossetti's poetry. I loved the in-depth nature of the information on Rossetti and her work. I thought the resource contained a good, well-balanced range of activities that could easily be used and adapted by a teacher. I particularly liked the links that were made between Rossetti's poetry and more modern works of poetry by poets such as Frost and Duffy... The resource contains an excellent level of detail from Rossetti's wider writings such as her letters and her devotional texts. These are helpfully positioned alongside thorough and detailed activities on each poem to allow pupils to embed this wider contextual information into their understanding of her work... A very comprehensive resource which would provide excellent help and support both to pupils and to teachers. I personally learnt a few new facts about Rossetti and her work after having taught and studied her poetry for a number of years!

J Hathaway, Head of English & Peer Reviewer