Unseen Poetry Preparation Pack for A Level AQA A
Paper 1: Love through the Ages
‘A wonderful resource with a methodical and supportive approach… Accessible to a range of abilities' A Harrington, Teacher, Tutor & Expert Reviewer
Unseen Poetry is a highly skills-based section of the A Level AQA A exam that requires students to have a broad understanding of poetry analysis and interpretation. Embolden students to clearly communicate how literary techniques shape meaning for the reader with this confidence-boosting guide.
Ready to use in class or as independent homework tasks.
Activities include research tasks, discussion prompts, annotating, mind-mapping and more!
Poets include Gillian Clarke, W H Auden, William Shakespeare and many more!
- Detailed information for teachers and students on: the exam itself, the AOs, technical terminology and past paper focuses
- A step-by-step guide to analysing unseen poetry including a timeline of poets
- Guided analysis of single poems with linked activities – students develop their analytical skills before tackling comparison questions
- Includes annotated versions of poems to showcase exemplary close-reading analysis
- 10 unseen poetry exam-style questions for realistic exam preparation
- Plus! 5 original comparison questions
- Helpful exam and essay-writing tips throughout
- Handy revision charts for recording poems and themes studied
- A glossary of key terms of poetry analysis
- Indicative content for all relevant tasks – great for self-marking!
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What do teachers say about this resource? (12298)
Overall I found this resource to be highly appealing and effective for my needs as a teacher approaching a rather vast aspect of the specification... I feel like it would enhance the learning as it helps to shape the train of thought for what can be a difficult section of the exam due to the breadth of time and knowledge of form and genres associated alongside an unseen element. It's modelling of metacognitive approach is helpful too so that students can make the appropriate links in their own thinking too. A valuable resources for teachers and students due to the wide application of the skills presented in the resource as well as the foundation knowledge required to offer a starting point into time periods, relevant works and key terms for poetry too.
A very comprehensive, considered and well thought through resource. The writer is clearly knowledgeable of both the history of English Literature generally and knows the AQA A Level syllabus inside out. I liked the focus on addressing gaps in student knowledge which I thought could be used particularly well for flipped leaning / homework tasks. Really like the lesson suggestions and starter tasks as they allow for ‘off the shelf teaching’ and will be useful to new A Level teachers in the department... I liked that fact that the writer continually reinforces exam technique and the requirements of the AOs throughout as this is so important for student success. I love the record grids because they encourage and allow for opportunities of self-reflection and consolidation and I can see me using these every lesson as a plenary task or for homework... This would be a very useful addition to our existing A Level teaching resources. The exemplar questions alone are worth the investment. Well done to the author – this must have been a massive undertaking to pull all of this together and is worthy of commendation!
A supportive resource... I imagine it being a great help to any teachers who may feel uncertain about some aspects of the course... Great care has been taken to present in-depth, complex information in a clear and methodical style... Contains very good advice which would be especially useful to students who struggle with this aspect of the course... [The Practice Questions] are a brilliant part of the resource. I especially appreciate the depth and variety in the questions. This provides a valuable set of questions which will give the students wide-ranging experience of exam-style work... The blend of complexity and clarity throughout this resource as a whole means it is accessible to a range of abilities at A Level. I think it is sometimes overlooked how students can struggle at this level, and this resource is a very good blend of the information and skills needed with advice and guidelines on how students can apply their own knowledge in their classroom work, revision and the exam... It fulfils the needs of the curriculum, encouraging the students to expand their knowledge beyond simply working towards and revising for the exam so that, if they follow this resource, they will be extremely well-prepared for this part of the exam... A wonderful resource with a methodical and supportive approach.
Excellent resource. Clearly laid out. Systematic approach to studying the poems - good to have answers too. Lots for students to actively do, and also to think about. Sections actively prepare students for exam - logical process. Lots of opportunities for extension too... Detailed... Good breadth of tasks and activities. Links in closely to AOs. Lots of very useful material for exam preparation.... Sections are very clear... Very useful for targeted exam preparation.