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Thomas Hardy: Selected Poems Comprehensive Guide for AS Level AQA B (first teaching 2015)
- AQA B AS
Hardy’s often overlooked poetry is a fantastic option for ‘Aspects of Tragedy’ for AQA B. The selected poems mix tradition with innovation, and there is much to explore in Hardy’s use of metre and form.
This specially written guide analyses every stanza individually, and prompts personal response with discursive and creative activities. Fantastically clear and comprehensive analysis allows students to get to grips with all the poems.Both NQTs and experienced teachers would find it invaluable in planning new schemes of work; it would literally save days of someone’s time!!
Engage your students!
Includes debate prompts; active learning tasks; further reading suggestions; key literary and linguistic terms throughout!
Tackles the key stages of text analysis:
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Walk-through
Thorough section-by-section commentary walks students through each poem -
Drawing it all together
In-depth discussion of whole text focuses on: characterisation, relationships, genre, themes, attitudes and values, language, form, structure, context, literary approaches -
Indicative content
To support teaching by making sure all key areas are covered
Students will learn of the poetic intentions and through the creative tasks will explore authorial intentions
Plus! A glossary of key terms ensures full understanding
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It will save a lot of time for teachers and is also a way of ensuring that all teachers have the same quality of analysis available if there are multiple classes being taught by different teachers. Both NQTs and experienced teachers would find it invaluable in planning new schemes of work; it would literally save days of someone’s time!! The quality of the information is excellent in respect to all aspects of the publication – context, poem analysis, critical reception.
Well presented. Very detailed... I liked how it explained the linguistic devices... Students will learn of the poetic intentions and through the creative tasks will explore authorial intentions.