Poems of the Decade: Comprehensive Guide for AS/A Level Edexcel (Endorsed)

Endorsed for Edexcel

This Comprehensive Guide is endorsed for the 2015 A Level Edexcel English Specification.

Ready-to-use, detailed study notes guide your class through this collection of diverse contemporary poetry. Fantastically clear and comprehensive analysis allows students to get the most out of this exciting collection – sure to strike a chord with your A Level class.

This is a superb resource for an anthology of modern poetry with little written criticism

L Stansfield, English Teacher, Independent Reviewer (1st edition)
Set text for:
  • Edexcel AS & A Level

Engage your students!

Includes debate prompts; active learning tasks; further reading suggestions; key literary and linguistic terms; practice essay questions throughout!

Tackles the key stages of text analysis:

  1. Walk-through
    Thorough section-by-section commentary walks students through each poem
  2. Drawing it all together
    In-depth discussion of the collection focuses on literary approaches and how to apply them to individual poems
  3. Indicative content
    To support teaching by making sure all key areas are covered

Plus! A glossary of key terms ensures full understanding

What do teachers say about this resource? (7582)

This is a superb resource for an anthology of modern poetry with little written criticism. The analyses are detailed and reliable. There is good use of poetic terminology all the way through, a handy breakdown of the assessment objectives, different critical approaches and a literary glossary... It's good as a teacher guide and a student guide, with suggested activities for each poem... The author's subject knowledge is second to none.

L Stansfield, English Teacher, Independent Reviewer (1st edition)

Good value for money... It gives students some specific technical content and directs them towards further reading / higher critical analyses... Allows independence; supports classroom work [and] provides reassurance.

J Chumbley, HoD & Customer