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Poetry anthology: first study

Practise the unit “Poetry anthology: first study” (Year 10 English) by Oak National Academy, with a topic for each of its 33 lessons.

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33 topics

  1. Understanding the poem 'Remains'
  2. Analysing the Poem 'Remains'
  3. Developing interpretations of ‘Remains’ with Simon Armitage
  4. Understanding the Poem 'Kamikaze'
  5. Analysing the Poem 'Kamikaze'
  6. Analysing ideas of uncertainty and intensity in Kay's 'Dusting the Phone'
  7. Comparing ideas of love in ‘Sonnet 29’, ‘Cousin Kate’ and ‘Dusting the Phone’
  8. Understanding ideas of war in Hardy’s ‘Drummer Hodge’
  9. Comparing ideas of love and identity in ‘Catrin’ and ‘Origin Story’
  10. Reviewing a written response on the Eduqas poetry anthology
  11. Understanding the poem 'Catrin' by Gillian Clarke
  12. Analysing ideas of war and isolation in Owen's ‘Disabled’
  13. Analysing ideas of youth and nostalgia in Heaney’s ‘Blackberry Picking’
  14. Understanding ideas of love and obsession in Kay's 'Dusting the Phone'
  15. Analysing ideas of youth and nature in Blake’s ‘The Schoolboy’
  16. Comparing ideas of war in Hardy’s ‘Drummer Hodge’ and Armitage’s ‘Remains’
  17. Comparing ideas of identity and isolation in ‘Disabled and ‘Kamikaze’
  18. Analysing the poem 'Cousin Kate' by Christina Rossetti
  19. Analysing ideas of love and relationships in Ewing’s ‘Origin Story’
  20. Analysing the poem 'Sonnet 29' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  21. Planning a written response on the Eduqas poetry anthology
  22. Exploring and responding to the Eduqas poetry anthology
  23. Understanding ideas of youth and nature in Blake’s ‘The Schoolboy’
  24. Comparing ideas of youth and nature in ‘The Schoolboy’ and ‘Blackberry Picking’
  25. Writing a written response on the Eduqas poetry anthology
  26. Analysing ideas of war and inevitability in Hardy’s ‘Drummer Hodge’
  27. Understanding ideas of war and isolation in Owen's ‘Disabled’
  28. Analysing the poem 'Catrin' by Gillian Clarke
  29. Understanding ideas of love and relationships in Ewing’s ‘Origin Story’
  30. Understanding ideas of youth and nostalgia in Heaney’s ‘Blackberry Picking’
  31. Understanding the poem 'Cousin Kate' by Christina Rossetti
  32. Analysing extended responses to the Eduqas poetry anthology
  33. Understanding the poem ‘Sonnet 29’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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