GCSE English Literature for AQA Poetry Student Book

A new series of bespoke, full-coverage resources developed for the 2015 GCSE English qualifications.

Trevor Millum (Author), Andy Mort (Author), Peter Thomas (Edited by)

9781107454712, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 29 January 2015

208 pages
27.6 x 21.9 x 0.9 cm, 0.53 kg

A new series of bespoke, full-coverage resources developed for the 2015 GCSE English qualifications. Developed for the 2015 AQA GCSE English Literature specification, this print Student Book provides a fresh approach to building students' skills and confidence in reading and responding to poems. Written by authors with unparalleled experience, this resource includes one unit for each of the poems in the AQA poetry anthology (Poems Past and Present), sections on comparing anthology poems and exploring unseen poems, and an in-depth exam preparation section. See also our Poetry print and digital pack, which comprises the print Student Book, the enhanced digital edition and a free Teacher's Resource.

Exploring and comparing poetry
Poems past and present – the AQA Anthology
Cluster 1. Love and relationships: Unit 1. When We Two Parted – Lord Byron
Unit 2. Love's Philosophy – Percy Bysshe Shelley
Unit 3. Porphyria's Lover – Robert Browning
Unit 4. Sonnet 29 – 'I think of thee!' – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Unit 5. Neutral Tones – Thomas Hardy
Unit 6. The Farmer's Bride – Charlotte Mew
Unit 7. Walking Away – Cecil Day-Lewis
Unit 8. Letters from Yorkshire – Maura Dooley
Unit 9. Eden Rock – Charles Causley
Unit 10. Follower – Seamus Heaney
Unit 11. Mother, any distance – Simon Armitage
Unit 12. Before You Were Mine – Carol Ann Duffy
Unit 13. Winter Swans – Owen Sheers
Unit 14. Singh Song! – Daljit Nagra
Unit 15. Climbing My Grandfather – Andrew Waterhouse
Unit 16. Comparing poems: Developing skills in comparing poems
Poem pair 1. 'Walking Away' and 'Follower'
Poem pair 2. 'Neutral Tones' and 'Winter Swans'
Poem pair 3. 'Mother, any distance' and 'Before You Were Mine'
Example response. 'Love's Philosophy' and 'The Farmer's Bride'
Cluster 2. Power and conflict: Unit 1. Ozymandias – Percy Bysshe Shelley
Unit 2. London – William Blake
Unit 3. Extract from The Prelude – William Wordsworth
Unit 4. My Last Duchess – Robert Browning
Unit 5. The Charge of the Light Brigade – Alfred Lord Tennyson
Unit 6. Exposure – Wilfred Owen
Unit 7. Storm on the Island – Seamus Heaney
Unit 8. Bayonet Charge – Ted Hughes
Unit 9. Remains – Simon Armitage
Unit 10. Poppies – Jane Weir
Unit 11. War Photographer – Carol Ann Duffy
Unit 12. Tissue – Imtiaz Dharker
Unit 13. The Emigrée – Carol Rumens
Unit 14. Kamikaze – Beatrice Garland
Unit 15. Checking Out Me History – John Agard
Unit 16. Comparing poems: Developing skills in comparing poems
Poem pair 1. 'Bayonet Charge' and 'Exposure'
Poem pair 2. 'Storm on the Island' and 'Ozymandias'
Poem pair 3. 'Kamikaze' and 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'
Example response. 'London' and the extract from 'The Prelude'
UNSEEN POETRY: Develop your response: poem pair 1
Develop your response: poem pair 2
Improve your response: poem pair 3
Improve your response: poem pair 4
PREPARING FOR YOUR EXAM: Practice questions. Section B Poetry
Section C Unseen poetry
Practice questions: Section C Unseen poetry
Glossary
Acknowledgements

Subject Areas: Educational: English literature [YQE]