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Stage: Key Stage 4
Key Stage 4
Develop close-reading skills or sprinkle some stardust on your anthology
Lessons
'Before You Were Mine'
From AQA Love and Relationships and CCEA Relationships.
Audience
Key Stage 4
AQA
CCEA
Strand
Anthologies
Poems
'Before You Were Mine'
by
Carol Ann Duffy
Videos
Performed by
Mirren Mack
Keywords
AQA Love and Relationships
CCEA Relationships
'Exposure'
From AQA Power and Conflict and EdExcel Conflict
Audience
Key Stage 4
AQA
EdExcel
Strand
Anthologies
Poems
'Exposure'
by
Wilfred Owen
Videos
Performed by
Malachi Kirby
Keywords
AQA Power and Conflict
EdExcel Conflict
'War Photographer'
From AQA Power and Conflict and WJEC Eduqas
Audience
Key Stage 4
AQA
Eduqas
WJEC
Strand
Anthologies
Poems
'War Photographer'
by
Carol Ann Duffy
Videos
Performed by
Bella Ramsey
Keywords
AQA Power and Conflict
WJEC Eduqas
from 'The Prelude'
From AQA Power and Conflict and EdExcel Conflict
Audience
Key Stage 4
AQA
EdExcel
Strand
Anthologies
Poems
The Prelude
by
William Wordsworth
Videos
Performed by
Michael Balogun
Keywords
AQA Power and Conflict
EdExcel Conflict
'Shall earth no more inspire thee'
From the AQA Worlds and Lives Anthology
Audience
Key Stage 4
AQA
Strand
Anthologies
Poems
'Shall earth no more inspire thee'
by
Emily Brontë
Videos
Performed by
Emily Fairn
Keywords
AQA Worlds and Lives
'Lines Written in Early Spring'
From the AQA Worlds and Lives Anthology
Audience
Key Stage 4
AQA
Strand
Anthologies
Poems
'Lines Written in Early Spring'
by
William Wordsworth
Videos
Performed by
Edward Bluemel
Keywords
AQA Worlds and Lives
Imagery (I)
Understanding Lady Macbeth through the imagery she speaks in.
Audience
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 4
Strand
Shakespeare
Plays
Macbeth
by
William Shakespeare
Videos
Performed by
Keri Mosuro
Keywords
Imagery
Intention
Poetic Diction
Tone
Wordplay
A lesson that introduces wordplay, how it works in Shakespeare, so that you can do it for yourself.
Audience
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 4
Strand
Shakespeare
Plays
Much Ado About Nothing
by
William Shakespeare
Videos
Performed by
Tyreke Leslie
Keri Mosuro
Keywords
Imagery
Poetic Diction
Wordplay
'Valentine'
From EdExcel Relationships and WJEC Eduqas
Audience
Key Stage 4
EdExcel
WJEC
Strand
Anthologies
Poems
'Valentine'
by
Carol Ann Duffy
Videos
Performed by
Rosie Sheehy
Keywords
EdExcel Relationships
WJEC Eduqas
'Sonnet 43 (How Do I Love Thee?)'
From EdExcel Relationships, WJEC Eduqas and CCEA Relationships
Audience
Key Stage 4
CCEA
EdExcel
Strand
Anthologies
Poems
'Sonnet 43 (How Do I Love Thee?)'
by
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Videos
Performed by
Varada Sethu
Keywords
CCEA Relationships
EdExcel Relationships
WJEC Eduqas
Intention
Understanding that a poem is the result of individual choices.
Audience
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 4
Strand
Poetry Basics
Poems
'The Orange'
by
Wendy Cope
Videos
Performed by
Asim Chaudhry
Keywords
Intention
Poetic Diction
Tone
'Ozymandias'
From AQA Power and Conflict and WJEC Eduqas
Audience
Key Stage 4
AQA
Strand
Anthologies
Poems
'Ozymandias'
by
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Videos
Performed by
Josh Tedeku
Keywords
AQA Power and Conflict
WJEC Eduqas
Rhythm
How to notice the difference between rhythm and metre.
Audience
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 4
Strand
Shakespeare
Plays
Macbeth
by
William Shakespeare
Videos
Performed by
Keri Mosuro
Keywords
Iambic Pentameter
Intention
Metre
Rhythm
Line Endings in Shakespeare
What Shakespeare’s line endings can tell us about his characters.
Audience
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 4
Strand
Shakespeare
Plays
Romeo and Juliet
by
William Shakespeare
Videos
Performed by
Tyreke Leslie
Keywords
End-stopping
Enjambment
Iambic Pentameter
Intention
Metre
Imagery (II)
A lesson to get your class thinking critically about Shakespeare’s imagery.
Audience
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 4
Strand
Shakespeare
Plays
Macbeth
by
William Shakespeare
Videos
Performed by
Keri Mosuro
Keywords
Imagery
Intention
Poetic Diction
Tone
'The Émigrée'
From AQA Power and Conflict and EdExcel Belonging
Audience
Key Stage 4
AQA
EdExcel
Strand
Anthologies
Poems
'The Émigrée'
by
Carol Rumens
Videos
Performed by
Sheila Atim
Keywords
AQA Power and Conflict
EdExcel Belonging
'Storm on the Island'
From the AQA Power and Conflict Anthology
Audience
Key Stage 4
AQA
Strand
Anthologies
Poems
'Storm on the Island'
by
Seamus Heaney
Videos
Performed by
Éanna Hardwicke
Keywords
AQA Power and Conflict
Line Endings
Why does a line of poetry end?
Audience
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 4
Strand
Poetry Basics
Poems
'The Red Wheelbarrow'
by
William Carlos Williams
'Emily Writes Such a Good Letter'
by
Stevie Smith
'We Real Cool'
by
Gwendolyn Brooks
Videos
Performed by
Toby Jones
Keywords
End-stopping
Enjambment
Line Endings
Modernism
Rhyme
Rhythm
Poetry vs Prose
Exploring what makes poetry poetry.
Audience
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 4
Strand
Poetry Basics
Poems
'Adlestrop'
by
Edward Thomas
Videos
Performed by
Varada Sethu
Keywords
First World War
Imagery
Intention
Poetic Diction
Tone
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