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Edexcel anthology: relationships, conflict, time and place, belonging2 h 30 min of study
Other board anthologies (OCR, Eduqas, CCEA, Cambridge, Edexcel IGCSE)2 h 30 min of study
Comparing poems: method and structure1 h 30 min of study
Unseen poetry2 h 30 min of study

This unit is ≈22% of the GCSE English Lit, across 7 lessons. Full syllabus

Lesson 3 of 7 · Poetry: anthology and unseen

AQA anthology: worlds and lives

3 quick checks≈2% of the testCore: Core: tested on most papers

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By the end you’ll be able to

Know all 15 poems in the Worlds and Lives cluster: speaker, situation, key lines and central ideas
Group poems for comparison: identity and heritage, place and environment, society and community, change and belonging
Analyse the modern and contemporary forms used in the cluster (free verse, prose-poetry, shape, voice) and the poets’ contexts

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Compare a named, printed poem with a remembered poem, balancing both and comparing throughout

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