Access Analysis: Heaney, Clarke & Pre-1914 Poetry

Subject: English Literature
Level: Secondary
Age Group: 14 - 16
Order Number: 5213

Access Analysis: Duffy, Armitage and Pre-1914 Poetry CD-ROM - Order code 5190

Access Analysis: Heaney, Clarke and Pre-1914 Poetry CD-ROM - Order code 5213

These PowerPoint presentations have been developed to follow AQA's English Literature course (Specification A), Section B: Duffy, Armitage, Heaney and Clarke and Pre-1914 Poetry. Outstanding resources for both teaching and revision purposes, they have proved to be particularly effective in enabling students to understand the process of analysing literature in their GCSE exam. As such, students targeted are principally middle-ability (those pushing towards C and B grades), but they are also useful for a wider range.

There are 35 slides in each presentation covering areas which include essay structure, planning and practice questions. Analysis is approached through the colourful Point, Evidence, Exploration technique; the handy '5 Points to Perfect PEEing' encourage students to peer-mark their work. The benefits are obvious: this not only empowers the students but it enhances their enjoyment of analysis.

The useful bank of poem-charts can be invaluable, both to enable absent students to catch up and to support the creative teaching of individual poems. Poems have been grouped by theme rather than by poet, recognising the importance of comparison and contrast in the GCSE Literature exam.

Each area can be used separately or as a continuous series, making these versatile resources; they have been designed to allow for creativity in the classroom, yet to be accessible enough for students to pursue individually for their revision.

Once purchased, this CD can be freely copied and networked throughout the school.