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Year 10 / GCSE · English

Comprehension: Poetry

Year 10 / GCSE learners practise gcse poetry comprehension analysis.

The activities include Analyse Language in 'Before You Were Mine', Compare and Evaluate the Effectiveness and Presentation of Ideas in 'Before You Were Mine' and Other Poems, Evaluate the Effectiveness and Presentation of Themes in the Poem 'Exposure' by Wilfred Owen, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Analyse Language in 'Before You Were Mine'
  • Compare and Evaluate the Effectiveness and Presentation of Ideas in 'Before You Were Mine' and Other Poems
  • Evaluate the Effectiveness and Presentation of Themes in the Poem 'Exposure' by Wilfred Owen
  • Evaluate the Effectiveness and Presentation of Themes in the Poem 'Storm on the Island' by Seamus Heaney
  • Evaluate the Effectiveness of Presentation of Themes in 'Climbing My Grandfather'
  • Explore How Themes Develop in 'Before You Were Mine'
  • Explore How Themes Develop in the Poem 'Exposure' by Wilfred Owen
  • Explore how Themes Develop in the Poem 'Storm on the Island' by Seamus Heaney

Checked learning resources

  • Analysing Exposure

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Oak lesson video titled Analysing Exposure.

  • Poetry: Aiming High in Written Analysis

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    KS4 teaching and worksheet practice develop precise analysis of language, methods, ideas, effects and quotation evidence in a studied poem.

  • Poetry: Aiming High in Written Analysis: Worksheet and Quizzes

    Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    KS4 teaching and worksheet practice develop precise analysis of language, methods, ideas, effects and quotation evidence in a studied poem. The browser-first downloads page provides the worksheet, starter quiz and exit q

  • AQA Poetry: Before You Were Mine - Revision Notes

    Twinkl · Teaching · Account may be required

    Students can easily revise the GCSE anthology poem Before You Were Mine by Carol Ann Duffy using this handy Notes for Study resource - it includes context, language analysis and an overview of themes which makes it ideal

  • Poetry Comparison: Refining Comparative Essays

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    KS4 teaching and worksheet practice build a comparative argument, select quotation evidence from both poems and compare writers’ methods.

  • Poetry Comparison: Refining Comparative Essays: Worksheet and Quizzes

    Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    KS4 teaching and worksheet practice build a comparative argument, select quotation evidence from both poems and compare writers’ methods. The browser-first downloads page provides the worksheet, starter quiz and exit qui

  • AQA Poetry: Before You Were Mine - Differentiated Revision Worksheets

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    This set of worksheets allows students to revise language, structure, themes and context of the poem 'Before You Were Mine' as taught in the AQA GCSE English Literature curriculum. This poem is found in the eminently pop

  • Analysing Exposure worksheet and quiz downloads

    Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    Free worksheet, starter quiz and exit quiz downloads for the Oak lesson Analysing Exposure.