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WJEC GCSE English Literature 2010 - Unseen Poetry

Resources | Published 19 November, 2010

WJEC GCSE English Literature 2010

Unseen Poetry TES English Collection

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Illustrated Interactive Whiteboard E-poetry Booklets

  • Two illustrated e-poetry booklets containing each of the poems from the teaching pack.
  • E-poetry Booklet 1 contains images and copies of the poems.
  • E-poetry Booklet 2 contains images and copies of the poems together with embedded audio MP3 readings of each poem.
  • Click ‘Play’ to launch the booklets.

E-poetry Booklet 1 for WJEC Unseen Poetry (no audio)

E-poetry Booklet 2 for WJEC Unseen Poetry (with audio)

Print-based teaching resources

Free teaching resources, worksheets and activities on each poem from the teaching pack. All printable resources are available as both DOC and PDF files. Also included are downloadable MP3 readings and brief commentaries on each poem.

Introduction

Contents

Assessment Objectives

Examiner’s tips

Sample exam papers - activities

Form, structure and language

  • ‘November Story’ by Vernon Scannell and ‘November night, Edinburgh’ by Norman MacCaig

Rhyme and personification

  • November Story’ by Vernon Scannell and ‘November night, Edinburgh’ by Norman MacCaig

Theme and turn

  • ‘Names’ by Wendy Cope

Tense and punctuation

  • ‘In Oak Terrace’ by Tony Connor

Images and tone

  • ‘Summer in the Village’ by Christine Evans

Contrast and conjunctions

  • ‘Incoming Calls’ by Labi Siffre

Refrain and narrative point-of-view

  • ‘Impressions of a New Boy’ by Marian Collihole and ‘Only the Wall’ by Matthew Sweeney

Diction and imagery

  • ‘Grandfather’ by Susan Hrynkow and ‘Jessie Emily Schofield’ by Judy Williams.

Aural devices, meaning, mood and atmosphere

  • ‘Foghorns’ by Gillian Clarke and ‘The Fog Horn’ by Frances Williams

Mock exam papers

  • ‘The Railway Modeller’ by Sheenagh Pugh and ‘The Railway Clerk’ by Nissam Ezekial; ‘Looking into the Field’ by Tony Curtis and ‘Hatching’ by Elizabeth Jennings; ‘The Moth’s Plea’ by Elizabeth Jennings and ‘Weasels’ by John Tripp.

Printable (DOC and PDF) copies of the poems

 


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Comment (6)

  • Thank you so much for these! An excellent and systematic way of teaching pupils how to approach the unseen poetry task in the exams. You have saved me a lot of time and effort yet again!

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    13:48
    1 January, 2011

    SA_Sugaplum

  • This is a very carefully structured package and one that provides a systematic approach to poetry, both for GCSE students and for their teachers.
    Many thanks for a welcome resource.

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    18:39
    6 March, 2011

    Scholar14

  • You are a life saver!!! My Year 10s are entered for this exam this summer, and I had already spent several hours putting together a few 'mock' papers and some resources, but now I don't have to! These resources are amazing. The range of poems is great, and the accompanying activities are stimulating and highly relevant. Thank you so much! I will be recommending them to everyone!

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    12:53
    7 March, 2011

    loveridgelizzie

  • Thank you. Excellent. Amazing resources

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    2:01
    1 September, 2011

    mountainclimber

  • thank you; fantastic time-saver and some half decent poems!

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    20:13
    23 January, 2012

    wiglums

  • Thank you so much, these look fantastic. As an NQT approaching this unit for the first time, these are a life saver!!

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    14:32
    4 February, 2012

    sewebb6567

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