Analysing extended responses to power and authority in Shelley and Femi's poetry
I can analyse a model answer against a success criteria.
Analysing extended responses to power and authority in Shelley and Femi's poetry
I can analyse a model answer against a success criteria.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Analysing model answers allows us to explore how we might frame ideas and how to avoid misconceptions.
- An effective introduction should clearly set out the argument of the essay in relation to the question.
- An effective conclusion summarises the argument and gestures to what it might say about society.
- One misconception is to interweave quotations from both poems but not effectively analyse them.
- Another misconception is to point out differences between the poems but not effectively analyse them.
Keywords
Misconception - a view or opinion that is incorrect because it is based on faulty thinking or understanding
Dehumanisation - the process of depriving a person or group of positive human qualities
Oppression - prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority
Visceral - felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body
Antagonist - a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something
Common misconception
That referencing any contextual information about the poets is useful.
Contextual information needs to enhance your argument and understanding of the poem for it to be meaningful.
Equipment
You will need access to a copy of the AQA World and Lives anthology for this lesson.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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a view that is incorrect because of faulty thinking or understanding
felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body
depriving a person or group of positive human qualities