Analysing how poets reflect desire in natural settings
I can produce a detailed, nuanced and tentative comparative analysis of 'Sonnet 29' and 'Letters from Yorkshire'.
Analysing how poets reflect desire in natural settings
I can produce a detailed, nuanced and tentative comparative analysis of 'Sonnet 29' and 'Letters from Yorkshire'.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Participle phrases can make topic sentences more specific and precise.
- Comparative conjunctions should be used to show the relationship between the two texts.
- Analysis should be detailed, tentative and nuanced, referencing poetic methods.
Keywords
Nuanced - subtly different aspects or details, often with underlying complexity
Tentative - uncertain or provisional, subject to change or adjustment
Detailed - comprehensive, thorough, including many specifics or particulars
Participle phrase - part of a sentence that begins with a verb, used to add extra detail or description
Desire - strong feeling of longing or wanting, often for something or someone specific
Common misconception
Analysis should be led by identification of the writer's methods.
Effective comparative analysis should be led by key ideas and then supported by textual evidence and identification of the writer's methods and intentions.
To help you plan your year 10 english lesson on: Analysing how poets reflect desire in natural settings, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 10 english lesson on: Analysing how poets reflect desire in natural settings, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
Explore more key stage 4 english lessons from the 'Love and Relationships' unit, dive into the full secondary english curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
You will need access to 'Sonnet 29' (Barrett Browning) and 'Letters from Yorkshire' (Dooley). They can be found in the AQA Love and Relationships Poetry Anthology.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sexual content
Supervision
Adult supervision required