Writing excellent model answers on Edexcel conflict poetry
I can create a written response which meets a success criteria.
Writing excellent model answers on Edexcel conflict poetry
I can create a written response which meets a success criteria.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Topic sentences must be comparative when comparing texts.
- Comparisons should be made between ideas, intentions, themes and messages.
- Correlative and comparative conjunctions are a good way to signpost your comparative writing.
- Within paragraphs, evidence can move back and forth between the two poems and be linked with connectives.
- Drawing a direct comparison of quotations should take place at least once across the essay.
Keywords
Discourse marker - a word or phrase used to link ideas and signpost the direction of the writing
Comparative - measured or judged by estimating the similarity or difference between one thing and another
Inference - a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
Topic sentence - explains the focus or main idea of an analytical paragraph
Common misconception
You should analyse one poem and then analyse the second, making your comparisons at this point.
The best analysis writing weaves comparisons throughout. A great way to practise this is by beginning each paragraph with a topic sentence that uses correlative conjunctions (e.g. both ... and ...).
Equipment
You will need access to a copy of the Edexcel GCSE Conflict Poetry Anthology.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
a word or phrase whose job is to organise writing
showing similarities or differences
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
explains the focus or main idea of a paragraph