be _\Education} _ endorsed for edexcel Poems of the Decade Comprehensive Guide for AS and A Level Edexcel English Literature Update v2.1, 4th October 2017 zigzageducation.co.uk ined werd Publish your own work... Write to a brief. Register at publishmenow.co.uk Photocopiable/digital resources may only be copied by the purchasing institution on a single ste and for their own useContents ‘Thank You for Choosing ZigZag Education. Teacher Feedback Opportunit Terms and Conditions of Use Teacher's Introduction...ssnsennnnnnnstensnnninnitiensnnninnainnninnnininiie Background Information on Text Textual ANALYSIS .rimnnennnnnnennnennntnnnnnein | ‘Eat Me' Patience Agbati..... ee “Chainsaw versus the Pampas Grass’ Simon Armitage... “Material’ Ros Barber. ‘History’ John Burnside “An Easy Passage’ Julia Copus. “The Deliverer’ Tishani Doshi “The Lammas Hireling’ lan Duhig “To My Nine-Year-Old Self” Helen Dunmore “A Minor Role’ U A Fanthorpe. “The Gun’ Vicki Feaver oe “The Furthest Distances I've Travelled’ Leontia Flynn “Giuseppe Roderick Ford.. “Out of the Bag’ Seamus Heaney ‘Effects’ Alan Jenkins ‘Genetics’ Sinéad Morrissey... ‘From the Journal of a Disappointed Man’ Andrew Motion “Look We Have Coming to Dover!" Daljit Nagra... ‘Please Hold’ Ciaran O'Driscoll ‘On Her Blindness’ Adam Thorpe. “Ode on a Grayson Perry Urn’ Tim Turnbull Literary Approaches to Poems of the Decade .. Reception Theories: Reader Response and Reader-oriented Approaches Key Terms Glossary. Critical Receptions and Further Reading ssn ‘Assessment: Indicative Content for Active Reading Tasks.. Skill-buil 1g: Developing Detailed Exploration of Texts.. AdOD NOILOAdSNI COPYRIGHT PROTECTED '9 2g Lo [Nero aior)Teacher’s Introduction The Poems of the Decade anthology was created by the Forward Arts Foundation with new and diverse poetry texts. The inclusion of these poems in A Level Englis! 2015 reflects a desire to promote independent interpretations of literary texts ar preparing for further study at undergraduate level and beyond, where a key skill » judgments about 2 range of literary texts. This guide has been designed as a resource to support independent learning with provided Teacher Guide. In particular, it includes a stanza-by-stanza analysis of e2 support students in meeting the assessment objectives required for the study of ¢ Edexcel AS and A Level Literature specifications. These objectives have been indi: relevant unit codes: ‘AO1 Articulate informed personal and creative responses to literary texts, usi | and terminology, and coherent, accurate written expression. AO2_ Analyse ways in which meanings are shaped in literary texts. 1.AO4 Explore connections across literary texts. 1 AO3 and AOS are not assessed in the contemporary poetry section. Assessment Overview This contemporary poetry resource can support candidates in the preparation for Section A of Edexcel A Level Literature Component 3: 9eT01/03.. The full unit carries 30% of the total GCE marks and is externally assessed. For 9ET01/03 candidates will study: © poetic form, language and meaning, through a set selection of post-2000 pos from a literary period or movernent The A Level unit is assessed by means of a written examination paper which lasts ‘* _Itis an ‘open book’ examination which means that clean copies of Poems of ¢ the examination, © — Total of 60 marks available: 30 marks for section A, and 30 marks for Section: resource © — Section A will require candidates to select one question from a choice of two. poem with a named poem from the post-2000 poetry anthology. * AOL, AO2 and AOA are assessed in Section A. The AS Level unit is assessed by means of a written examination paper which last= * tis an ‘open book’ examination which means that clean copies of Poems of the examination. Total of 72 marks available: 24 marks for section A and 48 marks for Section resource. Section A will require candidates to select one question from a choice of two from the post-2000 poetry anthology. ‘AO1, AO2 and AO4 are assessed in Section A. In the Textual Analysis section, detailed notes are provided for each poem, consider © Contextual Background © Language and Form © Structure ‘© Themes, Attitudes and Values Poems ofthe Decade Comprehensive Guide for AS and A Level English Literature Paget AdOD NOILOJAdSNI COPYRIGHT PROTECTED ig i] Education