AQA Poetry Anthology: Love and Relationships Study Guide for GCSE Grades 9-1 | Perfect for Exam Prep & English Literature Students
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As you know, poetry is worth nearly 40% of your entire EnglishLiterature AQA mark (19% anthology / 20% unseen)This book is here to help! Our new series of study guides now includes titles especially for Paper 2 Sections B and C - Poetry,of the closed book AQA GCSE English Literature examination.Each study guide is written by experts in teaching English and uses an active, stepped approach to revision to maximise learning. This Poetry Anthology study guide examines each anthology poem closely, focusing on understanding the poem, its themes, context, language and structure to help you demonstrate your knowledge and understanding and achieve higher marks. With an exam-style practice question for every poem in the anthology (and answers) you can't go wrong!Books in this series cover the following:Paper 1 Section A - Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth)Paper 1 Section B - Nineteenth-century novel (The Sign of Four, A Christmas Carol, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde)Paper 2 Section A - Modern texts (Blood Brothers, An Inspector Calls)Paper 2 Sections B and C - Poetry (Love and Relationships anthology, Power and Conflict anthology and Unseen)The accompanying app uses cutting-edge technology to help you revise on-the-go to:Use the free, personalised digital revision planner and get stuck into the quick tests to check your understandingDownload our free revision cards which you can save to your phone to help you revise on the goImplement 'active' revision techniques - giving you lots of tips and tricks to help the knowledge sink inActive revision is easy with the following features included throughout the study guides: Snap it! Read it, snap it on your phone, revise it...helps you retain key facts Nail it! Authoritative essential tips and guidance to help you understand what's required in the AQA exam Do it! Short activities to consolidate your knowledge and understanding of the text Stretch it! Support for the really tough stuff that will get you higher grades Define it! Definitions of unfamiliar language in the text and important subject terminology
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...answers online at the Scholastic website, (PDF), or on the FREE REVISION app~ 'AQA ENGLISH LITERATURE/POETRY ANTHOLOGY ~ CLUSTER 1: LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS'Each poem in the cluster is included (please see below for the full list of 15) and benefits from a handy SUMMARY.Measuring around 20.75 cm x 29.5 cm, the card cover opens to 88 colourfully laid out, shiny finish pages, divided into 2 main PARTS, with all 15 of the CLUSTER 1 poems in the first, followed by advice on DOING WELL IN YOUR AQA EXAM, in the second.The INTRODUCTION includes HOW TO USE THIS BOOK, and the study guide finishes with a useful 2-page GLOSSARY.It is a pity that there is, currently, no LOOK INSIDE facility but the product stock images above give an idea of the layout and includes the list of poems in the CONTENTS. The copyright permission source for each poem is acknowledged on the inside cover page.ooOoo~ SCHOLASTIC~ AQA STUDY GUIDE~ GCSE 9-1~ LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS~ POETRY ANTHOLOGY~ 2019‘Printed & Bound in Glasgow, the papers used by Scholastic Limited are made from wood grown in sustainable forests’From the back cover:? ‘Written by English experts the book is combined with a cutting-edge digital app to help you revise on the go.You can:~ complete the quick tests to check understanding of the poems~ use the free, personalised digital revision planner~ use the free revision cards to revise on the go.Everything you need to succeed with your AQA ENGLISH LITERATURE POETRY ANTHOLOGY.Written specifically for the AQA exam, this title combines revision and exam practice in one handy guide. The book:~ Examines each poem in the cluster - helping you understand the poem and make connections with overarching themes~ Provides targeted revision and practice with specific tips on how to succeed in the AQA exam~ Offers the flexibility to revise your way!✔️ NAIL IT!~ Essential tips and guidance to help you understand what’s required in the AQA exam.✔️ DEFINE IT!~ Definitions of unfamiliar and difficult language from the poems.✔️ STRETCH IT!~ Activities to help you get the highest grades in the AQA exam.'ooOooThis is colourfully presented and handily includes a SUMMARY for each of the 15 poems, in order of appearance in the publication, pages 10-75, as per the aforementioned CONTENTS page, at the front:~ WHEN WE TWO PARTED: LORD BYRON~ LOVE’S PHILOSOPHY: PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY~ PORPHYRIA’S LOVER: ROBERT BROWNING~ SONNET 29 – ‘I THINK OF THEE!’: ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING~ NEUTRAL TONES: THOMAS HARDY~ LETTERS FROM YORKSHIRE: MAURA DOOLEY~ THE FARMER’S BRIDE: CHARLOTTE MEW~ WALKING AWAY: CECIL DAY-LEWIS~ EDEN ROCK: CHARLES CAUSLEY~ FOLLOWER: SEAMUS HEANEY~ MOTHER, ANY DISTANCE: SIMON ARMITAGE~ BEFORE YOU WERE MINE: CAROL ANN DUFFY~ WINTER SWANS: OWEN SHEERS~ SINGH SONG!: DALJIT NAGRA~ CLIMBING MY GRANDFATHER: ANDREW WATERHOUSEPages 76-77 is a section entitled ESSENTIALS that precedes DOING WELL IN YOUR AQA EXAM, which runs from pages 78-85 and includes advice on:~ UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION~ PLANNING YOUR ANSWER~ WHAT YOUR AQA EXAMINER IS LOOKING FOR~ WRITING YOUR ANSWER~ GOING FOR THE TOP GRADES
