Studying AQA A poetry : comparative approaches

* Comparative approaches to both the 'Poems from Different Cultures' and the 'Literature Poetry' clusters. * Strategies for several key poems. * Shows how poems can be taught in pairs or groups. * Approaches that can be adapted for use with other poems. * A teachers' guide to planning poetry into the course. * A wide range of approaches: an I.T. activity, a game, creative writing strategies, visual representations, tableaux, poetry fragments, sorting exercises and more. * A strong emphasis on close reading and developing pupils' understanding of the poets' uses of form, structure and language. * Charts, spidergrams and other formats for pupils to use for comparative work and revision. * Support for planning and writing in exams, including modelled writing, and planning grids.