Complete Teaching Pack | First Teaching 2025 | Interactive, No Worksheets

A ready-to-teach unit for the new Eduqas GCSE English Literature Poetry Anthology (first assessment 2027). Designed for the updated specification, this pack provides complete coverage of all 15 poems through interactive, discussion-led lessons that build confident, high-level analytical responses.
This resource moves beyond worksheets, focusing instead on modelling, oracy, and active learning to support both first teaching and exam preparation.
What’s Included
15 full teaching decks (one per poem)
Clear, concise analysis of language, form, and structure
Context for each poem (relevant and accessible)
Interactive activities (discussion, drama, retrieval, comparison)
Modelled analytical thinking and paragraph scaffolds
Studying Poetry Skills Deck (analysis, comparison, essay writing)
Thematic links to support comparison across the anthology

Poems Included (Eduqas Anthology)
The Schoolboy – William Blake
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud – William Wordsworth
Sonnet 29 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Cousin Kate – Christina Rossetti
Drummer Hodge – Thomas Hardy
I Shall Return – Claude McKay
Disabled – Wilfred Owen
Decomposition – Zulfikar Ghose
Catrin – Gillian Clarke
Blackberry Picking – Seamus Heaney
Kamikaze – Beatrice Garland
War Photographer – Carol Ann Duffy
Dusting the Phone – Jackie Kay
Remains – Simon Armitage
Origin Story – Eve L. Ewing

Teaching Approach
No worksheets – fully interactive lessons
Discussion-led with a focus on oracy
Explicit modelling of analysis and writing
Designed to build comparison and exam skills

Perfect For
Eduqas GCSE English Literature (first teaching 2025)
KS4 poetry teaching and revision
Building confidence with unseen poetry and comparison

You can:
Convert to PowerPoint: Upload the PDF to PowerPoint (File → Open) and it will automatically convert to slides.
Use in Google Slides: Upload the PDF to Google Drive, right-click, and open with Google Slides.
Use digitally or print: Upload the PDF to your LMS (Google Classroom, Canvas, etc.) or print it for handouts.
You could also use Canva to upload the PDF and convert and save as a PowerPoint