A bundle of 4 Poems of the Decade Worksheets with Answers from the Edexcel A Level English Literature Specification including ‘Eat Me’ by Patience Agbabi, ‘To My Nine-Year-Old Self’ by Helen Dunmore, ‘An Easy Passage’ by Julia Copus and ‘The Furthest Distances I’ve Travelled’ by Leontia Flynn.

A complete pack is included for ‘Eat Me’ by Patience Agbabi, ‘To My Nine-Year-Old Self’ by Helen Dunmore, ‘An Easy Passage’ by Julia Copus and ‘The Furthest Distances I’ve Travelled’ by Leontia Flynn.

Each pack includes:
• A one page collapsed poem starter activity worksheet.
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A 25 to 30 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. General essay questions on the poem, two discussion questions and a comparative question asking students to compare the poem to a different poem from the Poems of the Decade anthology are included.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.

Each resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from the specific poem. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.

All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use.

Individual packs also available:
‘Eat Me’ by Patience Agbabi Student Worksheet (with answers) and PowerPoint
‘To My Nine-Year-Old Self’ by Helen Dunmore Student Worksheet (with answers) and PowerPoint
‘An Easy Passage’ by Julia Copus Student Worksheet (with answers) and PowerPoint
‘The Furthest Distances I’ve Travelled’ by Leontia Flynn Worksheet (with answers) and PowerPoint