GCSE Grades 9-1 Study Guides: Unseen Poetry AQA English Literature

by Richard Durant (author) and Cindy Torn (author) (UK edition)

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Board: AQA

Examination: English Language & Literature

Specification: GCSE 9-1 Set Text covered: Unseen Poetry

Type: Set Text Study Guide

As you know, poetry is worth nearly 40% of your entire English Literature AQA mark (19% anthology / 20% unseen)?

This book is here to help! Our series of study guides 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 study guide provides detailed guidance about how to approach the unseen poems and questions including five pairs of poems that are analysed as examples to help you demonstrate your knowledge and understanding and achieve higher marks. With loads exam-style practice questions (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 understanding

Download our free revision cards which you can save to your phone to help you revise on the go

Implement ‘active’ revision techniques – giving you lots of tips and tricks to help the knowledge sink in

Active 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

Scholastic have a full suite of revision guide, study guide, app, student book, revision cards and essay planners – the most comprehensive support for GCSE set texts available!