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KS3 · Year 9 - Mastery · Term 3 - Conflict: Poetry and Modern Drama · Week 7
Pages: Anthology revision + HT1 assessment
HT1 assessment: 45-min comparative poetry essay "Compare how two poets present conflict". GCSE-style.
Lesson 1
What students do
Build comparison grids across all five poems (theme, method, form, tone).
Task
Complete a comparison grid.
Success criteria
Sees comparative patterns.
Lesson 2
What students do
Walking debate: which poem most powerfully presents conflict?
Task
Frame an evaluation.
Success criteria
Evaluates effects.
Lesson 3
What students do
Model GCSE-style comparative thesis and conceptual link words ("similarly", "by contrast").
Task
Draft thesis and first comparative paragraph.
Success criteria
Structure compares.
Lesson 4
What students do
Peer-edit comparative drafts.
Task
Annotate three improvements.
Success criteria
Edits comparatively.
Lesson 5
What students do
45-minute assessment.
Task
Compare how two poets present conflict.
Success criteria
Sustains comparison throughout.
AI marking - try this with the English Hub feedback engine
Students can submit their independent paragraph to the AI feedback engine for AO-aligned commentary. Their teacher sees the same feedback alongside their own marking. The task is auto-loaded into the practice surface - students just write and submit.
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