GCSE English Literature for OCR offers a comprehensive, endorsed package of classroom-friendly resources fully in line with the 2010 OCR GCSE English Literature specifications. The OCR GCSE Poetry Anthology Student Book is a key resource that enables students to approach the poetry aspects of the specifications with confidence, and to perform to the best of their ability. The book features all poets that are on the OCR specifications. It includes an initial overview section for students to practise and revise the skills needed when writing about poetry; advice from an OCR examiner; and in-depth chapters that focus on the poets individually, including activities that develop students' critical and analytical skills, sample assessments and student responses. The book offers full support for GCSE students at all levels, including additional activities to stretch and challenge higher-ability students.

 

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 160 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 2011 by Oxford University Press .

Annie Fox was the Head of Drama and Lead Teacher for Gifted and Talented Pupils in a state comprehensive that routinely achieved outstanding results. After studying in New York and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, she worked as an actor for over a decade, before training to teach. She has played a key role in training Drama teachers and been an Associate Moderator for a major awarding body. Annie is also an experienced English teacher and author. Angela Topping is a freelance poet with twenty years experience as an English teacher. She was Head of Literacy and Oracy at Upton Hall School until 2009. Her poems have been widely published, are used in verse speaking festivals all over the world, and feature in textbooks and on the internet education sites of various organisations including Amnesty International and Oxfam. She is a seasoned poet-in-schools for The Poetry Society and Windows Project, Liverpool. She has mentored many young writers and has tutored creative writing courses for all age groups. Her poems have been performed in a wide range of venues including The Greenbelt Festival, Manchester Poetry Festival, and The Bluecoat Arts Centre Liverpool.