To Autumn by John Keats

To Autumn by John Keats (editable PowerPoint with worksheets)

‘To Autumn’ is a ready-to-teach GCSE teaching resource for the poem ‘To Autumn’ by John Keats as featured in the WJEC Eduqas Poetry Anthology. The resource includes a variety of activities which explore the poem’s context, language, tone, form, style, theme and structure. The resource is aimed at GCSE students learning about the poem as part of the WJEC Eduqas examination.

CONTENTS

• An introduction to Keats (notes and a short film)

• An outline of Romanticism (notes and a short film)

• A copy of ‘To Autumn’

• Consolidation tasks

• Exploring Keats’ use of language and imagery

• Examining form, structure and the use of poetic devices

• Using P.E.T.E.R. to write analytically about poetry

• The poem’s key themes