'London' by William Blake

The All You Need Series offers a no-nonsense, clean, comprehensive package of resources needed to teach ‘London’ by William Blake.

Focus on GCSE AQA English Literature Paper 2: Power & Conflict Poetry.

With many years of experience teaching this poem to GCSE classes, small groups, and individuals, we have collated everything you will need to help students respond to the comparative essay question.

The package includes a 35-slide PowerPoint presentation, and a 30-page PDF.

PowerPoint Presentation:

Annotated version of ‘London’
General overview
Recurring themes and language
Overview of structure with examples
Close analysis of poetic techniques
10 reading for meaning questions and answers
5 poems identified as good comparisons
Three responses to a question of varying quality
5 example questions
Creative writing activity with image prompt
Extra slides recommended for photocopying

PDF:
Annotated and clean versions of the poem
Recurring themes and language activity
Analysis of structure with examples
Analysis of language techniques
10 Reading for meaning questions and answers
More context information
5 poems identified as good comparisons
5 example questions, with high quality responses (each around 600 words)
Word Search
A list of more lesson / activity ideas