i wanna be yours

i wanna be yours – John Cooper Clarke – Edexcel GCSE Relationships Poetry

Teach ‘i wanna be yours’ by John Cooper Clarke with this two-lesson, editable PowerPoint resource for the Edexcel GCSE English Literature Relationships poetry anthology.

Students explore Clarke’s distinctive presentation of romantic love through everyday objects, humour and conversational language. Activities move from understanding the poem to analysing its methods, considering different interpretations and developing written responses.

What’s included:

Poet background and an introduction to performance poetry

Vocabulary support, first-reading tasks and stanza summaries

Comprehension questions with suggested answers

Analysis of metaphor, repetition, rhyme, rhythm, tone, form and structure

Discussion of devotion, belonging, power and dependence

A single-poem writing task and model analytical paragraph

Comparison tasks exploring ‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy

An Edexcel-style comparative essay question and model answer

A LOT planning support: About, Language, Organisation and Themes

Suitable for GCSE poetry first learning, revision and exam preparation. The fully editable slides allow you to adapt the resource to your students’ needs.