A Wider View - teaching resource

A Wider View by Seni Seneviratne

This comprehensive AQA GCSE English Literature teaching resource for ‘A Wider View’ by Seni Seneviratne is designed to support confident, high-quality teaching of the Worlds and Lives poetry anthology. The unit provides a clear, structured pathway through context, first reading, language analysis, themes, structure and exam-style comparison, making it ideal for both classroom teaching and independent revision.

The resource begins by exploring historical, social and literary context, helping students understand the poem’s roots in industrial Leeds, heritage and working-class life. Carefully scaffolded first-reading activities and comprehension questions build secure initial understanding before progressing to deeper analysis of imagery, language choices and poetic techniques.

Students are guided through the poem’s key themes, including identity, belonging, time, memory, hope and imagination, with model answers and focused discussion prompts to support accurate, exam-relevant interpretation. Dedicated sections on form and structure explore free verse, enjambment, tense shifts and the poem’s movement between past and present, explicitly linking technique to meaning.

The resource also prepares students for the 30-mark GCSE comparison question, modelling how to compare A Wider View with other anthology poems such as In a London Drawing Room. A clear comparison framework, exam-style questions and an extended model response demonstrate how to integrate context, language, structure and themes effectively at higher grades.

Fully classroom-ready, this resource is ideal for GCSE teachers looking to save planning time while delivering rigorous, specification-aligned poetry lessons. It works equally well as a taught sequence, revision resource or intervention support for exam preparation.

Perfect for:

• AQA GCSE English Literature (Worlds and Lives)
• Teaching A Wider View in depth
• Building comparison essay skills
• Supporting confident AO1, AO2 and AO3 responses
• Classroom teaching and revision

For additional teaching resources from the Worlds and Lives cluster visit:

Lines Written in Early Spring – William Wordsworth

England in 1819 – Percy Bysshe Shelley

Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee – Emily Brontë

In a London Drawingroom – George Eliot

On an Afternoon Train from Purley to Victoria, 1955 – James Berry

Name Journeys – Raman Mundair

Pot – Shamshad Khan

Homing - Liz Berry

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