Eden Rock - teaching resource

Eden Rock by Charles Causley – AQA GCSE Love and Relationships Poetry Teaching Resource

This comprehensive two-lesson mini-unit explores Charles Causley’s poem Eden Rock, featured in the AQA GCSE English Literature Love and Relationships poetry anthology. Designed to develop students’ understanding and analytical skills, this resource provides everything needed to study the poem in depth and compare it effectively with other anthology poems in the GCSE exam.

The teaching pack includes a 52-slide fully editable PowerPoint presentation and seven accompanying worksheets with structured, engaging, and exam-focused activities.

Lesson One:

• Context: Introduction to Charles Causley and the inspirations behind Eden Rock

• First Reading: Guided reading with comprehension and consolidation tasks (answers included)

• Exploring Meaning: In-depth analysis of imagery, symbolism, and key ideas, supported by model responses

• Essay Writing: An extended essay question to assess initial understanding, with an example answer provided

Lesson Two:

• Themes: Exploring parent/child relationships, memory, distance, and mortality

• Language: Analysing Causley’s imagery, vocabulary, and poetic techniques through a line-by-line study

• Structure & Form: Examining first-person narration, enjambment, caesura, and rhyme for effect

• Exam Focus: Comparing Eden Rock with Neutral Tones and Mother, Any Distance, including model answers and comparison strategies

Fully editable and adaptable, this resource is perfect for classroom teaching, homework, intervention, and revision, ensuring students gain the skills and confidence needed to succeed in the AQA GCSE English Literature exam.

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