Love's Dog - teaching resource

Love’s Dog by Jen Hadfield – Edexcel GCSE Relationships Poetry Teaching Resource

This comprehensive GCSE English Literature teaching resource focuses on Jen Hadfield’s poem Love’s Dog, featured in the Edexcel GCSE Poetry Anthology (Relationships cluster). Designed to support students of all abilities, this resource explores the poem in depth, analysing its language, imagery, structure, and themes while developing students’ exam skills and comparative analysis.

The teaching pack includes a 40-slide fully editable PowerPoint presentation and four accompanying worksheets, featuring a variety of engaging activities suitable for classroom teaching, homework, or revision.

Resource highlights:

• Introduction: Background on Jen Hadfield and the poem’s context

• Poem Analysis: A detailed exploration of Love’s Dog and its meaning

• Consolidation Activities: Comprehension and discussion tasks to assess understanding

• Structure & Form: Analysing Hadfield’s free verse style and stanza organisation

• Imagery & Symbolism: Studying the poem’s contrasting images and interpretations

• Poetic Techniques: Exploring Hadfield’s use of repetition, juxtaposition, and figurative language

• Language Analysis: Investigating key word choices and their effects

• Themes: Discussing love, relationships, freedom, and emotional complexity

Fully editable and easy to adapt, this resource is ideal for whole-class teaching, intervention, homework, and exam preparation, helping students prepare effectively for the Edexcel GCSE English Literature exam.

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