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GCSE English Literature Power and Conflict Masterclass

GCSE English Literature — Power & Conflict Masterclass (6-Week Online Course)

Group Class Schedule

  • Weekend - Saturday 10:45 - 11:45 am
  • 1 hour
  • Weekend - 10th October - 14th November

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Many students build confidence and make faster progress in a focused small-group environment than they do working alone.

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✔ build confidence by contributing answers, discussion and written responses

✔ learn key skills through guided modelling, examples and practice activities

✔ stay motivated through consistent weekly structure and clear learning goals

With no more than 8 students per group, every student receives individual feedback while benefiting from collaborative learning.

Whether preparing for September, developing writing and reading skills, or working towards GCSE success, students receive targeted support in a supportive and engaging environment.

This structured approach combines the benefits of classroom learning with the individual attention students need to make meaningful progress.

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Small-group online learning • £15 per session
Limited spaces available.

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Synopsis

This structured 6-week GCSE Power and Conflict Masterclass supports students studying the AQA Power and Conflict poetry anthology, helping them strengthen poetry analysis, make meaningful comparisons between poems and develop confident, exam-ready analytical responses. Students will explore all 15 poems through key themes including power, conflict, nature, memory, loss and identity, while developing their AO1, AO2 and AO3 skills. Lessons build exam confidence through small-group teaching, guided modelling, targeted feedback and high-impact weekly homework tasks. This course is ideal for students working towards a secure Grade 5–7 and for those aiming to push into Grade 8–9.
Course fee: £15 per session × 6 weeks = £90 in total.

Course Details

Week 1
Power: People, Society & Control: Ozymandias, London, My Last Duchess and Tissue. Focus on authority, inequality, control, pride and the fragility of human power.
Week 2
Nature, War & Physical Conflict: The Prelude, Storm on the Island, Exposure, The Charge of the Light Brigade and Bayonet Charge. Focus on nature, fear, warfare, patriotism and human vulnerability.
Week 3
Consequences of Conflict: Memory & Loss: Remains, War Photographer and Poppies. Focus on trauma, memory, guilt, loss and the lasting effects of conflict.
Week 4
Identity, Belonging & Personal Conflict: The Émigrée, Kamikaze and Checking Out Me History. Focus on identity, culture, displacement, family, belonging and individual experience.
Week 5
Comparison & Exam Skills: selecting effective poem pairings, identifying similarities and differences, analysing language, form and structure, and developing comparative paragraphs.
Week 6
Exam Skills & Timed Practice: analysing anthology questions, planning comparative responses, developing a strong thesis and improving analytical writing towards Grades 6–9.

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Small-group English courses and masterclasses – £15 per session

Summer courses and GCSE programmes are limited to 8 students per group, ensuring personalised support and meaningful participation.

Limited spaces available.

Complete the short form to reserve a place. We will confirm the most suitable group and then send payment details to secure the place. Places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

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WordPress Course Description — approx. 300 words

The GCSE Power and Conflict Masterclass is a structured 6-week online course designed for students studying the AQA GCSE English Literature Power and Conflict poetry anthology.

Across the course, students will explore all 15 anthology poems, developing their understanding of key themes including human power, the power of nature, conflict, memory, loss, identity and individual experience. Students will examine how poets communicate their ideas through language, form and structure while developing the skills required for AO1, AO2 and AO3.

A key focus of the masterclass is poetry comparison. Rather than learning each poem in isolation, students will explore meaningful connections between poems and consider why particular poems work well together. This helps students build a stronger understanding of the anthology and become more confident when selecting an appropriate poem to compare with the named poem in an exam question.

During Weeks 1–4, students will study the anthology through four key areas: Power: People, Society & Control; Nature, War & Physical Conflict; Consequences of Conflict: Memory & Loss; and Identity, Belonging & Personal Conflict.

Weeks 5 and 6 focus on comparison and exam skills. Students will practise analysing questions, selecting relevant quotations, identifying effective comparison points, planning responses and developing clear comparative arguments. They will also explore how to analyse language, form and structure with greater depth and use contextual knowledge appropriately.

Lessons include small-group teaching, guided modelling, interactive activities, targeted feedback and weekly homework to reinforce learning between sessions.

The course is suitable for students working towards a secure Grade 5–7, as well as those aiming to develop the more perceptive and detailed analysis associated with Grades 8–9.

Course fee: £15 per session × 6 weeks = £90 in total.