The poetry digital anthology

with exploratory, comparative and extension activities

Creative and interactive resources

engaging students and supporting independent learning

Bringing poetry alive
for students at Key Stage 4

Our in-depth online package of resources and support is designed to help with planning lessons and developing students’ key English skills. The anthology has been devised for use with OCR’s poetry set text Towards a World Unknown, part of GCSE English Literature (9-1) J352 (from September 2015 onwards).

In collaboration with

Richard Stillman for The Poetry Society

Engaging activities

The poetry digital anthology stimulates and challenges students with fresh interactive text, video and audio resources for use on screen or interactive whiteboard.

Digital resources

The platform supports the new GCSE English Literature curriculum, covering all the poems in the new OCR poetry anthology Towards a World Unknown.

Teacher guidance

Practical teacher guidance on consolidating learning and revision - closely mapped to the OCR GCSE English Literature (9-1) qualification

Why work with OCR?

We’ve developed specifications which aim to help you bring the subject to life and inspire students of all abilities to achieve more.
Designed with you in mind, our specifications have a clear and easy-to-understand format, intended as practical, ‘go to’ guides.
Our specifications are designed to support co-teachability opportunities for GCSE (9-1) English Language and English Literature, using stimulating and engaging literary and unseen texts.
Our clear and sensible assessment approach means that exam papers and requirements are clearly presented and sensibly structured for you and your students.

Clear progression pathways enable students to build on achievement at Level 1 / 2, whether for the workplace or for more advanced studies.
A personal service – as well as providing you with lots of support resources, our team of English Subject Specialists can help you with specialist advice, guidance and support for those times when you simply need a more individual service.
Working in partnership to support you – together with teachers and specialist partner organisations, we’ve developed a range of practical, high quality help and support to save you time. Our resources enable you to teach our specifications with confidence and ensure your students get as much as possible from our qualifications.