Verse Higher Level and its accompanying Poetry Skills Portfolio utilise active learning methodologies to build up students’ knowledge and essay-writing skills and break down the barriers to exam success.

• Contains all eight poets prescribed for examination in 2028.
• A key image accompanies each poem to aid visual learners.
• Timelines for each poet offer relevant biographical details to give context to their work.
• Pre-reading questions for all poems serves to engage students immediately.
• Comprehending and responding questions lead students to their own understanding of each poem and assist with differentiation in the classroom.
• Creating questions contain innovative writing assignments prompted by the poem, which allow students to practise for Paper 1, with common formats such as letters and blog posts.
• Exploring sections after each poem offer immediate, clear analysis in a concise format. Relevant quotations and biographical details are integrated in the commentary, providing a model for essay answers.
• End-of-chapter theme sections contain handy reference tables showing the main themes within each poem.
• End-of-chapter language and imagery sections offer notes on key literacy techniques used by the poet.
• Sample essay plans and paragraphs develop skills in building structured answers for the exam.
• Unseen poetry section contains guidance on approaching this question on the exam.
• Exam advice sections provide useful information on preparing for and answering questions on prescribed and unseen poetry.
• A glossary of poetic terms gives clear explanations for students.