AQA typically asks students to write about two characters, Pip and another. This can lead to very superficial comparisons, or uneven essays.
The attached resource gives students 20 ideas, and 20 quotations they could include in their essay.
It also shows students the three big ideas connected to Dickens’ purpose, which will lead to grades 7, 8 and 9.
Quotations are deliberately long, so that your students learn to select telling detail.
Here is a sample of the first 3 ideas:
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4 grade 9 Essay Plans for Great Expectations
There are on average 20 ideas for each essay, with 20 quotations to back them. The quotations are short extracts from the novel, to encourage students to select precise words to quote judiciously. Taken together, these essay plans will fully prepare your students for any question on Pip, Miss Havisham, Estella, Jaggers and Magwitch.
Revise Essay Writing on Great Expectations
Get ready for the AQA exam by preparing your students fully for two comparison questions: Compare Pip to Miss Havisham, and Pip to Magwitch, my two top picks for the 2019 paper. There are 20 ideas for each essay, and 20 quotations for each. It also gives you at least 3 big ideas for each essay, so that students can debate Dickens purpose and claim gades 7, 8 and 9.
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