A short extract from the start of the novel, with questions on vocabulary, character, and language analysis, and a choice of writing task. It would serve to introduce KS3 students to the style of Dickens’ writing; to a memorable character, Thomas Gradgrind; to Victorian times, raising some of the issues encountered in GCSE 9-1 literature and to a piece of brilliant writing! Hope its useful! I’ve now added an answer sheet. If this is useful, check out my ‘5 comprehensions from 5 Dickens’ novels’, or ‘3 comprehensions on literary baddies’, or my ‘4 non-fiction comprehensions’, which are on sale. These resources have a variety of questions, similar to here, answers and writing tasks…and are very reasonably priced!
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This is excellent, thank you.
Very helpful - thank you.
Thank you very much for this - perfect for preparing my son for his upcoming 13+ entrance exams.
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