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These resources are the product of my retirement! After years as a teacher, I tutored. Tackling different exam boards, texts and aspects of English I had to develop lots of materials, which I'm hoping will help those of you still at the chalk face.

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These resources are the product of my retirement! After years as a teacher, I tutored. Tackling different exam boards, texts and aspects of English I had to develop lots of materials, which I'm hoping will help those of you still at the chalk face.
4 topical non-fiction comprehensions with answers
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4 topical non-fiction comprehensions with answers

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Suitable for KS3 students, these 4 short topical texts, written as articles, have questions which include vocabulary, language analysis and information retrieval, so may be useful as pre-GCSE work. Answer sheets are provided so these could be used for homework or tuition, or maybe as an exam. A descriptive writing task is also given. Marks are allocated: 25 for writing and 25 for reading. The four topics are: the resurgence of traditional crafts; the role of paramedics; the RNLI & darts. The sheets can be edited. These sheets are similar in style to my free worksheet on the start of ‘Hard Times’
Sherlock Holmes The Speckled Band 5 extracts with varied questions
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Sherlock Holmes The Speckled Band 5 extracts with varied questions

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Taken from different parts of the story, these 5 extracts contain a mixture of information retrieval, language & vocabulary style questions. Designed to focus on key sections of the tale, these extracts should help introduce KS3 students to Conan Doyle’s writing, to the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Watson, to the setting and to the content of this part of the 9-1 GCSE course. To see a similar worksheet, please see my free resource on Hard Times.
4 comprehensions on Robinson Crusoe
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4 comprehensions on Robinson Crusoe

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These 4 comprehensions contain various types of questions: vocabulary, information retrieval and language analysis. They could be useful for introducing a pre-twentieth century text and for introducing some of the styles of questions now on the GCSE 9-1. They could be used individually or in pairs or small groups. To see a similar resource, check out my free comprehension on the start of Hard Times
Useful quotations from Stevenson's 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' for GCSE
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Useful quotations from Stevenson's 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' for GCSE

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To aid revision and allow students to revisit key aspects of the text, here are useful quotations on the main characters (Jekyll, Hyde, Utterson, Lanyon, Poole); the main theme of duality, (& a few on reputation) and some on setting. There are links to the chapters for easy reference.
Edexcel GCSE Great Expectations (part 3) 10 extracts & questions
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Edexcel GCSE Great Expectations (part 3) 10 extracts & questions

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Using the GCSE 9-1 specimen materials as a guide, these 10 extracts from part 3 of the novel, (chapters 40-59), have both questions a) and b) to allow effective revision and exam practice of firstly, close analysis of the extract, and secondly, linking its ideas to another part of the text.
3 Comprehensions from Gulliver's Travels
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3 Comprehensions from Gulliver's Travels

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These 3 comprehensions from Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels contain a mixture of questions on vocabulary, information retrieval and language analysis. Useful as a way of introducing pre-twentieth century prose, as well as introducing the types of questions which appear on the GCSE 9-1. They could be used in pair work, small groups or as an individual task. To see the type of resource, check out my free worksheet on the start of Hard Times.
Edexcel GCSE Macbeth 15 more extracts and questions
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Edexcel GCSE Macbeth 15 more extracts and questions

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For EDEXCEL GCSE 9-1 Literature, the Shakespeare section, here are 15 more extracts, with questions in the style of the exam paper to provide effective revision n the form of exam practice. These questions aren characters and themes and cover a range of different scenes.
Eduqas GCSE 9-1 Romeo & Juliet 15 more extracts & questions
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Eduqas GCSE 9-1 Romeo & Juliet 15 more extracts & questions

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For the GCSE Literature, component 1, Shakespeare, here are 15 more extracts from Romeo & Juliet, with questions in the style of the 2017 paper, to provide students with revision in the form of exam practice. These questions are on characters and themes, and cover a range of scenes.
OCR Jane Eyre 15 extracts with GCSE 9-1 exam questions
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OCR Jane Eyre 15 extracts with GCSE 9-1 exam questions

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For OCR GCSE, these 15 extracts each have two questions, one on the extract and one, more general, on themes and characters, as on past and sample questions. These should provide students with lots of exam practice and revision for the Literature exam.
CIE 15 extracts from Hard Times with exam-style questions
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CIE 15 extracts from Hard Times with exam-style questions

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CIE 15 extracts from all 3 books of Hard Times, each about 50-70 lines, followed by two questions as in the sample exam papers,to provide exam practice and help with revision for students following the Cambridge Literature IGCSE. The sheets can be edited if required
3 literary heritage  villains comprehensions with answers
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3 literary heritage villains comprehensions with answers

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Similar to my free resources on Hard Times & Wuthering Heights, here are three more comprehensions: Dracula, Moriarty,(from Sherlock Holmes) & The Mayor of Casterbridge when he was a travelling worker who auctions his wife. They are similar in that there is a mixture of questions: information recall, vocabulary and language analysis. Each editable sheet also has a descriptive writing task. Suggested answers are also provided. These would be useful to prepare students for the demands of GCSE, as homework tasks, exams, tuition or for 13+ exam practice etc
OCR GCSE Great Expectations (part 3) 10 extracts
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OCR GCSE Great Expectations (part 3) 10 extracts

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Based on the GCSE 9-1 specimen materials, these 10 files have both an extract question from part 3 of the novel, (chapters 40-59) and a general question on the novel in order to provide revision and effective exam practice for students.
5 comprehensions from The Tell Tale Heart, Edgar Allan Poe
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5 comprehensions from The Tell Tale Heart, Edgar Allan Poe

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Taken chronologically from this great short story, these comprehensions are good preparation for the 9-1 GCSE. There are a range of questions: vocabulary, information recall, language analysis etc, with suggested marks. Thus would also be useful revision if the story was being studied in a Gothic or horror scheme.
Eduqas GCSE Macbeth 15 more extracts
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Eduqas GCSE Macbeth 15 more extracts

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For the Shakespeare section of the 9-1 GCSE literature exam, here are 15 more extracts with questions, in the style of the exam paper to provide students with revision in the form of exam practice. The questions are on characters and themes, and feature a range if scenes, both well known and less so.
OCR GCSE Great Expectations (part 2) 10 extracts
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OCR GCSE Great Expectations (part 2) 10 extracts

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Similar to the extracts made on part 1, these 10 extracts, with questions, are taken from part 2 of the novel, (chapters 20-39). They also have additional questions, as in the specimen GCSE 9-1 materials, to provide effective revision and exam practice.
5 comprehensions from 5 Dickens’ novels
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5 comprehensions from 5 Dickens’ novels

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Each of these 5 comprehensions has a variety of questions on information recall, vocabulary, language etc, with suggested answers and a choice of three writing tasks. The topics are: The Artful Dodger, Miss Haversham, Miss Murdstone, Mr Bounderby and Marley’s Ghost. They are similar to my free resource on Hard Times Suggested marks are given too so they may serve as an exam or holiday homework.