Because Edexcel have not been too great about creating SAMs for the new IGCSE Language spec I decided to have a go myself. This one is a Paper 1 which closely follows the format of the SAMs. The unseen text is one from the old spec, and the Anthology Text is Chinese Cinderella.

This worksheet can be given to students so they can type their responses directly into the fields provided. Alternatively, you could hand out paper copies and they could handwrite their responses. The tasks include: stating when this scene is set giving a brief synopsis of the scene 8 deep-dive questions into the characters and dialogue exploring the use of stagecraft and plastic theatre in the scene examining relevant contextual factors It is ideal for use with A Level English Literature students, but could be used in Drama lessons, too.

This worksheet can be given to students so they can type their responses directly into the fields provided. Alternatively, you could hand out paper copies and they could handwrite their responses. The tasks include: stating when this scene is set giving a brief synopsis of the scene 8 deep-dive questions into the characters and dialogue exploring the use of stagecraft and plastic theatre in the scene examining relevant contextual factors It is ideal for use with A Level English Literature students, but could be used in Drama lessons

This worksheet can be given to students so they can type their responses directly into the fields provided. Alternatively, you could hand out paper copies and they could handwrite their responses. The tasks include: stating when this scene is set giving a brief synopsis of the scene 8 deep-dive questions into the characters and dialogue exploring the use of stagecraft and plastic theatre in the scene examining relevant contextual factors It is ideal for use with A Level English Literature students, but could be used in Drama lessons, too.

This worksheet can be given to students so they can type their responses directly into the fields provided. Alternatively, you could hand out paper copies and they could handwrite their responses. The tasks include: stating when this scene is set giving a brief synopsis of the scene 8 deep-dive questions into the characters and dialogue exploring the use of stagecraft and plastic theatre in the scene examining relevant contextual factors It is ideal for use with A Level English Literature students, but could be used in Drama lessons, too.

Imagine your fiance decided to send you all the presents named in the song. How would you react? In this resource, a young woman called Emily writes letters to her fiance, George, after the first seven presents arrive. Naturally, the tone changes quite a bit, as her house fills up with birds, women and cows. Her family are none too pleased, either. Read the seven letters aloud with the class, and then get them, alone or in pairs, to write some or all of the remaining five. It’s lots of fun, but it also teaches them about tone and vocab at the end of a long term!

This is a short unit I use with Year 8 when doing ‘Hamlet’. We tend to focus on Act One, so I start by exploring the opening scene. Students: Read the scene aloud in groups (or as a whole class, if you like) Complete a cloze exercise about the scene Investigate how they would stage the ghost if they were producing the play in 1608 I usually show a YouTube clip of what the Globe Theatre would have been like at the time to help them visualise the scene.

This resource was designed for use with Year 8s, but it could work at GCSE or even A Level. Students: Read the opening of 1,2 (up until Claudius’ exit) Highlight his speech according to the various themes within it Explore the speech, finding key quotations The final page is to prepare for a hot-seating task where students get to think up questions for Claudius, Hamlet and Shakespeare, based on the opening of the scene. With weaker groups, I adopt the roles and they ask me questions, but with brighter students, they play the roles, too.

This worksheet can be given to students so they can type their responses directly into the fields provided. Alternatively, you could hand out paper copies and they could handwrite their responses. The tasks include: stating when this scene is set giving a brief synopsis of the scene 6 deep-dive questions into the characters and dialogue exploring the use of stagecraft and plastic theatre in the scene examining relevant contextual factors It is ideal for use with A Level English Literature students, but could be used in Drama lessons, too.

This worksheet can be given to students so they can type their responses directly into the fields provided. Alternatively, you could hand out paper copies and they could handwrite their responses. The tasks include: stating when this scene is set giving a brief synopsis of the scene 8 deep-dive questions into the characters and dialogue exploring the use of stagecraft and plastic theatre in the scene examining relevant contextual factors It is ideal for use with A Level English Literature students, but could be used in Drama lessons, too.

This novel by Attica Locke is new on the Edexcel A Level Lit course in the Prose Unit. There’s very little out there yet to support students’ learning as they read, so I have developed an analysis sheet to accompany each chapter. These sheets are for the second part of the novel. Depending on the importance of each chapter, each sheet has all or some of the following: A space for the students to write a brief synopsis of the events of the chapter; 1 - 8 short answer questions to develop their understanding of the plot and characters; A space to record anything interesting or important they found about the language, form and structure; A space to record any relevant contextual information which aids understanding of the chapter. Some of the sheets also contain a Deep Dive question, which requires them to write a 500 word response to a character or theme based question. Each sheet has fields for the students can type directly into.

This novel by Attica Locke is new on the Edexcel A Level Lit course in the Prose Unit. There’s very little out there yet to support students’ learning as they read, so I have developed an analysis sheet to accompany each chapter. These sheets are for the third part of the novel. Depending on the importance of each chapter, each sheet has all or some of the following: A space for the students to write a brief synopsis of the events of the chapter; 1 - 8 short answer questions to develop their understanding of the plot and characters; A space to record anything interesting or important they found about the language, form and structure; A space to record any relevant contextual information which aids understanding of the chapter. Some of the sheets also contain a Deep Dive question, which requires them to write a 500 word response to a character or theme based question. Each sheet has fields for the students can type directly into.

This novel by Attica Locke is new on the Edexcel A Level Lit course in the Prose Unit. There’s very little out there yet to support students’ learning as they read, so I have developed an analysis sheet to accompany each chapter. Depending on the importance of each chapter, each sheet has all or some of the following: A space for the students to write a brief synopsis of the events of the chapter; 1 - 8 short answer questions to develop their understanding of the plot and characters; A space to record anything interesting or important they found about the language, form and structure; A space to record any relevant contextual information which aids understanding of the chapter. Some of the sheets also contain a Deep Dive question, which requires them to write a 500 word response to a character or theme based question. Each sheet has fields for the students can type directly into.

This is a blank workbook for students to fill in as they study the novel. Because it’s a Word doc, you can easily adapt it. I have taken the characters and themes which have appeared in past questions on the Edexcel IGCSE Lit course, but you could easily add/remove pages if needed. There’s a title page and an index. After that the rest of the booklet consists of two pages per character or theme. The first page has a small picture in the middle and plenty of room around it so students can write a few key key quotations about that character, or create a mindmap about them, as appropriate. The second page contains a table, divided as per the three main sections of the novel (Part One, Tom’s trial, and the aftermath of the trial) giving room for students to collect key moments/quotations from those sections that they could use in their exam essays. There’s also a box for recording key social and biographical contexts relevant to that character or theme. It’s useful for helping them consolidate their knowledge as they study the novel, and is an invaluable revision resource.

This document can be enlarged to A3 and laminated to provide a help mat to aid students get to grips with the Eduqas GCSE Language Component 2 exam. One side has prompts to help with the Reading section, while the other gives advice useful in the Writing section. It reminds students of things such as: how long each section is; how many marks each question is worth; the emphasis of each question; techniques to use in each question. There’s also advice about planning for and proof-reading the writing tasks. It’s a word doc, so you could adapt it as you wish.