AQA GCSE English Literature Anthology: Telling Tales – The Odour of Chrysanthemums

This is a revision resource for The AQA Anthology for English Literature short stories ‘Telling Tales.’

Tasks include - Identifying the main characters through the quotes, sequence of events, re-order the story, exploring a key moment in the story, what themes or ideas do you know which are present within the story?
The revision resource looks at the exam question ‘How does Lawrence present the themes of death and grief in ‘Odour of Chrysanthemums’? The revision lesson focuses on the following topics:

• How Lawrence presents the themes of death and grief.
• How Lawrence uses language and symbolism to explore the themes.

Also included are two extra revision lessons of how to comment upon structure and form within short stories. The two lesson cover the following:

• Understand what constitutes as ‘form’ when analysing Literature.
• How to comment on the use of form and extend your analysis.
• How to improve your analysis, based on peer assessment.

This is a ‘stand-alone’ revision piece from the for The AQA Anthology for English Literature short stories ‘Telling Tales’