NEW AQA Paper 1 exam paper for LESS ABLE students: SKELLIG (1998)

Designed for less able students at Key Stage 3 or 4, this is a practice exam paper for the NEW AQA English Language Paper 1A: Reading 20th C Fiction texts. I have used an extract taken from David Almond's novel, 'Skellig', published in 1998.

I've also designed a series of SMART Notebook slides for whole-class interactive teaching of the workbook, Q by Q.

The format of the paper is as follows:

Q1 - the same
Q2 - cloze exercise focusing on how the writer uses language
Q3a - sequence a series of statements to show understanding of narrative events / structure
Q3b - cloze activity, modelling Q3 response, for pupils to complete.

I know that the new GCSE paper is untiered and students will not be given this level of support in the exam. However, this resource is intended to provide an appropriate point of access and opportunities for students whose literacy is a barrier to learning to practise the reading response skills demanded by this exam - and to support the teachers who have to deliver it!

I hope that it is of some use to you. I have produced other resources just like this one using extracts taken from Frankenstein, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Monkey's Paw, The Hobbit, A Christmas Carol, War of the Worlds, The Sniper, Z for Zachariah, Dracula, The Pearl, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Machine Gunners and Buddy.

NOTE: I've also uploaded loads of specimen new AQA Language Paper 1 and 2s to my 'shop', all available free of charge.

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Matt :)