GCSE Literature, Edexcel, exemplar/model answer

GCSE Literature, Edexcel, Shakespeare. Some important context for students to link to and help illuminate their comments on Shakespeare.

GCSE Literature, Edexcel. Practice exam questions for both a) the extract and b) the whole text question.

Designed to support students completing their English Literature A Level coursework on The Great Gatsby and a second text of their choice. Includes more than 20 possible coursework questions as well as a reading list of over 25 texts. Also includes a rough schedule which you can doctor or delete!

A list of 11 topics for students to research individually, in pairs or groups then present their findings to the class. Very useful to help pupils independently gain sound knowledge of the context of the novel. Speaking and Listening opportunity.

An extract question and a full text essay question are included here, as well as an approach for students to follow in structuring their answer to the questions with suggested ideas and mini essay plan provided.

A handy sheet focusing on gender context for the play. Includes 'The Good Wife's Guide' 1955.

Two non fiction texts (articles) on the issue of forced marriage plus a PowerPoint with questions on both texts individually and comparing them (strategy on how to answer the questions included). Non fiction writing tasks also included - diary entry and magazine article. Designed for Edexcel GCSE Language Paper 2 but useful for any non fiction analysis practice.

Detailed essay plans including ideas, introductions, conclusions and context on the following essay questions: Explore Marlowe’s presentation of Faustus as a character who gets what he deserves. Explore the ways in which Marlowe presents the relationship between Faustus and Mephastophilis.

AQA GCSE Language Paper 2 - includes a 21st century article on homelessness combined with a 19th century letter by Charles Dickens on the state of the London slums. All questions in the style of the exam. Includes 4 questions for Section A modelled on the specimen paper and a writing task for Section B.

PEA paragraphs on how the writer presents the Persephone myth. The Underworld reading and activities - differentiated versions to support and stretch as needed.

Overview of Hercules’ labours using images from vases to guess the labour. Plus a starter activity on the Prometheus myth and spellings.

AQA GCSE Language Paper 2 - includes a 21st century account of an ascent to Everest (from ‘The Everest Disaster’) combined with a 19th century account by Isabella Bird of her ascent of Long’s Peak in the Rocky Mountains. All questions in the style of the exam. Includes 4 language analysis questions for Section A modelled on the specimen paper and a leaflet writing task for Section B.

An unseen poetry comparison question, including both poems (‘The Tyger’ and ‘The Jaguar’). Also included is a suggested essay structure with step-by-step guidance on how to analyse the poems as well as a detailed exemplar answer.

All the context students need to know - and learn! - for the exam. Very high level content with specific historical, religious and biographical context to illuminate their discussion of the play. A Level English Literature, relevant to any board which requires specific context.

Writing our letters of complaint as Persephone to the gods of Mount Olympus. Planning grids to help structure included - both to support and stretch. Connectives grammar activity.

Included are two old papers which I have doctored to fit the new CIE 0500 English Language exam. They are the Aunt Pegg and Mrs Wilkie papers adapted to the new format. I have also incuded the markschemes for each question. Use these to practice questions 1f, 2d and 3.