AQA GCSE English Literature Anthology: Telling Tales – 'Korea'

The revision resource for The AQA Anthology for English Literature short stories ‘Telling Tales’

How do writers present families in ‘Korea’ and in one other story from Telling Tales?

• To choose the question you want to answer.
• To make a sensible choice about the second story you will write about.
• To look carefully at the question to make sure you understand it.
• Planning what you are going to write.

The Context activity could be set as a homework task to research the Irish War of Independence and the Korean War, or students could take photos of slide or it could be printed off for those who don’t have a phone, or Students can make bullet point notes.

Quick fire competition with students putting the events in the right order. Extension: can they add other details to the story?

The Content Activity: What impression of the father do you get in the description of his honeymoon? How does McGahern present the character of the narrator? What do you think the main theme(s) of the story are?

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

• Understanding 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.