AQA Paris Anthology: Making Connections between the Extracts

This resource takes students through three themes which connect texts in the Paris Anthology: using and avoiding cliches; use of allusions and references; the ‘otherness’ of Paris. The first two are linked to the theme of memory in order to anchor the task to the unit’s title: ‘Remembered Places’. I have included quotations and examples from thirteen of the texts, always with page references.
The worksheet is self-explanatory and so could be set as a homework task or given as a revision pack. The tasks could also be completed in class as group work and used as a basis for discusssion. The worksheet guides students in synthesising their knowledge of the extracts and encourages them to make connections and compare. There are also questions which would challenge the most able and push them towards conceptualised thinking about how memory is represented.
In exploring the ‘otherness’ of Paris, I have used ‘Understanding Chic’ as a starting point for the theme and there
is enough material on ‘Understanding Chic’ to teach it from this worksheet.
None of the material is repeated from my other worksheets on the Paris Anthology.
The resource is nine pages long.