Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (opening passage) GCSE comprehension 1hr worksheet

This is a very straightforward 2-sided worksheet that I created to fit nicely into a single 1 hour lesson with my GCSE students.

They had already been introduced to the novel and its context, and we read through the passage (lines 1-20 of the novel - included on side 1 of the worksheet with line numbers and footnotes) as a class and then I set them off on the worksheet.

The worksheet is in two parts - Section A is questions on lines 1-5 (and they increase in difficulty from easy - medium challenge) and Section B is questions on lines 6-20 (and they increase in difficulty from medium to high challenge).

The final task is to answer a GCSE question (and has plenty of sentence starters to allow students to complete this independently, bringing together their answers to previous questions to help them write their paragraphs.

It worked well - all of the questions have obvious answers to an English teacher who has read the novel. It was just ideal for one lesson and allowed students to get on and work while I circulated and checked answers and gave support to students as and when necessary.

Thanks for taking a look :)