These resources are the product of my retirement! After years as a teacher, I tutored. Tackling different exam boards, texts and aspects of English I had to develop lots of materials, which I'm hoping will help those of you still at the chalk face.
These resources are the product of my retirement! After years as a teacher, I tutored. Tackling different exam boards, texts and aspects of English I had to develop lots of materials, which I'm hoping will help those of you still at the chalk face.
Based on the OCR GCSE 9-1 specimen assessment materials, these 15 papers have both an extract and a general question, based on characters and themes in the play to provide effective revision and exam practice.
Based on the GCSE 9-1 specimen assessment materials, these 11 extracts have both an extract-based question and a general question similar in style to those provided by OCR in order to provide effective exam practice and revision.
For CIE/ IGCSE Literature, these 18 practice papers on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream each have an extract from the play, with a question on the extract, and a second question on character or theme, as in the exam itself, providing useful revision and exam experience.
Using the Eduqas GCSE 9-1 sample question as a basis, these 15 extracts are designed to replicate the exam question structure, both with the extracts and questions on the extracts, and also with essay questions for part b). Hopefully, these will provide structured exam practice and revision.
For CIE Literature, 32 practice papers on Rebecca Each paper has an extract-based question, with the chapter and page references given from the Virago Modern Classics edition for each extract, and a general question on theme or character, as in the exam itself. Copyright precludes the provision of the full extracts.
For the AQA Literature GCSE 9-1 Shakespeare section on Romeo & Juliet, here are 15 more extracts in the style of the sample question & 2017 exam paper to provide students with revision in the form of exam practice. These questions are on themes and characters and feature a wide range of different scenes.
Based on the GCSE 9-1 sample exam materials, these 15 extracts have questions written in a similar style to provide effective revision and exam practice.
For the CIE IGCSE Literature exam, these 14 exam-style papers each have an extract from Othello with an extract-based question, followed by a more general question on theme or character. They should provide useful revision and exam practice.
For the Cambridge Literature IGCSE, these 24 exam papers include references to the extract used, ( copyright protects the text from being reproduced.) The papers are chronological for ease of location of the extracts. Each paper has an extract-based and whole play question to cover a range of themes and characters, relationships etc They should provide effective exam practice and revision.
These 8 extracts (from: Speckled Band, Study in Scarlett, Hound of Baskervilles,Engineer’s Thumb, Boscombe Valley Mystery, Silver Blaze, 5 Orange Pips & Scandal in Bohemia,) all contain a mixture of language, vocabulary and information retrieval style comprehension questions. The comprehensions are suitable for introducing KS3 students to texts from pre 1914 and providing experience of the demands of the 9-1 GCSE . They focus on the more accessible, interesting sections of the Sherlock Holmes Mysteries & as such, hopefully provide an impression of the characters of Sherlock & Watson, as well as the language and setting, and the complexities of Conan Doyle’s work. To see a similar style resource, please look at my free worksheet on Hard Times.
Based on the specimen materials, these 13 extracts from Othello, with questions a) & b) have been created to provide effective revision and exam practice for GCSE 9-1
13 extracts from the play, each of around 50 lines, followed by 2 questions, as in the sample paper, to provide exam practice and help with revision for students studying for the Cambridge IGCSE. The sheets can easily be edited if required.
Using past and sample papers for the AQA 9-1 Literature exam, these 14 exam questions have been created in a similar style. Each has an extract and question on characters or themes to provide helpful revision and exam practice, either in class or at home.
14 extracts of around 60 lines each, followed by 2 questions, as in the sample paper, to provide exam practice and to help with revision for students studying for the Cambridge Literature IGCSE. The sheets can be edited if a different question focus is required
These 12 extracts have questions similar in style and format to the sample assessment materials and past papers, to provide students with effective exam practice and revision for the GCSE (9-1) Literature paper. Questions are on character, theme, setting and relationships.
Here are 13 more Edexcel GCSE 9-1 extract-based exam questions, firmly based on the sample and 2017 materials to provide effective revision and exam practice of ‘Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde’. These are different from my previous resource, using less well-known extracts to provide students with a little more challenge.
Based on the GCSE 9-1 specimen assessment materials, these 15 extracts have both an extract-based question and a general question to provide revision in the form of exam practice similar to the final paper.
Based on the sample assessment materials for GCSE 9-1, these 15 extracts from ‘Jane Eyre’ are followed by both questions a) and b) to reflect the demands of the exam. They will, therefore, provide lots of exam practice and revision on character, theme and technique.
For CIE literature, these 25 exam papers each have 2 questions. The first, as in the sample paper, is based on an extract, but due to copyright restrictions, only a reference to the extract can be provided, not the extract itself. (The edition used is the New Longmans Literature series(2000) ISBN 0 582 93446 7. ) The second question is a general question on character or theme.
Ideal for exam practice or revision.
For CIE Literature, 31 practice papers on To Kill A Mockingbird, part 2. Each paper has an extract-based question with the extract reference. (It is not possible to provide the full extract.) Each paper also has a second question on character or theme as in the sample paper.