A View from the Bridge: Activity Pack
for Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Literature
Structured in the style of a classical Greek tragedy, but set in 1950s Brooklyn, A View from the Bridge is a story of family feuds, failing relationships and fragile honesty. This succinct companion provides a variety of stimulating, ready-to-use activities, covering the main aspects of the play and bringing the characters’ bristling emotions vividly to life.
Made our lives easier and the students' understanding better... A real time saver and grade improver
Activities include:
- Insightful questions
- Stimulating reading and writing tasks
- Pair and group work
- Spoken language practice
- Creative activities
- Essay questions
- Whole-text plot quiz
Carefully considered structure develops understanding:
- Build a foundation for learning and get students interested with introductory pre-reading exercises.
- Dig deeper with text-based activities. Every main event is explored through a range of thought-provoking tasks.
- Consolidate knowledge with whole-text activities focusing on: Context • Themes • Ideas and Messages • Characterisation • Form • Structure • Language
All activities are perfectly matched to the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Assessment Objectives, and the fantastic structure makes the pack accessible for your whole class – differentiation is built in through extension activities.
An ideal complement to the Study Guide for this text.
Plus! Helpful essay guidance section and suggested answers for questions and activities included.
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What do teachers say about this resource? (10005, 10843, 11623)
Extremely detailed... The Literature Exam Information page is VERY helpful, as are the exam skills pages... The language models good vocabulary and sets up tasks for students to mimic it.
I particularly like the 'to do' icons and the 'mini vocabulary guides'. I like the 'methods of characterisation' as this is usually overlooked... I also like the fact that key quotations are given and explained for each chapter as this allows pupils to focus on specific sections of the text... Detailed revision resource focusing on all the key areas of text. This would be great to use with a class or for more independent learners to use on their own. The exam information at the back is accurate and helpful.
I like how the resource provides questions on chapters, characters, themes and symbols. These questions can easily be used as stand along tasks during revision sessions or as homework/at home revision. There is a good range of questions rather than questions solely on information recall which is what many similar resources offer... I like the context tasks for this text. It’s something I feel that many students would enjoy and is a worthwhile task... the ’Methods of Characterisation’ section would be very useful to students as it shows them a range of strategies used by the author... I really like the chapter analysis and activities. These are excellent revision resources and can be used instantly which is exactly what every teacher wants... The resource covers EN1, 2 and 3 which benefits all students... There is a good range of S&L tasks and engaging transformational/writing in role activities for the students. This allows teachers to select tasks their classes will find enjoyable and engaging. Many of these tasks can also be set as homework for students... The exemplar answers are very useful as each response is evaluated and it explains how to move on to the next grade.
I liked the clarity of the summaries and the perceptiveness of the commentary notes, the glossary of key words and the practice questions at the end... guides students through the text, providing helpful analysis of the text which would enable good extract responses.
What do teachers say about this resource? (10843, 12025)
I thought it was excellent. It is a sound, complete resource that covers all aspects of the play in depth... I particularly like the way the resource is broken down into small, manageable sections... The presentation is great... I have been able to use the activities in a variety of ways, with very little work on my part.
Outstanding, user-friendly, detailed and informative but very easy to follow. Could be used by students working on their own or as part of class lessons. Well set out, with interesting and informative illustrations. Students would enjoy working through the many varied, interesting and challenging tasks... It sets tasks which would generate interest and enthusiasm and does so in a way which seems very simple and straightforward but is in fact deceptively challenging and thorough... An impressive, detailed, thorough unit I would be more than happy to use. It represents countless hours of reading and preparation which any teacher would appreciate.
Excellent. It helped us to write a scheme of work for the play and to extend those who needed it easily... Made our lives easier and the students’ understanding better... A real time saver and grade improver.