My Boy Jack: Activity Pack for AS & A Level English Literature

Set text for:
  • AQA A A Level

David Haig’s powerful text offers a delicate insight into life both on the home front and in the trenches. Examine how the war takes its toll on each character and relationship with this ready-to-use Activity Pack. Covers the whole text, for you to mix and match to suit your class.

Would make a very good support for students

C Allison, Teacher & Peer Reviewer

Activities include:

  • engaging questions
  • critical thinking
  • close reading
  • pair and group tasks
  • visual, audio and kinaesthetic tasks
  • further research

Accessible for every level and linked to the AOs throughout!

Plus! Answers to all activities included.

Prepare
Pre-reading exercises provide a starting point for study

Explore
Appealing scene-by-scene tasks guide students through the text, allowing them to gain understanding and analytical skills while remaining engaged

Reflect
Whole-text activities show the bigger picture, exploring key areas of: Characterisation • Relationships • Genre • Themes • Attitudes and Values • Writer's use of language • Form • Structure • Context

What do teachers say about this resource? (10883)

A useful introduction to the text which could also be used effectively as a revision guide as it should ensure a fundamental understanding of the text.

The scene-by-scene questions were helpful in ensuring an understanding of the play and starting to pick up on details for analysis.

The suggested answers are useful.

R Shakeshaft, Head of Department & Peer Reviewer

Very thorough and should support both teachers and students in studying the play.

There is not a lot of support for My Boy Jack and it is an increasingly popular choice in the specification so any resource is helpful.

It was accessible and systematic. Easily accessed. Would make a very good support for students.

C Allison, Teacher & Peer Reviewer