Birdsong: Activity Pack for A Level AQA A
- AQA A A Level
This invaluable activity pack provides a variety of ready-to-use handouts, covering the whole novel, for you to mix and match to suit your class. Faulks' lyrical novel perfectly captures the atmosphere of the First World War - ideal for contextual analysis. Packed full of ideas for comparison and with AOs highlighted throughout, this resource ensures students will meet all the exam requirements.
A well-prepared resource with a lot of helpful activities... Comprehensive coverage of a large novel.
Activities include:
- engaging questions
- critical thinking
- close reading
- pair and group tasks
- visual, audio and kinaesthetic tasks
- further research
Accessible for every level.
Answers to all activities included.
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Prepare
Pre-reading exercises provide a starting point for study -
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Explore
Appealing section-by-section tasks guide students through the text, allowing them to gain understanding and analytical skills while remaining engaged -
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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 • Critical Reception -
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What do teachers say about this resource? (1244)
A well-prepared resource with a lot of helpful activities that could be adapted for A Level teaching... Comprehensive coverage of a large novel... Helps me considerably in planning lesson activities, and also allowing me to focus on specialist sections of the novel... Will save you considerable preparation time if teaching Birdsong for the first time.