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My Name is Leon: Activity Pack for GCSE

Set text for: AQA

Set against the backdrop of racial tension in 1980s Birmingham, My Name is Leon is a moving story of separation, accountability and ultimately love. Students can explore these themes and more with this pack of stimulating, ready-to-use activities.

Activities include:

  • Engaging questions
  • Research tasks
  • Close-text analysis tasks
  • Glossary exercises
  • Creative activities for visual and kinaesthetic learners
  • Stimulating reading and writing tasks
  • Pair and group work

Carefully considered structure develops understanding:

  1. Build a foundation for learning and get students interested with introductory pre-reading activities.
  2. Dig deeper with text-based activities. Every chapter is explored through a range of accessible tasks.
  3. Consolidate knowledge with whole-text activities focusing on: • Context • Characterisation • Themes • Language • Form and Structure

All activities are perfectly matched to the GCSE Assessment Objectives, and the fantastic structure makes the pack accessible for your whole class.

Plus! Suggested answers for questions and activities included.

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