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Mister Pip Activity Pack

Mister Pip

GCSE Activity Pack

Differentiated, engaging worksheets and tasks for the whole novel.

  • Comprehension questions ensure student knowledge of the text
  • Creative and S&L tasks engage students with key features of the text
  • Extra worksheets consolidate features relevant to the whole text: character, themes, language and the role of Great Expectations in the novel
  • Concise notes introduce students to vital contexts of the text

Essential assessment materials
  • Builds-up assessment skills through interspersed close-reading exercises
  • Sample Foundation and Higher questions for AQA Literature
  • Sample B grade answer with commentary detailing steps to an A-A*
  • AQA English and English Language Controlled Assessment information

English Literature
AQA Unit 1. Section B. Exploring cultures Exam: one question based on an extract
English Language
AQA Unit 3a. Understanding spoken and written texts and writing creatively. Part A Extended reading Controlled Assessment: one task from the task bank. Any literature text is suitable for this unit
English
AQA Unit 3a Understanding creative texts (literary reading) Controlled Assessment: texts chosen must cover a Shakespeare play, a literary heritage text and a different cultures text (and prose, poetry and drama)

Mister Pip could also be suitable for OCR English Language Unit A651: Extended Literary Text and Imaginative Writing. For OCR Language, centres can either choose from the prescribed texts or they can choose their own text.