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Educating Rita
GCSE Activity Pack

'The questions are very thought-provoking, supporting a detailed & analytical response to the play.'
- C Loyden, English Teacher, Independent Reviewer

Differentiated, engaging worksheets and tasks for the whole play.
  • A great mixture of individual, pair and group tasks ensure student knowledge of the text
  • Creative, visual and S&L tasks engage students with key features of the text
  • Extra worksheets consolidate features relevant to the whole text: character, themes, symbolism and stage directions

Plus! a full set of questions for students to consider when watching the 1983 film version


Essential assessment materials:
  • Builds-up assessment skills with plenty of interspersed PEE practice
  • Sample Foundation and Higher questions for OCR Literature
  • Sample D and B grade plans and answers with commentary detailing how to improve

Plus! Edexcel Literature Controlled Assessment advice and suggested titles

English Literature
Edexcel Unit 3: Shakespeare and Contemporary Drama Controlled Assessment: two tasks – one on Shakespeare, one on contemporary drama. Centres can select their own text for the contemporary drama task.
OCR Unit 2: Modern Drama Exam: one question from a choice of two, one of the questions will be extract-based.
English Language
AQA Unit 3a: Understanding spoken & written texts and writing creatively (extended reading) Controlled Assessment: one task from the task bank. Any Literature text is suitable for this unit.
OCR Unit A651: Extended Literary Text and Imaginative Writing Controlled Assessment: one task from a choice of prose, drama, poetry or literary non-fiction tasks.