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  • An Inspector Calls: Exam Preparation Pack for GCSE WJEC

    web/7588 102 photocopiable A4 pages

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Exam Preparation Packs for GCSE WJEC

For final exams Summer 2026

Apply set-text teaching to the exam with these focused companions, specifically tailored to the exam board.

An impressively organised and developed variety of activities, ordered in a way that will help students build on their knowledge and understanding of the text

L Curren, Teacher & Peer Reviewer (Christmas Carol version)

Three structured steps to build success:

  1. Revision
    • At-a-glance topical summaries cover key points in an easy-to-digest format
    • Revision activities consolidate knowledge through quizzes, mind mapping, quotation analysis, close reading and more!
  2. Exam Preparation
    • Essay-focused exercises build planning and writing skills and improve exam technique
  3. Exam Practice
    • Plenty of original exam-style questions give practice in all areas – great for mock exams
    • Worked-through example takes students through planning, drafting and completing an essay in manageable steps
    • Sample essays with annotated versions and activities demonstrate how to improve grades

I loved this from the first page!

S Owen, HoD & Peer Reviewer

Includes annotated sample essays!

Plus! Student-friendly self- or peer-mark scheme and suggested answers for all activities. Tasks can be set in class or for homework to enhance your revision schedule.

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What do teachers say about this resource? (7588)

I loved this from the first page! In a school year that crushes the time we have to teach texts fully, the scene and character summaries are a fantastic support to pupils. The focus on exactly what WJEC is looking for is of enormous benefit. It means I don’t have to adapt or redirect the resource. The resource is also suitable for a range of abilities – extension tasks help to stretch the stronger ones, while other tasks are clearly designed to support less-able learners.

S Owen, HoD & Peer Reviewer

Really impressed with the resource – highly valuable for teachers and especially the students... I really liked the resource – it’s very informative and clear. I liked how the summary of the text is broken down into scenes and then further broken down into themes, directions, narrative techniques and context. My favourite part of the text is the context... I liked how one of the passages had been annotated and analysed further. It provided questions for students to use to analyse further... The layout and the presentation is easy to read and follow... The resource matches the specification very well. All of the answers had AOs throughout to remind students where and how they are being assessed... I would definitely purchase this.

N Patel, Teacher & Peer Reviewer

An excellent resource. The contents were thorough... The student specification was user friendly... The essay frames and context questions were also welcome... It enhances learning by providing extension questions and numerous exam style questions... .Its educational value is enhanced by the student self assessment sheets giving them ownership of their work... By following the worked through example and doing the planning activities suggested [students] can achieve a greater understanding of what the examiners are looking for... The presentation/layout were exemplary... Matches the specification very well... I would definitely buy this

L Ashley, HoD & Peer Reviewer

This is a very interesting resource with valuable, practical revision help for students... It skilfully covers all the demands of the new specification... I consider this an excellent teaching and revision tool... the detailed guidance given for the bank of extract and essay questions is invaluable.

E Hewitt, HoD and Peer Reviewer

The resource was extremely comprehensive and tracked the questions generally asked by the WJEC e.g. theme or character.

The resource was set out like a very good revision guide. It started effectively with knowledge based learning e.g. content and themes. And then went into exam technique.

in terms of knowledge it is excellent,

T Hutchinson, English teacher & Peer Reviewer

What do teachers say about this resource? (9143)

I strongly believe that this resource is very useful for teachers... I like the table at the start of the resource includes which AOs are assessed... Chapter summaries are fantastic... I really like how the narrative techniques are also identified and analysed in the chapters... I like how the analysis page has questions for the students to answer as it gives them some starting point of analysis... The answers included is useful for the teachers and tutors to use. The worksheets are brilliant for the students. I like how the key activities are included in the resource but also the different variety of them to engage the students...The foundation and the higher exam questions is a fantastic way of showing the difference between the two levels. The presentation and the layout is very clear and easy to read... The resource matches the specification very well. Fabulous!

N Patel, Teacher & Peer Reviewer

An impressively organised and developed variety of activities, ordered in a way that will help students build on their knowledge and understanding of the text. This will inevitably increase their confidence in their abilities in writing about the text to satisfy the exam board’s assessment objectives... Sample student essay activities are very comprehensive and will be valuable in demonstrating to students how to develop their own writing... This [resource] would hugely enhance my teaching and therefore the learning of my students. I am very impressed with the standard of this guide.

L Curren, Teacher & Peer Reviewer (Christmas Carol version)

Keywords

  • GCSE English Literature
  • GCSE WJEC English Literature
  • GCSE English Literature Exam Preparation Pack
  • A Christmas Carol
  • Charles Dickens
  • A Christmas Carol Exam Prep
  • An Inspector Calls
  • J B Priestley
  • Blood Brothers
  • Willy Russell

Fabulous!

N Patel, Teacher & Peer Reviewer

Invaluable

E Hewitt, HoD and Peer Reviewer

The scene and character summaries are a fantastic support to pupils...

...The focus on exactly what WJEC is looking for is of enormous benefit. It means I don’t have to adapt or redirect the resource

S Owen, HoD & Peer Reviewer

I would definitely buy this

L Ashley, HoD & Peer Reviewer

It skilfully covers all the demands of the new specification

E Hewitt, HoD and Peer Reviewer

Valuable, practical revision help for students

E Hewitt, HoD and Peer Reviewer

The detailed guidance given for the bank of extract and essay questions is invaluable

E Hewitt, HoD and Peer Reviewer

Very good revision guide... It started effectively with knowledge based learning e.g.content and themes. And then went into exam technique

T Hutchinson, English teacher & Peer Reviewer

I would definitely purchase this

N Patel, Teacher & Peer Reviewer

Would hugely enhance my teaching and therefore the learning of my students. ...

...I am very impressed with the standard of this guide

L Curren, Teacher & Peer Reviewer (Christmas Carol version)

By following the worked through example and doing the planning activities suggested they can achieve a greater understanding of what the examiners are looking for

L Ashley, HoD & Peer Reviewer

Very informative and clear

N Patel, Teacher & Peer Reviewer

Extremely comprehensive and tracks the questions generally asked by the WJEC e.g. theme or character

T Hutchinson, English teacher & Peer Reviewer

Sample student essay activities are very comprehensive and will be valuable in demonstrating to students how to develop their own writing

L Curren, Teacher & Peer Reviewer (Christmas Carol version)

Really impressed with the resource – highly valuable for teachers

N Patel, Teacher & Peer Reviewer

In terms of knowledge it is excellent

T Hutchinson, English teacher & Peer Reviewer

Suitable for a range of abilities – extension tasks help to stretch the stronger ones, while other tasks are clearly designed to support less-able learners

S Owen, HoD & Peer Reviewer

An excellent resource

L Ashley, HoD & Peer Reviewer

The answers are useful

N Patel, Teacher & Peer Reviewer

Very useful for teachers

N Patel, Teacher & Peer Reviewer

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