Nineteen Eighty-Four: Comprehensive Guides for AS and A Level

Set text for:
OCR AS – A Level

Nineteen Eighty-Four is an exemplary piece of dystopian fiction that raises many questions that are still hauntingly relevant today: what is sane and insane, moral or immoral? How much power or control should one person hold? Who is the real enemy? Support your students’ study of this gripping text with intelligent, carefully researched notes. Plus, varied activities ensure all students are engaged!

Everything you need for studying this novel

N Bonner, Teacher & Customer
Engage your students! Throughout:
  • Discussion points
  • Debate prompts
  • Active learning tasks

The pack tackles the key stages of text analysis:

  1. Walk-through
    Thorough section-by-section commentary walks students through each chapter
  2. Drawing it all together
    In-depth discussion of whole text focuses on: characterisation, relationships, genre, themes, language, form, structure, context, literary approaches
  3. Indicative content
    Supports teaching by ensuring all key areas are covered

Plus! Glossary of key terms ensures full understanding

The questions on each chapter are thought provoking and well written

N Bonner, Teacher & Customer

What do teachers say about this resource? (8213)

A comprehensive guide to the novel, and offers a wealth of detail organised clearly by chapter, with thought-provoking discussion points and suggestions for essays... The clarity, detail and organisation are all great... The inclusion of suggested ‘answers’ is really helpful too... The resource both supports classroom teaching and independent learning. It would be helpful to guide students through the novel (after a first reading), and then serve as a revision guide. Similarly, it could be issued to students for self-directed study from the outset... The content and activities matches the Assessment Objectives well.

R Shakeshaft, Teacher & Peer Reviewer

Really good resource, very detailed... The questions on each chapter are thought provoking and well written... It has fantastic elements such as context and how we see that in the novel... The layout is great with themes, summaries and activities, enough to keep students engaged... The tasks are really well designed and scaffold well, discussion points, then debate, then writing... Perfect for OCR... Everything you need for studying this novel.

N Bonner, Teacher & Customer

A good starting point for students approaching the text with fresh eyes, with helpful summaries... The chapter-by-chapter section will be helpful for students to complete independent work on each chapter, ready for class discussion... Good for exploring key themes.

T Tooze, Teacher & Peer Reviewer