AQA GCSE English Activities & Exam Practice: The Merchant of Venice

Contents

Part 1: Studying the play

• Shakespeare in context
• Shakespeare’s language
• The plot
• Character chart
• The Merchant of Venice guide
• Characters
• Themes
• Setting and atmosphere
• Style
• Dramatic effect

Part 2: The exam

• Exam preparation
• Planning and structuring answers
• Planning frame
• Planning map
• Beginnings and endings
• Answering questions for AQA (B)

Teachers’ notes

Further information

Part 1 provides activities for classroom and homework use throughout the course.

Part 2 provides activities which guide students through the process of writing exam essays on The Merchant of Venice for AQA (B). It explains:

• the requirements of each tier
• Assessment Objectives
• types of essay
• planning
• how to begin an essay
• how to structure an essay
• how to boost grades.

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Length: 49 pp

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