Rebecca: Activity Pack for AS/A Level AQA A

Set text for: AQA A ^{AS & A Level}

With themes of first love, self-love, marriage, family and friendship, rolled in with passion, grief, jealousy and deception, du Maurier’s Gothic, psychological novel Rebecca is a perfect fit for ‘Love Through the Ages’. Subtle horror, murder and mystery combine with vivid and beautifully written descriptions, making it a text accessible for learners at all levels. This focused and creative activity pack provides a variety of ready-to-use exercises, covering the whole text, for you to mix and match to suit your class.

Prepare

Pre-reading exercises provide a starting point for study

Explore

Appealing chapter-by-chapter tasks guide students through the
text, allowing them to gain understanding and analytical skills
while remaining engaged

Reflect

Whole-text activities show the bigger picture, exploring key
areas of: Characterisation • Relationships • Genre • Themes •
Attitudes and Values • Writer’s use of language • Form •
Structure • Context • Critical Reception

Activities include:

• engaging questions
• critical thinking
• close reading
• pair and group tasks
• visual, audio and kinaesthetic tasks
• further research

Linked to the AOs throughout!