AQA GCSE English Literature - Paper 1 - A Christmas Carol - Revision PowerPoint with activities

Revising A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens: AQA GCSE English Literature (8702) Revision PowerPoint

Overview

This 85-slide revision pack covers the whole of A Christmas Carol for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1, Section B (the 19th Century Novel). Students revise by retrieving, practising and performing, not by re-reading. Teachers can use it as ready-made revision lessons. Students rate each topic red, amber or green at the start and again at the end, so they know what to tackle first.

What Is Covered

Plot: plot maps for all five staves, with key quotations and links to themes, plus memory and sequencing tasks.
Characters: Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Fred, Marley and Tiny Tim, with “Who am I?” and hot-seat activities.
Themes and context: redemption, poverty, family and community, linked to the Poor Law, the “Hungry Forties” and Victorian Christmas traditions.
Setting, language and structure: symbols, atmosphere and a “zoom-in” routine for analysing single words.
Key quotations: themed quotation banks with complete-the-quotation and “Who said it?” tasks.
Exam Technique
The pack explains how the 30 marks are earned: 12 for AO1, 12 for AO2 and 6 for AO3. It teaches students to write a focused opening sentence, plan in five minutes and mark their own and each other’s work. A worked example based on the June 2024 question on the lessons Scrooge learns includes the extract, a planning grid, a mark ladder, sample answers with an examiner’s verdict and a timed 45-minute practice.
Games and Quizzes
Two revision games, two ten-question quiz rounds and a sudden-death tie-breaker keep sessions active. The pack ends with a final checklist and an exit ticket with three targets for next week.
Flexible Use
The pack suggests seven sessions of about 40 to 65 minutes each. Session 6 adds a 45-minute timed answer. You can pick and mix to suit your timetable.

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