You must have a copy of the text ‘The Pearl in the Ice’ by Cathryn Constable for these resources to be effective - ‘A thrilling and atmospheric adventure, laced with magic’ Read through each chapter then move onto completing the tasks which relate to that specific chapter. Please note that not all chapters have a set of resources attached to them. Tasks cover a range of English based skills that students are required to acquire - the identification and application of literary devices, sentence construction and knowledge of ambitious vocabulary, to name a few. The tasks are fun and engaging and historically, students have always enjoyed reading through the text then pausing to reflect on the information they’ve read and consolidate and apply their knowledge and learning.

As part of the first task, students are required to locate specific information from the given extract. This information refers to the word and language choices of the author. Some of the questions will require a deeper, thinking-outside-of- the-box approach and response. Students will make a note of their responses as they work through the task. Then, students will move onto a key vocabulary matching task which will consolidate their knowledge of the tricky vocabulary used in the first task, i.e. slipshod and offal. These will aid them in their analysis task. Finally, students will use the What, How, Why (similar to PEE) structure to write an extended response on the topic of Dickens’ Comment on (Victorian) Society. They are guided by a writing frame which will give pointers of what to include in each section of their paragraph. Tasks 1 and 2 will be useful in supporting their writing. In this task students are required to think about and express what Dickens’ intentions were and how he has presented these intentions, referring specifically to the literary devices and word / language choices of the extract.