Paris Anthology: Complete Activity Pack for Remembered Places

Paris Anthology: Complete Activity Pack for Remembered Places A Level English Language & Literature (AQA 7706/7707)

This comprehensive activity pack is designed to support the teaching of the AQA Anthology: Paris for the Remembered Places component of AS and A Level English Language & Literature.

The pack provides structured, lesson-ready materials for every text in the Paris Anthology, supporting students in developing secure understanding of representation, viewpoint, genre, audience, purpose and context, alongside the linguistic and literary methods required for high-level exam responses.

Each anthology text is introduced with a clear contextual overview, followed by a carefully sequenced set of activities that move students from comprehension to analysis, comparison and exam-style writing. Tasks are explicitly aligned to assessment objectives and are clearly labelled for AS-only and AS/A Level use.

What’s Included

• Activities for every text in the AQA Paris Anthology
• Concise introductions outlining context, audience, genre and purpose
• Consolidation questions to secure comprehension
• Discussion questions to develop analytical depth and debate
• Active learning tasks targeting key linguistic and literary techniques
• Re-creative writing tasks with structured guidance (AS only)
• Critical commentary guidance linked explicitly to AO1, AO3 and AO5
• Comparison questions suitable for both AS and A Level
• Examiner-style tips and modelling throughout

How This Resource Supports Exam Success

• Systematic coverage of methods of language analysis, including:
  • Lexis and semantics
  • Grammar and sentence structure
  • Discourse and pragmatics
  • Graphology and multimodal features
  • Spoken language and transcript conventions
• Clear links between language choices and meaning, representation and context
• Explicit focus on reshaping meaning in re-creative tasks
• Structured support for writing high-level critical commentaries
• Regular opportunities to practise AQA-style comparison questions

Ideal For

• A Level English Language & Literature (AQA 7706/7707)
• AS English Language & Literature
• Whole-class teaching or independent study
• Exam preparation, revision or targeted intervention

Resource Details

• Qualification: AS and A Level
• Exam Board: AQA
• Component: Remembered Places – Paris Anthology
• Formats: Word documents and classroom-ready activities