Moth Smoke Reading Comprehension | GCSE, IGCSE & A Level English | Differentiated + Assessment

Moth Smoke reading comprehension for GCSE and KS4 English. Differentiated Foundation, Support and Extension tiers plus a GCSE-style 40-mark assessment. Word + PDF.

Built around an original passage inspired by Mohsin Hamid’s novel. Ideal for diverse-texts teaching and unseen fiction practice at KS4, and for O Level, IGCSE and A Level English. Fully editable, no extra prep needed.

DESCRIPTION
Three differentiated tiers — Foundation, Support and Extension — covering Mohsin Hamid’s Moth Smoke across all ability levels, with no extra preparation needed. Includes a GCSE-style 40-mark assessment with full mark scheme. 8 files in total — Word and PDF.

FOUNDATION — Core class resource

• Reading passage with attribution
• 5 graded comprehension questions progressing from retrieval to analysis
• Full model answer key
• Teacher’s guide: themes, discussion points, vocabulary notes, extension activities
• Grammar Quotient: simile, personification, contrast, free indirect thought, glossary
• Essay task: planning framework, model paragraph, writing space, self-assessment

SUPPORT — SEN / EAL / Lower ability

• Same reading passage
• Word bank with vocabulary, phrases and analytical language
• 5 scaffolded questions each with a simpler version and sentence starter
• Grammar Quotient: guided technique tasks and imitation writing
• Essay task: model paragraph and sentence starter for every paragraph

EXTENSION — G&T / Higher ability

• Same reading passage
• 4 language and structure analysis questions with focusing notes
• Unseen comparison passage (gated housing development) with 12-mark comparative essay task
• Critical evaluation and personal response with peer assessment grid
• Grammar Quotient: writer’s craft, comparative grammar, analytical paragraph
• Independent essay: “Hamid’s most powerful technique is his refusal to comment”

ASSESSMENT — GCSE-style 40-mark paper

• Sections A to D: Retrieval, Inference, Language Analysis, Extended Response
• Full mark scheme with level descriptors
• Grade boundaries and teacher feedback sheet

THEMES

Class inequality — Urban division — Privilege — Heat as symbol — Two Lahores — Restlessness

SUITABLE FOR

KS4 English — Year 10 and Year 11 — Mixed ability — SEN and EAL — G&T — GCSE preparation — World literature and diverse texts — Postcolonial studies — O Level, IGCSE and A Level English

PLEASE NOTE

The reading passage is an adapted descriptive scene for teaching purposes, inspired by Mohsin Hamid’s novel. It is not an extract from the published book. All questions and materials are entirely original.