Charles Dickens - Great Expectations 

        

  

  

1.   GETTING THE STORY STRAIGHT

First, we need to get the overall story of Great Expectations clear in our mind.

 

To help you do this, read the following summaries:

  
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This Bookrags summary is a MUST
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do the cloze exercise on it.

  
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This Bookwolf summary is shorter and easier - but not as good.

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David Perdue's 'mini-plot' is by far the best, but is longer and quite difficult
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read these to add extra ideas to your notes.

  

and when you have finished, you can try this ordering exercise, or a simple quiz  .

 

 

2.   UNDERSTANDING THE BOOK

Throughout, you will need to show that you understand the context of the book and the story.

 

To help you do this, try BBC Bitesize.

 

 

 

  

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