These outstanding 5 star revision sheets are aimed at preparing students for the AQA 2017 examination on ‘A Christmas Carol’. With the closed book format in mind, the sheet contains the important quotations from Staves 1 to 5, a range of points to make about context (A03) and a range of AQA style exam questions to work on.

Starter: Students read the 42 quotations and work out which Stave they come from.

Main Activity: A3 revision sheet
Bronze: Identify what we learn about the character in each quotation (A01)
Silver: Identify the key words and language features in each quotation (A02)
Gold: Identify which theme each quotation links to (A01)
Diamond: Relate each quotation to a relevant point about context (A03)

There is a second revision sheet which groups quotations by staves and themes and contains examination questions and context linked to each theme.

There is also a quotation revision sheet containing detailed notes on 20 key quotations linked to A01, A02 and A03.

Also new for 2026:
An A3 worksheet designed to revise six key themes that may appear in the A Christmas Carol exam: greed, the supernatural, family, poverty, isolation, and the Christmas spirit.

For each theme, a high-level thesis is provided for students to learn and apply in their essays. In addition, there are nine carefully selected quotations per theme, enabling students to practise developing detailed inferences. These are organised chronologically: three from Stave 1, three from Staves 2–4, and three from the end of the novel.

This structure encourages students to produce a clear, chronological response, supporting greater fluency—provided they also remember to integrate analysis of the given extract at the appropriate point.