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Part 1: Cloze sheets (25 gaps) on each woman’s life and career. Missing words boxed at the bottom of the sheet; each word is used once only. Differentiated four ways, 4 - least help to 1 - most help thus: (e.g. missing word is durable)

4: gap is __________________
3: gap is __ __ __ __ __ __ __
2: gap is d_________________
1: gap is d __ __ __ __ __ __

(this doesn’t display correctly on TES, so please see also previews of the bottom corners of the sheets, showing how the differentiation works). I let students in the same class choose their own level of differentiation - although I have very small classes (in a PRU), so this isn’t a big ask.

Part 2: 20 questions from each text. Questions begin with straightforward fact recall, becoming more challenging (broadly following Bloom’s Taxonomy), moving through analysis and ending on evaluative / interpretative questions. Version 1 of the questions provides a grid for students’ answers; Version 2 is for more-able students, answering in exercise books, with scope for more expansive answers.

Part 3: a blank Venn Diagram to directly compare their lives. A4 and A3 versions.

There’s also a much more detailed explanation with tips from how my students have responded to this activity.

All word documents are fully editable: you may wish to tweak some of the instructions or questions to suit your class.