Educational: First / native language: Literature studies
Cambridge University Press The Merry Wives of Windsor
Book SynopsisAn active approach to Shakespeare in the classroom.Table of ContentsList of characters; The Merry Wives of Windsor; What is the play about?; The world of the play; Falstaff; The Merry Wives; Characters; The language of the play; Shakespeare finds his story; Critics' forum; Staging The Merry Wives of Windsor; William Shakespeare.
£12.60
Cambridge University Press Samson Agonistes Cambridge Milton Series for Schools and Colleges
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£21.49
Cambridge University Press The Forms of Poetry A Practical Study Guide for English
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£22.03
Cambridge University Press King Richard II
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£12.60
Cambridge University Press Poems Deep and Dangerous
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£17.09
Cambridge University Press Four Women Poets Liz Lochhead Carol Ann Duffy Jackie Kay Fleur Adcock Cambridge Literature
Book SynopsisA collection of literature anthologies and reference books for Key Stage 3 onwards.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Text - Poems by Fleur Adcock, Carol Ann Duffy, Liz Lochhead, Jackie Kaye; Glossary; Activities
£16.10
Cambridge University Press Six Poets of the Great War Wilfred Owen Siegfried Sassoon Isaac Rosenberg Richard Aldington Edmund Blunden Edward Thomas Rupert Brooke And Many Others Cambridge Literature
Book SynopsisA collection of literature anthologies and reference books for Key Stage 3 onwards.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Text - Poetry from Edward Thomas, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, Siegfried Sassoon, Edmund Blunden, Richard Aldington; Glossary; Activities
£17.83
Cambridge University Press Silas Marner
Book SynopsisCambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 1418 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series will be extensive and open-ended and will provide school students with a range of edited texts taken from a wide geographical spread.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Text; Glossary; Activities
£13.13
Cambridge University Press Poems from the Past Cambridge School Anthologies
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£13.59
Cambridge University Press Introducing Dickens Cambridge School Anthologies
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Cambridge University Press King Henry IV Part 2
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Cambridge University Press Three Victorian Poets
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Cambridge University Press Contemporary Poetry
Book SynopsisCritical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Approaching contemporary poetry; 2. Approaching the texts; 3. Texts and extracts; 4. Critical approaches; 5. How to write about contemporary poetry; 6. Resources.
£12.89
Cambridge University Press Shakespeare on Stage Cambridge Contexts in Literature
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Cambridge University Press The North Face of Shakespeare
Book SynopsisA wealth of expert advice and practical ideas for teaching the plays.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Using this book; The organisation and content of the eight chapters; Developing the use of drama to teach Shakespeare; The teacher's autonomy; Section 1. Active Teaching: 1. Why use active methods to teach the plays? The North Face of Shakespeare; The problem of monumentalism; The teacher repositioned: 'Shakespeare shared'; Starting active work; Drama workshops; The learner and the text at the centre; Active Shakespeare and independent learning; Back to the art of teaching - and student achievement; 2. Practical work and drama workshops; The classroom as stage: activities in conventional teaching sessions; Safety: physical and emotional; Different needs and abilities; Workshop practices; Workshop objectives and the use of warm-ups and preparation exercises; Workshop planning: an example of a language workshop - 'Macbeth's soliloquies'; The origins of the workshop activities in the following chapters; Section 2. Activities for Teaching Shakespeare's Plays: 3. Group formation activities; Group formation; Getting started; 4. Drama games: using games in the Shakespeare workshop; 5. Drama exercises: using drama exercises in the Shakespeare workshop; 6. Shakespeare's language: the aims of language work; Shakespeare's language gives 'the motive and the cue' for action; Discourse and rhetoric as sources of dramatic energy and action; Language ownership and familiarity through workshops; Teaching approaches: listen and speak, active reading, learn and act; 7. Narrative in Shakespeare: harnessing the power of narrative's theatricality; The nature of Shakespeare's narratives; Teaching approaches: Structural approaches, dynamic approaches, investigative approaches; 8. Character in Shakespeare: changing ideas about character in drama; Characters and their speech utterances; Role differentiated from character; Character and setting; Mise en scene; Teaching approaches: personal encounters with roles; Roles in social settings; Roles in action in the narrative; Notes; References; Index.
£24.27
Cambridge University Press The Victorian Novel Cambridge Contexts in Literature
Book SynopsisCritical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Approaching the Victorian novel; 2. Approaching the texts; 3. Texts and extracts; 4. Critical approaches; 5. How to write about the Victorian novel; 6. Resources.
£12.89
iUniverse The Raft A Companion Guide to The Boathouse A Companion Thought Book to the Boathouse
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iUniverse Student Bylines Anthology Volume 1
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iUniverse A Preface to Colonial American Poetry A Study in the Poetry of the Age in Relation to American History and Literature
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£14.00
iUniverse A Preface to Colonial American Poetry A Study in the Poetry of the Age in Relation to American History and Literature
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£19.14
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. The Gospel according to Harry Potter
Book SynopsisA companion to the best-selling The Gospel according to Harry Potter: Spirituality in the Stories of the World's Most Famous Seeker, this ten-session study, appropriate for youth and adults, explores the religious themes that are prevalent in the popular series of children's books and films. Each session recommends scenes from the DVD and video...
£15.00
Penguin Young Readers Group Guys Write for Guys Read
Book SynopsisThis fast-paced, high-energy collection of short works features today''s most popular writers and illustrators writing about what it means to be a guy. Contributors include Chris Crutcher, Stephen King, Matt Groening, Daniel Pinkwater, Neil Gaiman, and many more. Includes an all-new foreword by Jon Scieszka and an excerpt from Knucklehead.Trade ReviewScieszka has put together a diverse and fast-paced anthology of scribblings and stories that deserves a permanent place in any collection serving middle graders. The book features brief contributions from scores of heavyweight authors and illustrators….[T]here’s something undeniably grand about this collective celebration of the intellectual life of the common boy. —School Library Journal, starred review
£11.69
Xlibris Paradise Lost for Children
£17.59
AuthorHouse Barnyard Stories and Poems A Story BookColoring Book
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£10.63
LEGARE STREET PR The Science of Human Nature
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LEGARE STREET PR The Science of Human Nature
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Cambridge University Press Paper Dreaming
£20.50
Cambridge University Press The Millers Prologue and Tale
Book SynopsisSix-hundred-year-old tales with modern relevance. This stunning full-colour edition from the bestselling Cambridge School Chaucer series explores the complete text of The Miller''s Prologue and Tale through a wide range of classroom-tested activities and illustrated information, including a map of the Canterbury pilgrimage, a running synopsis of the action, an explanation of unfamiliar words and suggestions for study. Cambridge School Chaucer makes medieval life and language more accessible, helping students appreciate Chaucer''s brilliant characters, his wit, sense of irony and love of controversy.Table of ContentsIntroduction; What are The Canterbury Tales?; Chaucer's language; The Miller's contribution; Text and notes: The portrait of the Miller (from The General Prologue); The Miller's prologue; The Miller's tale; Comparing The Miller's Tale with The Knight's Tale; Chaucer's pilgrims; Pilgrims and pilgrimages; Geoffrey Chaucer; Town versus gown: Life in Oxford in the fourteenth century; Astronomy and astrology; Religion and its place in everyday society; Discussion questions; Glossary of frequently used words
£21.30
Cambridge University Press The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
Book SynopsisThis edition of The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales from the highly-respected Selected Tales series includes the full, complete text in the original Middle English, along with an in-depth introduction by James Winny, detailed notes and a comprehensive glossary.Table of ContentsIntroduction; The arrangement of The Canterbury Tales; Chaucer's English; Note on the text; The General Prologue; Notes; Glossary.
£20.06
Tommy Nelson Believing in Narnia
Book SynopsisTo coincide with the release of Prince Caspian, this book helps kids ages 7-11, understand the symbolism of the Christian faith written by C.S. Lewis in the Chronicles of Narnia series. Christian concepts are simply explained, along with excerpts from the Narnia books. Each section of the book explains the characters, events, places, and themes and gives insight in the spiritual parallels.
£13.26
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Making Poetry Happen
Book SynopsisUKLA Academic Book Award 2016: Highly CommendedMaking Poetry Happen provides a valuable resource for trainee and practicing teachers, enabling them to become more confident and creative in teaching what is recognized as a very challenging aspect of the English curriculum. The volume editors draw together a wide-range of perspectives to provide support for development of creative practices across the age phases, drawing on learners'' and teachers'' perceptions of what poetry teaching is like in all its forms and within a variety of contexts, including:- inspiring young people to write poems- engaging invisible pupils (especially boys)- listening to poetry- performing poetry Throughout, the contributors include practical, tried-and-tested materials, including activities, and draw on case studies. This approach ensures that the theory is clearly linked to practice as they consider teaching and learning poetry to those aged between 5 and 19 from different perspectives, lookinTrade ReviewBoth [this book and Making Poetry Matter] offer reassuring and affirming accounts of the innate power of poetry as a means of expressing identity and individuality in the classroom. ... [They] replace fears and anxieties with practical strategies and evidence of how creative and shared approaches to poetry can empower students within the classroom environment and beyond. * The Use of English *Packed with energy and ideas, this engaging book is a must-have for poetry teachers across the age phases. Accessible workshop activities for the classroom show how to bring poetry alive on the tongue, in the mind and the body. Pleasure and play rub shoulders with attention to language, interpretation and meaning, and conspire to inspire. A book to read, use and enjoy. * Teresa Cremin, Professor of Education (Literacy), The Open University, UK *Rich in classroom experiences of the teaching of poetry, and covering a wide range of important issues, this book allows teachers and educators to take us on their journey of discovering the power of poetry. * Barbara Bleiman, Co-Director, English and Media Centre, UK *This is an outstanding collection that gives voice to teachers and students as they engage with poetry. It is essential reading for those who want to make poetry happen. An invaluable resource for new and experienced teachers, this text will change how you approach poetry. Rarely have I read a book that is so transformative. Making Poetry Happen will become a classic. * Clare Kosnik, Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada *I can think of no more comprehensive or up-to-date volume on the teaching of poetry today. Editors Dymoke, Barrs, Lambirth and Wilson have assembled twenty-four chapters that span the full range of possibilities for engaging students from early primary to late secondary school in reading, writing, performing and studying every conceivable poetic genre. Here are approaches that are practically, pedagogically and theoretically sound, and that will reassure the most anxious teacher and encourage the most reluctant student. What an extraordinary resource for language arts teachers around the world. * Mark Dressman, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA *Making Poetry Happen is an engaging exploration of the matters arising within curricular and their consequences in the poetry classroom. Exercises, case studies, anecdotes and relevant research from numerous student and teacher perspectives guide a transformative approach to the teaching of poetry. Encompassing the many facets of poetry and reaching across year levels and countries, this book shows how poetry can be the making of education. Informed by researchers, teachers, writers and poets who are teachers, this book offers expansive pedagogical approaches to revitalise poetics in education, working alongside, and independently of, the companion book, Making Poetry Matter. Making Poetry Happen does not tell teachers how to teach. It is a poetry bible. Written by teachers for teachers to share the wild heart of poetics in the classroom. * Kelly Malone, poet, educator and researcher, New Zealand *Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Publisher's Acknowledgements About the Contributors 1.Introduction, Sue Dymoke (University of Leicester, UK), Myra Barrs (University of East London, UK), Andrew Lambirth (University of Greenwich, UK) and Anthony Wilson (University of Exeter, UK) Part I: Reading Poetry (section editor: Andrew Lambirth) 2. The Challenges and Opportunities for Engaging with Poetry, Nicholas McGuinn (University of York, UK) 3. Lifting Poetry off the Page, Susanna Steele (University of Greenwich, UK) 4. Case Study I: Critical Reading and Student Engagement with Poetry, Daniel Xerri (Sixth College, Malta) 5. Case Study II: Not 'Puppets on a String': Learning to Love Teaching Poetry, Andrew Lambirth (University of Greenwich, UK) 6. Commentary and Practical Implications: Righting the ‘Wrong Kind of Orientation’, Andrew Lambirth (University of Greenwich, UK) Part II: Writing Poetry (section editor: Myra Barrs) 7. Inspiring Young People to Write Poems, Cliff Yates (poet, UK) 8. Teaching Poetry Based on Actual Writing Practices, Mandy Coe (poet, UK) 9. Case Study III: Becoming a Poetry School, Jennie Clark (Churchfields Infants School, London Borough of Redbridge) with Myra Barrs (University of East London, UK) 10. Case Study IV: Why Poetry Matters in the Primary School, Sue Ellis (Institute of Education, University of London, UK) and Amy Clifford (Torriano Infant School, UK) 11. Case Study V: Making Poetry Happen in a Sixth Form Environment, Jane Bluett (Bilborough Sixth Form College, UK) 12. Commentary and Practical Implications: A Flicker in the Mind, Myra Barrs (University of East London, UK) Part III: Speaking and Listening to Poetry (section editor: Sue Dymoke) 13. Poetry, Listening and Learning, Julie Blake (Poetry Archive, UK) 14. Rhyme Workshops, Andy Craven-Griffiths (poet, UK) 15. Slam Poetry, Joelle Taylor (SLAMbassadors UK, UK) 16. Case Study VII: How English Teachers Make Use of Slam Poetry in a Secondary School Setting, Christopher Parton (Robert Sutton Catholic Specialist Sports College, UK) 17. Case Study VIII, Gothic Poetry, Brenda Ainsley (Kibworth High School, UK) 18. Commentary and Practical Implications: Inside the Poem's Engine Room, Sue Dymoke (University of Leicester, UK) Part IV: Transformative Poetry Cultures (section editor: Anthony Wilson) 19. Building Children's and Teachers' Interest and Confidence in Poetry, Jenny Vernon (Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), UK) 20. Engaging Invisible Pupils through Creative Writing, Emma Beynon (freelance creative practitioner currently running opengroundwriting.co.uk) 21. Case Study VIII: Effective Practices with English as an Additional Language (EAL) Learners, Vicky Macleroy (Goldsmith's College, University of London, UK) 22. Case Study IX: Digital Literacy, Janette Hughes (University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada) 23. Commentary and Practical Implications: A Pedagogy of Permission, Anthony Wilson (University of Exeter, UK) 24. Conclusion, Anthony Wilson (University of Exeter, UK), Myra Barrs (University of East London, UK), Sue Dymoke (University of Leicester, UK) and Andrew Lambirth (University of Greenwich, UK) Glossary References Index
£36.99
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Gifted Books, Gifted Readers: Literature Activities to Excite Young Minds
Book SynopsisStretch young minds to creative and productive thought with some of the best literature currently available. Polette shows you how to promote critical thinking, decision making, and problem solving through building excitement for the reading experience and increasing students' active participation in learning. She offers suggestions for creative reproduction, elaboration, rearrangements and transformations of text to help children connect reading content to their own experiences. A wonderful resource for elementary and middle school teachers of the gifted, these books and activities can be used in any classroom. Also an important read for college-level courses on curriculum for the gifted and children's literature.
£32.99
Yesterday's Classics English Literature for Boys and Girls, Illustrated Edition (Yesterday's Classics)
£22.77
Everyman Lullabies And Poems For Children
Book SynopsisIn this enchanting collection, favourite bed-time songs for children – 'Rock-a-bye, Baby', 'Bye, Baby Bunting', 'Golden Slumbers' – mingle with less familiar lullabies from around the world. Added to these are beautiful lyrics to sing or read to your little ones, from Brahms's 'Lullaby' to Gershwin's 'Summertime'; from Shakespeare's lullaby for the fairy queen Titania to Langston Hughes's lullaby for a 'night black baby'.Here, too, are nursery rhymes, and poems for older children by a wide variety of authors – Walter de la Mare, Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, T.S. Eliot and Ogden Nash, to name but a few. Whether the intent is to soothe or to amuse, there is something here for every mood, every child, and the child in every adult.
£10.80
Upstart Crow Publications Twelfth Night : A Guide
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Upstart Crow Publications Macbeth : A Guide
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Upstart Crow Publications Midsummer Night's Dream : A Guide
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Upstart Crow Publications Romeo and Juliet : A Guide
£8.90
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Pericles
Book SynopsisSuzanne Gossett offers a full and critical performance history, with an introduction showing how the play's performance history has paralled the criticism. It then gives an interpretation of this two-generation romance, with its successive male and female central characters, based on a reading 'through the family', and influenced by the feminist and new historicist criticism of the last two decades.The edition integrates cumulative research on Shakespeare's collaborative authorship and the transmission of the text without rewriting the play or ignoring years of emendations.
£90.00
Scene by Scene The Fault in Our Stars Classroom Questions
£10.66
Accolade Press Unseen Poetry: Essay Writing Guide for GCSE (9-1)
£10.44
Peripeteia Press The Art of Drama: Volume 1: An Inspector Calls
£14.98
Hodder Education Hodder African ReadersThe Fearless Four and the
Book SynopsisHodder African Readers are high-interest books designed to appeal to both boys and girls. They are highly motivating adventure and action stories which attract the reader''s attention and hold it through the story. Together these titles form a strong, vibrant and attractive supplementary readers series for the African schools.The Fearless Four and the Graveyard Ghost: Taka Taka Tom is delighted when he gets a holiday job but what a job! Working for an undertaker in a graveyard isn''t Susan and Ken''s idea of fun. Soon though, Susan, Ken and Tiny Tantille are too busy solving a mystery to worry about Tom. Their classmate, Rich Kimani, has disappeared and they''re determined to help his auntie find him. The search for Rich takes them off to the graveyard - and straight into the path of the graveyard ghost. Other titles in the series include: - The Fearless Four - The Fearless Four: Hijack! -
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Hodder Education Hodder African Readers The Fearless Four
Book SynopsisHodder African Readers are high-interest books designed to appeal to both boys and girls. They are highly motivating adventure and action stories which attract the reader''s attention and hold it through the story. Together these titles form a strong, vibrant and attractive supplementary readers series for the African schools.The Fearless Four: Something is going very badly wrong at the Township soccer final. Nobody can understand what is happening to the game - except Taka Taka Tom. He runs into two villains with an evil plot, and soon finds himself in terrible danger. Will Susan, Ken and Tiny be able to save their friend? Find out in the first adventure of the Fearless Four! Other titles in the series include: - The Fearless Four - The Fearless Four: Hijack! - The Fearless Four and the Graveyard Ghost - The Fearless Four and the Smugglers - Twin Trouble
£15.48
Hodder Education Hodder African Reader A Few Little Lies HAR
Book SynopsisSindi''s got problems. She''s forgotten how to study and feels guilty for cheating in every test. But that''s not all. Her best friend Mandisa has fallen for an older man, Mr T, who she met in an Internet chat room.Sindi doesn''t trust Mr T at all. In a bid to help her friend, she teams up with Siya, Mandisa''s handsome ex. Together they come up with a brilliant plan to find out the truth about Mr T, and along the way Sindi finds herself falling in love.About the Hodder African ReadersHodder African Readers are high-interest books designed to appeal to both boys and girls. They are highly motivating, contemporary adventure and action stories which attract the reader''s attention and hold it through the story. Together these titles form a strong, vibrant and attractive supplementary readers series for African schools..
£15.48
Hodder Education Hodder African Readers Dear Ms Winfrey
Book SynopsisThandeka has a dream. She wants to leave her rural school and get accepted into the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls. When she learns that her headmistress didn''t even put forward her name for Oprah''s school, she decided to take matters into her own hands and find a way to get to the school hundred of kilometres away. The journey turns into a nightmare and Thandeka lands up in hospital trying desperately to keep her dream alive.
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Hodder Education Hodder African Readers Secret Celebrity
Book SynopsisFourteen-year-old Ana is brought illegally to South Africa from Mozambique. She is frightened but hopeful that she will find a job to help support her family. Instead, she finds herself imprisoned in an isolated house, forced to clean and do laundry. When she hears that she is going to be sold as a ''wife'', Ana makes a daring escape.She befriends Zandi and her family and faces new challenges in an unfamiliar school. But when Ana goes looking for her father, and Zandi follows, they end up in worse trouble than they could ever have imagined.Hodder African Readers are high-interest books designed to appeal to both boys and girls. They are highly motivating, contemporary adventure and action stories which attract the reader''s attention and hold it through the story. Together these titles form a strong, vibrant and attractive supplementary readers series for African schools.
£15.48
Hodder Education Hodder African Readers Shoot for the Moon
Book SynopsisWhen Boipelo reads about a Canadian man who trades a red paper clip on the Internet for a house, he decides to try a similar idea in his village. He starts trading with a clay cow and ends up with... an unexpected result. Can he bear the embarrassment of the whole village laughing at his idea? How will he fix his relationship with his best friend? Will the girl he admires think he''s an idiot? And will he dodge the shady deals that people want him to make.
£15.48
