Educational: First / native language: School editions of literature texts
Tyndale House Publishers Wild Thing Winne the Horse Gentler 1
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Ultimate BabySisters Handbook Plugged in
Book SynopsisAnything and everything you ever wanted to know about baby-stting is included in this easy-to-read and info-packed beginner's guide. Eager baby-sitters discover new ideas and tips from how to get started in a profitable baby-sitting buisness, to how to face the challenging situations that can arise between you and your KTWs (or Kids to Watch). With The Ultimate Baby-sitter's Handbook, baby-sitting has never been so much fun—or so profitable!
£7.59
Brilliant Publications Great Expectations
Book SynopsisThis Graphic Revision Guide for Great Expectations is an essential tool for anyone studying this book for GCSE English Literature. It contains comic-style sheets, especially tailored to strengthen the student’s understanding of plot, characters, quotes, themes and more; through using them, learning and revising this iconic novel will become an easier and more enjoyable experience. Students with special educational needs (SEN) will find it particularly beneficial.This book contains: Visual summaries of the plot Character profiles, including a fact file and quotes from the book Exploration of key themes and the context for the book Additional graphic reference material, to help students understand the setting of the book Activity sheets, including matching quotes to pictures, vocabulary building and drawing character maps. The resources are printed in black and white for easy photocop
£15.29
Child's Play International Ltd The Little Mouse the Red Ripe Strawberry and the
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1984, a picture book in which the Little Mouse will do all he can to save his strawberry from the Big, Hungry Bear, even if it means sharing it with the reader.
£15.29
Child's Play International Ltd The Giant That Sneezed Childs Play Library
Book SynopsisLittle people are often more trouble than big ones. This is certainly true of Jack, until he learns three important lessons - don't judge by appearances, don't believe everything you are told and listen to your mother.
£5.10
SteinerBooks, Inc Winter Awake
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£9.49
African Books Collective Coming of the Dry Season Zph Writers
£16.52
Kiwi Publications A Midsummer Nights Dream Easy Read Shakespeare
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£11.92
Barnesyard Books Ernests Special Christmas Ernest Series
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£14.24
Pinata Publishing Rain City Cats Volume 3
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£6.95
Revision Rocks Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde The Ultimate Audio Revision
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£6.39
Taylor & Francis Ltd How to Read a Play
Book SynopsisNow in a fully updated second edition, How to Read a Play offers methods for analyzing play scripts from a diverse range of perspectives, giving directors practical tools as they prepare for production. Based on interviews with award-winning directors, university professors, and experimental theatre companies, How to Read a Play provides practical advice on how to first approach a script, prepare for design meetings, get ready for casting sessions, and lay the groundwork for rehearsals with actors. The book starts with a brief historical overview of famous directors, surveys the work of experimental theatres that devise their work, and ends with twenty-one practical exercises. The second edition includes material from interviews with a diverse range of directors and features perspectives on identity, race, trauma, and joy in working on new plays and redefined classic works. How to Read a Play is written for anyone who loves studying the craf
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Taylor & Francis Shakespeareâs First Folio Cue Scripts â Tragedies
Book SynopsisOpening up a new window to see Shakespeareâs words in a different light and gathering his intentions in a simple, clear way, this book presents the Cue Scripts from the Tragedies in Shakespeareâs First Folio.The book invites readers to approach Shakespeareâs texts the way his actors would have â not studying the complete text and drawing conclusions from it, but working from a Cue Script, where all the lines for a particular character are written, with just a two- or three-word cue as to when they should speak. As an actor himself, Shakespeare knew that his actors would have little time to do more than learn their lines for the next imminent performance â for this reason, he placed in the first lines of every Cue Script a range of crucial information on the characterâs motives and intentions. Studying the cues and following the playwrightâs clues opens up a whole new understanding of the roles, and provides a way of approaching a play that is authentic, quick, and cr
£34.19
Hodder Education Jane Eyre Abridged
Book SynopsisOrphan. Governess. Lover. Survivor.Orphaned at a young age, Jane Eyre endures a childhood of abuse and neglect, first at the hands of her aunt and then at boarding school. Eager for independence, Jane accepts a position as a governess at the isolated Thornfield Hall, falling passionately in love with her brooding and mysterious master, Mr Rochester. But the corridors of Thornfield hold a secret, which threatens everything Jane holds dear; she must battle to save her future, her integrity and ultimately herself.Bronte''s much-loved and enduring tale has here been sensitively abridged to retain her rich language in a more concise and fast-paced form.
£14.00
Cambridge University Press GCSE English Literature for AQA Macbeth Student
Book SynopsisA new series of bespoke, full-coverage resources developed for the 2015 GCSE English qualifications. Approved for the AQA 2015 GCSE English Literature specification, this print Student Book is designed to help students develop whole text understanding and written response skills for their closed-book exam. The resource provides act-by-act coverage of Shakespeare''s play as well as a synoptic overview of the text and its themes. Short, memorable quotations and striking images throughout the book aid learning, while in-depth exam preparation includes practice questions and sample responses. See also our Macbeth print and digital pack, which comprises the print Student Book, the enhanced digital edition and a free Teacher''s Resource.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Introducing Macbeth; Part 1. Exploring the play: Unit 1. Act 1: Fair and foul; Unit 2. Act 2: Alarms and escapes; Unit 3. Act 3: Illusions and delusions; Unit 4. Act 4: Resistance and revenge; Unit 5. Act 5: Endings and beginnings; Part 2. The play as a whole: Unit 6. Plot and structure; Unit 7. Context, setting and stagecraft; Unit 8. Character and characterisation; Unit 9. Ideas, perspectives and themes; Unit 10. Language; PREPARING FOR YOUR EXAM; Glossary; Acknowledgements
£14.52
Cambridge University Press As You Like It
Book SynopsisAn improved, larger-format edition of the Cambridge School Shakespeare plays, extensively rewritten, expanded and produced in an attractive new design. The Rex Gibson active approach to classroom Shakespeare enables students to inhabit Shakespeare''s imaginative world in accessible and creative ways, sharing Shakespeare''s love of language, interest in character and sense of theatre. Substantially revised and extended, classroom activities are thematically organised in distinctive stagecraft, writing, language, characters and themes features. Expanded endnotes include extensive essay-writing guidance for ''As You Like It'' and Shakespeare, and extended glossaries are aligned with the play text for easy reference. Includes rich, exciting colour photos of global performances of ''As You Like It''. Further support material available at www.cambridgeschoolshakespeare.comTable of ContentsIntroduction; Photo gallery; List of characters; Act 1; Act 2; Act 3; Act 4; Act 5; Perspectives and themes; Contexts and sources; Characters; The language of As You Like It; As You Like It in performance; Writing about Shakespeare; Writing about As You Like It; Timeline; Acknowledgements.
£10.84
Cambridge University Press Stories of Ourselves Volume 2
Book SynopsisThis series contains poetry and prose anthologies composed of writers from across the English-speaking world. Stories of Ourselves Volume 2 is a set text for Cambridge IGCSE, O Level and International AS & A Level Literature in English courses. The anthology contains short stories written in English by authors from many different countries and cultures, including Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, Christina Rossetti, Janet Frame, Jhumpa Lahiri, Romesh Gunesekera, Segun Afolabi, Margaret Atwood and many others. Classic writers appear alongside new voices from around the world in a stimulating collection with broad appeal.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Acknowledgements; 1. Death of the Laird's Jock - Walter Scott; 2. Dr. Heidegger's Experiment - Nathanial Hawthorne; 3. Nick - Christina Rossetti; 4. George Silverman's Explanation - Charles Dickens; 5. The Nightingale and the Rose - Oscar Wilde; 6. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - Ambrose Bierce; 7. The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion - Thomas Hardy; 8. The Copper Beeches - Arthur Conan Doyle; 9. A Story of a Wedding Tour - Margaret Oliphant; 10. The Shrinking Shoe - Walter Besant; 11. The Middle Years - Henry James; 12. Going Blind - Henry Lawson; 13. The Little Regiment - Stephen Crane; 14. The Woman's Rose - Olive Schreiner; 15. The Lady's Maid's Bell - Edith Wharton; 16. The Furnished Room - O. Henry; 17. Gabriel-Ernest - Saki (Hector Hugh Munro); 18. The Widow's Might - Charlotte Perkins Gilman; 19. Eveline - James Joyce; 20. Them Others - Stacy Aumonier; 21. The Doll's House - Katherine Mansfield; 22. A Warning to the Curious - M.R. James; 23. Death in the Woods - Sherwood Anderson; 24. Indian Summer of an Uncle - P.G. Wodehouse; 25. 'And Women Must Weep' - Henry Handel Richardson; 26. The Black Ball - Ralph Emerson; 27. Lappin and Lapinova - Virginia Woolf; 28. Stability - Philip K. Dick; 29. The Tower - Marghanita Laski; 30. The Gold Watch - Mlk Raj Anand; 31. The Reservoir - Janet Frame; 32. Thank You M'am - Langston Hughes; 33. A Visit - Anna Kavan; 34. The Axe - Penelope Fitzgerald; 35. When It Happens - Margaret Atwood; 36. Words - Carol Shields; 37. The Man Who Walked on the Moon - J.G. Ballard; 38. A Walk to the Jetty - Jamaica Kincaid; 39. In the Mountains - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala; 40. Showing the Flag - Jane Gardam; 41. Sharmaji - Anjana Appachana; 42. Mrs. Sen's - Jumpa Lahiri; 43. A Thousand Years of Good Prayers - Yiyun Li; 44. Mrs Mahmood - Segun Afolabi; 45. Promenade - Henrietta Rose-Innes; 46. The Plantation - Ovo Adagha; 47. Haywards Heath - Aminatta Forna; 48. The Paper Menagerie - Ken Liu; 49. Fluke - Romesh Gunesekera.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The American Clock
Book SynopsisIt is Mr. Miller''s notion, potentially a great one, that the Baums'' story can help tell the story of America itself during that traumatic era.'NEW YORK TIMESWhen the stock market crashes, the once-financially comfortable Baum family lose everything and are forced to leave their lofty home in Manhattan to live with relatives in Brooklyn: how can their pride, purpose and artistic endeavours survive such a sudden and shocking reversal of fortune?A sweeping, hard-hitting look at the Great Depression of the 1930s, The American Clock is a vaudevillian celebration of American resilience and optimism in the face of national crisis, and was performed on Broadway in 1980.This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Jane K. Dominik, with commentary and notes that explore the play''s production history (including excerpts from interviews with designers of the 1980 Broadway production) as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that surround it.Trade ReviewThis panoramic 1980 play about America during the Great Depression [is] described as “a vaudeville” [and] it shows how the nation’s built-in optimism came up against economic reality ... The play, which combines the texture of despair with a residual hope epitomised in the line “a country can’t just die”, shows just how much the 30s shaped Miller’s artistic imagination. ... It shows [Miller's] enduring capacity to capture the state of a troubled nation. -- Michael Billington * Guardian *The piece serves as a warning from history ... but there’s nothing dusty or dutifully clock-watching about it ... [Miller] billed the show as a “vaudeville”, likened it to a mural – and that gives him a means of pushing out across the nation, giving voice to a chorus of bewilderment, as the banks fail, the bailiffs call, the crops rot, and the air hangs heavy with resentment and revolutionary fervour. Yet swimming amid the tide of acrimony, there’s stoical humour, resilient American optimism and even young romantic love ... [The play feels] eerily up to-the-moment and [serves] as an invaluable reminder of how an economic shock can change a country forever. -- Dominic Cavendish * Daily Telegraph *No 20th-century playwright was more gifted at depicting the downsides of the American dream than Arthur Miller -- Dominic Maxwell * The Times *Frequently magnificent and ... also ... nauseatingly prescient. [The play's] kaleidoscopic vision of an advanced society sleepwalking into an essentially self-inflicted disaster is certainly painfully relevant to Britain’s current interests. ...It’s a powerful, poignant and frequently enlightening journey ... This strange, flawed forgotten play is the most relevant piece of political theatre in town. -- Andrzej Lukowski * Time Out *Table of ContentsCHRONOLOGY COMMENTARY Historical, social and cultural contexts Genre and themes Play as performance Production history Academic debate Behind the scenes Further study PLAY TEXT NOTES
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Book SynopsisWilliams's favourite among his plays, [Cat on a Hot Tin Roof] is perhaps his most impassioned and articulate statement on human isolation, the wrenching problems of communication between people and the ways in which death defines life.' NEW YORK TIMESIn Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, a Southern family meet to celebrate ''Big Daddy'' Pollitt''s 65th birthday. But as the party unfolds, the facade of a happy family gathering is fractured by sexual frustration, repressed love and greed in the light of their father''s impending death. This edition includes a commentary by Benjamin Hudson, which explores the major themes of the play, including illness and mortality; white supremacy through the plantation setting; mendacity and ''fake news''; alcoholism and addiction; as well as sexuality, womanhood and mid-century notions of masculinity. It draws attention to the context of the play, including the cultural, social and political landscape of the Mississippi Delta and St. LTable of ContentsChronology Introduction Original contexts (Williams's biography; setting) Cat in the 21st-century/COVID-era play Themes (whiteness and cultural degeneration; illness and mortality; marriage, sexuality and inheritance) Productions/adaptations Further readings Notes CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Notes to the play
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Broken Glass
Book SynopsisIt''s moral vision, as well as the Miller voice, which remains as strong and unrelenting as a prophet''s, that distinguish Broken Glass. - The New York Times When Sylvia Gellburg, a young Jewish woman living in Brooklyn, becomes partially paralyzed from the waist down, her husband Phillip is shocked: what could've caused this sudden condition? The answer is Kristallnacht, the horrific, anti-Semitic event occurring halfway around the world. As the Gellburgs reckon with this pogrom and with the breakdown of their own marriage, a terrifying thought emerges: will the Jewish people ever be able to avoid persecution?Broken Glass is one of Miller's most moving and personal works, touching on themes of Jewish identity and anti-Semitism, winning him the Olivier Award for Best New Play in 1994.This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Ambika Singh, and Nupur Tandon, with commentary and notes that explore the play''s production history (including excerpts from anTrade ReviewPart psychological detective story and part political drama ... [Broken Glass is] far and away the best of Miller's late plays ... [He] gives a riveting portrait of 1930s America in which antisemitism leads to a desperate desire for assimilation and in which consciousness of contemporary European horrors is regarded as debilitatingly eccentric. * Michael Billington, The Guardian *Table of ContentsCHRONOLOGY COMMENTARY Historical, Social and Cultural Contexts Genre and Themes Play as Performance Production History Academic Debate Behind the Scenes Further Study PLAY TEXT NOTES
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Oxford University Press Essential Student Texts Frankenstein
Book SynopsisInspired by the power of nature and excelling at science, the young student Victor Frankenstein learns how to create life. However he is so horrified at his resulting creation, with it''s own mind, thoughts and desires, that he rejects it. The Monster seeks revenge through terror and murder leaving Frankenstein, the man who challenged nature and sought after power, haunted by his actions. The infamous story of Frankenstein and his monster is a powerful, disturbing and cautionary tale, as relevant now as when it was written. This Essential Student Texts edition of Shelley''s classic comes with accessible and informative notes.
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Oxford University Press Oxford School Shakespeare GCSE Romeo Juliet
Book SynopsisOxford School Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet GCSE Revision Cards provide active revision support that targets the most essential skills and knowledge students need to master to ensure exam success. Designed for independent revision, each pack of 65 cards is structured by plot, character and theme, helping students to focus on the key skills and knowledge that will gain them the most marks in the exam. Presented in an accessible and engaging format, the cards include short quotations, questions and answers, broken down into bitesize chunks, so that students can get the most out of their revision sessions. The questions and answers on each card help students to test themselves and ensure they are secure in their knowledge. The sharp, focused content of this quick revision tool make it ideal for last-minute exam preparation.
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Oxford University Press Oxford School Shakespeare GCSE GCSE Romeo Juliet
Book SynopsisThe Oxford School Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet GCSE Revision Workbook provides an accessible and active way for students to revise Romeo and Juliet, targeting the key skills and information that students need to master to ensure exam success. The workbook is structured by character and theme and includes a combination of knowledge recap, activities and exam practice, ensuring that students have all the information they need to revise effectively and efficiently. Each unit is carefully structured and includes key information to help students refresh their knowledge, activities that help to deepen their understanding of character and theme, and exam-style questions and tips that help students to craft successful exam responses. Answers are not available in the workbooks themselves, but can be obtained via the Oxford University Press website, for free, here: http://www.oxfordsecondary.com/oss-answers
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Oxford University Press SuperReadable Rollercoaster Phoenix Brothers
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Arcturus Publishing Ltd Shakespeares Tales Retold for Children
Book SynopsisWilliam Shakespeare''s most famous stories are brought to life for a new generation! This cleverly adapted, wittily illustrated book is the ideal introduction to Shakespeare. Samantha Newman''s reworked text retains many of Shakespeare''s own inimitable turns of phrase, while simplifying and clarifying the language and plots to make stories accessible to children. Also included is a profile on Shakespeare and background information about the plays. Young readers will... • Giggle at the slapstick comedy in A Midsummer Night''s Dream. • Enjoy the absurd comedy of Twelfth Night. • Thrill to the supernatural drama of Macbeth. • Swoon to the timeless tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. A great gift for children aged 7+.
£9.49
Scholastic Macbeth AQA English Literature
Book SynopsisRevision is serious business... and we're serious about revision. Scholastic study guides were created especially for the closed bookAQA GCSE English Literature examination.
£6.99
Scholastic Romeo and Juliet AQA English Literature
Book SynopsisRevision is serious business... and we're serious about revision. Scholastic study guides were created especially for the closed bookAQA GCSE English Literature examination.
£6.99
Hachette Children's Group A Shakespeare Story Julius Caesar
Book SynopsisRome''s greatest general, Julius Caesar, returns to the city celebrating a glorious victory. But among the cheering crowds a group of conspirators are determined to prevent Caesar becoming king... With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Liberty and Power in Julius Caesar.The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help of Tony Ross''s engaging black-and-white illustrations, each play is vividly brought to life allowing these culturally enriching stories to be shared with as wide an audience as possible.Have you read all of The Shakespeare Stories books? Available in this series: A Midsummer Night''s Dream, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Antony and Cleopatra, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merchant of Venice, Henry V, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, Richard III, and King Lear.
£7.44
Hachette Children's Group A Shakespeare Story More Shakespeare Stories
Book SynopsisMore of Andrew Matthews'' classic retellings of Shakespeare''s best-loved plays, illustrated by the award-winning Tony Ross. This special anniversary edition contains A Midsummer Night''s Dream, The Tempest, Hamlet and Henry V, reissued to celebrate 450 years since the Bard''s birth. The easy-to-read writing style and fabulous illustrations bring the well-known characters and their stories gloriously to life. A fantastic introduction to Shakespeare for the younger reader.
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Hachette Children's Group Classics in Graphics Shakespeares Much Ado About
Book SynopsisShakespeare''s Much Ado About Nothing like you''ve never seen it - or read it - before!Classics in Graphics: Much Ado About Nothing has been adapted into a graphic novel by expert authors, Steve Skidmore and Steve Barlow, with illustrations by Wendy Tan Shiau Wei. The famous battle of wits and misunderstandings reads like your favourite film on the page - as confusion abounds, compounds and finally untangles.Classics in Graphics is a series of graphic novels for children aged 10 plus that has inclusion at its heart, flinging wide the doors of literature for everyone to enter and understand. Including dyslexia-friendly design on every page, and encouraging readers to relate to these iconic roles - casting spells, falling in love and winning duels.Each graphic novel includes pitch-perfect illustrations for presenting the tragic, the romantic, the comedic, the magical, asTable of Contents 1: William Shakespeare: The Man, the Actor, the Author 1: Much Ado About Nothing – The Play 1: Much Ado About Nothing 2: List of Main Characters: Dramatis Personae 2: Act One 2: Act Two 2: Act Three 2: Act Four 2: Act Five 1: The world of Much Ado About Nothing 1: Sources of Much Ado About Nothing 1: Themes in Much Ado About Nothing 1: Shakespeare’s Language 1: Fun Facts 1: Publication 1: Performing the Play! 1: The Theatre 1: Glossary 1: Shakespeare Timeline
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Pan Macmillan The Works Key Stage 2
Book SynopsisA fantastic book of really great poems for Years 3,4,5 and 6. It contains poems which cover every form and theme of the Literacy Strategy, an index of poem types, advice for writing poems, advice for reading poems, lots of poetry activities and some workshop ideas and lesson plans.
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Pan Macmillan The Works 4
Book SynopsisThe Works 4 contains poems about everything and is divided into twenty-six alphabetical sections featuring poems about:A the ark and other creatures, B boys' stuff, C celebrations and festivals, D dinosaurs, dragons and dodos, E elements, seasons and the natural world, F friends and families, G girls' stuff, H home life, I impossible, improbable and inexplicable, J journeys, K kissing and other subjects best avoided, L love, death, war and peace, M monsters, ghosts and scary things, N north, south, east and west, O ourselves and others, P places and people, Q queens, kings and historical stuff, R rescuing the world, S senses and feelings, T teachers and school, U unpleasant poems, V viewpoints, W wonder, X words and wordplay, Y young and old, Z zapping aliens and other space poems. It also contains teachers' notes and a glossary of terms, including explanations of different poetic forms.
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Hodder Education Globe Education Shakespeare Macbeth for WJEC
Book SynopsisExam Board: WJECLevel: GCSESubject: EnglishFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2017Direct your students to achieve stand-out success in their Shakespeare questions with the only WJEC Eduqas-specific GCSE play texts; produced in partnership with Globe Education and packed with grade-boosting exam-focused activities and insider insights.This book:- Provides opportunities for students to learn, practise and reinforce the skills they need to fulfil their potential through numerous ''Exam Skills'' sections matched to WJEC Eduqas'' requirements- Progressively builds students'' confidence with ''Exam Preparation'' sections that show how to meet the WJEC Eduqas Assessment Objectives when answering exam-style questions- Helps students understand characterisation, themes and language with stimulating approaches to studying Shakespeare, devised by Globe Education- Guides you eff
£14.15
Hodder Education Globe Education Shakespeare Macbeth for AQA GCSE
Book SynopsisExam Board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: EnglishFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2017Direct your students to achieve stand-out success in their Shakespeare question with the only AQA-specific GCSE play texts; produced in partnership with Globe Education and packed with grade-boosting exam-focused activities and insider insights.This book:- Provides opportunities for students to learn, practise and reinforce the skills they need to fulfil their potential through numerous ''Exam Skills'' sections matched to AQA''s requirements- Progressively builds students'' confidence with ''Exam Preparation'' sections that show how to meet the AQA Assessment Objectives when answering exam-style questions- Helps students understand characterisation, themes and language with stimulating approaches to studying Shakespeare, devised by Globe Education- Guides you efficiently through every sc
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Hodder Education Globe Education Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet for
Book SynopsisExam Board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: EnglishFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2017Direct your students to achieve stand-out success in their Shakespeare question with the only AQA-specific GCSE play texts; produced in partnership with Globe Education and packed with grade-boosting exam-focused activities and insider insights.Each title:- Provides opportunities for students to learn, practise and reinforce the skills they need to fulfil their potential through numerous ''Exam Skills'' sections matched to AQA''s requirements- Progressively builds students'' confidence with ''Exam Preparation'' sections that show how to meet the AQA Assessment Objectives when answering exam-style questions- Helps students understand characterisation, themes and language with stimulating approaches to studying Shakespeare, devised by Globe Education- Guides you efficiently through every s
£14.15
Hodder Education Study and Revise for GCSE Macbeth
Book SynopsisExam Board: AQA, OCR, Edexcel, WJEC EduqasLevel: GCSE (9-1)Subject: English literatureFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2017Enable students to achieve their best grade in GCSE English Literature with this year-round course companion; designed to instil in-depth textual understanding as students read, analyse and revise Macbeth throughout the course.This Study and Revise guide:- Increases students'' knowledge of Macbeth as they progress through the detailed commentary and contextual information written by experienced teachers and examiners- Develops understanding of plot, characterisation, themes and language, equipping students with a rich bank of textual examples to enhance their exam responses- Builds critical and analytical skills through challenging, thought-provoking questions that encourage students to form their own personal responses to the tTrade ReviewThe new Study and Revise guides are wonderful. Students who used them were able to provide a focused and personal response in their exam questions. Those who used guides from other series covered the points required but responses were more generic: they didn't show the deeper and more thoughtful understanding that students gained from using Study and Revise. -- English Teacher, Hasmonean High School, London * Victoria Daniels *
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Hodder Education Study and Revise for GCSE Romeo and Juliet
Book SynopsisExam Board: AQA, OCR, Edexcel, WJEC EduqasLevel: GCSE (9-1)Subject: English literatureFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2017Enable students to achieve their best grade in GCSE English Literature with this year-round course companion; designed to instil in-depth textual understanding as students read, analyse and revise Romeo and Juliet throughout the course.This Study and Revise guide:- Increases students'' knowledge of Romeo and Juliet as they progress through the detailed commentary and contextual information written by experienced teachers and examiners- Develops understanding of plot, characterisation, themes and language, equipping students with a rich bank of textual examples to enhance their exam responses- Builds critical and analytical skills through challenging, thought-provoking questions that encourage students to form their own personal
£12.50
Hodder Education Globe Education Shorter Shakespeare A Midsummer
Book SynopsisExam Board: Non-SpecificLevel: KS3Subject: EnglishFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: Summer 2018Get straight to the heart of Shakespeare''s A Midsummer Night''s Dream; students'' confidence and understanding develop faster as they explore the plot, themes and Shakespeare''s language, which is supported throughout this abridged play text from Globe Education.This title:- Reduces the length of the play by a third, while preserving the intricacies of the plot, enabling students to engage with the whole story in the class time available- Builds understanding of Shakespeare''s language by providing a detailed glossary alongside the text for quick and easy reference, plus a range of language-focused activities- Offers a tried-and-tested approach to introducing Shakespeare, based on Globe Education''s shortened ''Playing Shakespeare'' productions that have been seen and appreciat
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Hodder Education Globe Education Shorter Shakespeare Macbeth
Book SynopsisExam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJECLevel: KS3Subject: EnglishFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2018Get straight to the heart of Shakespeare''s Macbeth; students'' confidence and understanding develop faster as they explore the plot, themes and Shakespeare''s language, which is supported throughout this abridged play text from Globe Education.This title:- Reduces the length of the play by a third, while preserving the intricacies of the plot, enabling students to engage with the whole story in the class time available- Builds understanding of Shakespeare''s language by providing a detailed glossary alongside the text for quick and easy reference, plus a range of language-focused activities- Offers a tried-and-tested approach to introducing Shakespeare, based on Globe Education''s shortened ''Playing Shakespeare'' productions that have been seen and appreciated by oveTrade ReviewYour Macbeth Shorter Shakespeare is fabulous! Thank you so much - wonderful! -- Head of English, Chase Grammar School
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Hodder Education Globe Education Shorter Shakespeare Romeo and
Book SynopsisExam Board: Non-SpecificLevel: KS3Subject: EnglishFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: Summer 2018Get straight to the heart of Shakespeare''s Romeo and Juliet; students'' confidence and understanding develop faster as they explore the plot, themes and Shakespeare''s language, which is supported throughout this abridged play text from Globe Education.This title:- Reduces the length of the play by a third, while preserving the intricacies of the plot, enabling students to engage with the whole story in the class time available- Builds understanding of Shakespeare''s language by providing a detailed glossary alongside the text for quick and easy reference, plus a range of language-focused activities- Offers a tried-and-tested approach to introducing Shakespeare, based on Globe Education''s shortened ''Playing Shakespeare'' productions that have been seen and appreciated by over
£14.15
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Shakespeare Tales A Midsummer Nights Dream
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Shakespeare Tales Romeo and Juliet
Book SynopsisFrom the bestselling author of Horrible Histories, named ''the outstanding children''s non-fiction author of the 20th century'' by Books For Keeps_______________Ideal for readers aged 7+Down at the theatre, Sam is about to star in Shakespeare's new play, Romeo and Juliet, but people are whispering that a plague is spreading through the city. Will Sam get his big break or will the plague shut down the theatre? Meanwhile, on stage, Romeo and Juliet are in love but their families can't stand each other. With plots and poison, the lovers must find a way to be together. Terry Deary''s Shakespeare Tales explore the fascinating world of William Shakespeare through the eyes of children who could have lived at the time. Join master storyteller Terry Deary for a trip back in time to plague ridden-London where going to the theatre could be a matter of life or death! This edition features notes for the reader to help extend learning and exploration
£6.93
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Tempest A Bloomsbury Reader
Book SynopsisBook Band: Dark Red (Ideal for ages 10+)A vibrant retelling of Shakespeare's The Tempest told through the voice of Ariel, written by Franzeska G. Ewart.A year has passed since Ariel's storm brought a shipwreck to the magical island. Now freed from slavery, Ariel returns to the island and remembers the events of that fateful day. The day that love blossomed, fools were exposed, and traitors were brought to justice. Franzeska G. Ewart's imaginative recreation of The Tempest by William Shakespeare has beautiful black-and-white illustrations by David Wyatt and is perfect for children who are developing as readers.The Bloomsbury Readers series is packed with book-banded stories to get children reading independently in Key Stage 2 by award-winning authors like double Carnegie Medal winner Geraldine McCaughrean and Waterstones Prize winner Patrice Lawrence. With engaging illustrations and online guided reading notes written by the Centre for Literacy in Trade ReviewAny list that brings together such a quality line up of authors is going to be welcomed … Bloomsbury Readers are aimed squarely at children in Key Stage 2 and designed to support them as they start reading independently and while they continue to gain confidence and understanding. -- Andrea Reece * Books for Keeps *
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Hodder Education Plays for Today: With CSEC Study Guide
Book SynopsisTi-Jean and his Brothers was Derek Walcott's first venture into musical plays and is still his most popular work. A lilting St Lucian folk-tale, it tells the story of a poor family who dwell on the edge of a magical forest haunted by the devil's spirits. The brilliance of Walcott's writing draws us into the realms of fantasy where the actual and the miraculous collide.Dennis Scott's An Echo in the Bone is set during a traditional Nine-Night Ceremony held to honour the spirit of the dead. Shattering sequential time in a series of dreamlike episodes the play takes us back to the time of plantations and slavery - and the savage murder of the white estate owner. Who killed Mr. Charles? The answers lie deep in the racial memory, they 'echo in the bone'.The giddy atmosphere of carnival is the setting for Errol Hill's Man Better Man, a rumbustious, colourful comedy musical about stickfighters. With dance and song the battling troubadours and the calypsonian weave a tale of braver, superstition and fraudulence. When first performed the Times described it as 'a blazing electrifying feast of rhythm and colour'.
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Hodder Education Men Should Weep by Ena Lamont Stewart: School
Book SynopsisA Schools Edition of Men Should Weep by Scottish playwright Ena Lamont Stewart, a popular set text for SQA Higher English.Set in the 1930s, Men Should Weep centres on the challenges faced by the Morrison family. This riveting portrayal of life in Glasgow's slums explores themes such as poverty, love and the role of women.This edition includes:- An educational introduction with an overview of the play and playwright- The full playscript- Notes on the text, key quotations and questions to improve students' understanding of the play- Tasks and activities designed to support study/revision and build the skills of analysis and evaluation- Assessment advice for the Critical Reading question paperTrade ReviewI have taught 'Men Should Weep' as a set text at Higher for the last few years and at times it had been a struggle to get copies of the play so I am really pleased that this new edition is out.It begins with a brief introduction and context, including a bit about the language used in it. The play is then presented in full. After the play there are lots of notes, revision and practice. Firstly, it takes you step by step through each scene, using a revision question as a focus, with notes on several quotations (and page numbers) to support pupils with them. There are tasks pertaining to the context, to the structure of the play (with key terms like 'exposition' explained), the main characters (supported by a web with Maggie in the centre), relationships and conflict, the ending and themes. There is also some general advice for using it as a text for both the Set Text and Critical Essay sections of the final exam. There is one set of exam questions for both sections, which is always handy. There are revision questions too, which are always helpful. It would be great to see in future editions more translation of the Scots - a lot of pupils studying this will not be familiar with the Glaswegian dialect and maybe not much Scots at all. Overall, the detailed scene notes and revision prompts will be useful to any pupil studying this play. -- English Teacher, Blairgowrie High School, Perth and Kinross
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Hodder Education The Slab Boys by John Byrne: School Edition
Book SynopsisA Schools Edition of The Slab Boys by Scottish playwright John Byrne, a popular set text for SQA Higher English.A semi-autobiographical work, The Slab Boys is set in the slab room of A.F. Stobo & Co Carpet Manufacturers in Paisley and the action takes place on one day in 1957. It explores themes such as rebellion and conformity, social class and social mobility, youth, deception, and frustrated ambition and achievement.This edition includes:- An introduction by John Byrne, who was a 'slab boy' himself before becoming a playwright and artist- The full playscript- Notes, quotations and questions to improve students' understanding of the play and support study/revision- Tasks and activities that build the skills of analysis and evaluation that students must demonstrate in the exam- Assessment advice for the Critical Reading question paperThis is the only single-volume version of The Slab Boys, taken from The Slab Boys Trilogy.
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Broadview Press Ltd The Infernal Quixote: A Tale of the Day
Book SynopsisThe Infernal Quixote (1801) is an enjoyable comic romp in which Charles Lucas engages directly with the most pressing political issues of his day and establishes himself as one of the most forthright of all the anti-Jacobin writers. Dealing with many aspects of the debates that raged around the writings of Burke, Paine, Wollstonecraft, Godwin, and others, the novel paints a vivid picture of the political and social anxieties prevalent in Britain during the 1790s. Lucas’s work is particularly remarkable for depicting meetings of the London Corresponding Society and the secret “Illuminati” society, and for being the first novel to be set amidst the Irish Rebellion of 1798.This Broadview edition is accompanied by a critical introduction and a rich selection of primary source materials, including a prospectus for the notorious Minerva Press, a contemporary review, publications of The United Irishmen, and excerpts from Augustin Barruel’s “Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism” and from the writings of William Godwin.Trade Review“Charles Lucas’s novel offers us a heady mix of social satire, religious polemic, gothic tropes, and trenchant critique of the dangers of revolution and the ‘new philosophy.’ As M.O. Grenby points out in the thoughtful introduction, The Infernal Quixote not only anticipates the Irish national tale and the historical fiction of Walter Scott, but also—in giving us an unconventional hero drawn from the lower ranks of society—highlights the complexity of the debates about class, gender, and nation that emerged in the turbulent post-Revolutionary period. The availability of The Infernal Quixote in this judiciously edited edition will inevitably expand our understanding of the intellectual climate of Britain and Ireland in the 1790s and early 1800s.” — Jacqueline Belanger, Cardiff UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionCharles Lucas: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextThe Infernal QuixoteVolume I Volume II Volume IIIVolume IVAppendix A: From Charles Lucas, Gwelygordd; or, the Child of Sin. A Tale of Welsh Origin (1820) Appendix B: An Advertisement for the Minerva Press (1794)Appendix C: From William Godwin, Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and its Influence on Morals and Happiness (1796)Appendix D: A Contemporary Review (Critical Review, September 1801)Appendix E: A London Corresponding Society handbill (1795)Appendix F: From Augustin Barruel’s Memoirs, Illustrating the History of Jacobinism (1797-98)Appendix G: Publications of the United Irishmen A United Irishmen pamphlet from 1791 A United Irishmen handbill distributed in 1798 Select Bibliography and Works Cited
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