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Helps teachers to engage and involve students in the novel. Suitable for teaching ages 10-17, this book provides exercises that cover structure, understanding and character as well as key words, themes and literary techniques. It includes many cross-curriculum topics, covering areas within history, ICT, drama, reading, speaking, writing and art.

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Suitable for teaching ages 10-17, this title includes classroom activities and lesson plans for teaching Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost.

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First published in 1847, Jane Eyre is considered one of the great romances of all time. Now students can appreciate the story in a new way while honing their analytical skills. This teaching guide contains a variety of activities and exercises based on illustrated scenes from the novel. Students learn about the author's background, her literary family, and the place of women in Victorian England, and they address such questions as whether Jane Eyre is a successful heroine and how to re-plot the novel for a Hollywood adaptation.

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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!It is the green-eyed monster which doth mockThe meat it feeds on.’ Dramatic and powerful in its scope, Othello explores the perils of suspicion and jealousy and the ensuing breakdown of relationships and disaster that can arise from such emotions. Othello, a revered soldier, secretly marries Desdemona, the daughter of a Venetian senator, but is led to believe that she has been unfaithful to him by his ensign, Iago, leading to tragic events.

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This edition contains the full text of The Tempest with clear and supportive notes. A detailed introduction and a guide to each act and scene give you everything you need to study the play for CSEC® English B. Understand the language of the play with clear notes on each page. Learn about Shakespeare’s world and the context of the play in the lively introduction. Get to grips with characters, themes and dramatic techniques with a guide to each scene. Trace the development of themes across the play with succinct summaries and links to the key scenes. Prepare for your final examinations with practice exam questions and annotated sample responses to show you how to improve your work.

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Help your students make good progress in Key Stage 3 English with our popular series, now updated for the new curriculum. The Aiming for series provides targeted support for all ability levels to help every student move forward from their achievement at Key Stage 2 towards GCSE success. This revised edition of Aiming for Level 4 Reading offers student-friendly explanations and activities to build, develop and extend students’ literacy skills, showing them precisely what they need to do to progress. Whether you're looking for a one-off lesson, snappy starters or a longer programme of study, these flexible resources are designed to fit around the needs of your teaching and your classes. Now refreshed to reflect the text types and skills in the new Key Stage 3 curriculum, the Reading books include new lessons on summary and synthesis, literary non-fiction and Shakespeare. This Aiming for book is the perfect starting point for students arriving at secondary school with a secure Level 3 or a low Level 4 in reading. It will help you to target areas of underperformance, with a chapter on each key reading skill written at the right level by experienced teachers and consultants develop the essential reading and commentary skills with clear, accessible explanations, inspiring examples and lively follow-up activities build confidence in grammar analysis by exploring the effects of writers’ choices motivate and engage students, with exciting stimulus texts, fresh approaches to learning and a clear, colourful layout embed Assessment for Learning in your day-to-day teaching, with clear learning objectives, criteria for self and peer assessment on every double-page, and end of chapter checklists to help students understand how to progress gather evidence for periodic assessments, with the ‘Apply your skills’ tasks designed to build writing stamina and independence plan ahead without the stress, with ready-to-use double-page lessons and a teacher guide at the back of the book support the transition to Key Stage 3 by reinforcing and building on the reading skills taught at Key Stage 2 lay the foundations for GCSE success, with coverage of new skills such as summary and synthesis, and an expanded focus on Shakespeare and literary non-fiction.

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Exam board: AQA & Edexcel (A Level) , WJEC & Eduqas (GCSE)Level & Subject: A Level, GCSE 9-1 English LiteratureFirst teaching: September 2015Next exams: 2024 This edition of Othello is perfect for A-level and GCSE 9-1 students, with the complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes, introduction setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes. Affordable high quality complete play for Othello Demystify vocabulary with notes on the page and concise commentary Set the scene with perfectly pitched introductions that introduce key contexts, concerns and stylistic features, and examine different performances and interpretations Recall plot summaries at the beginning of each scene Support GCSE and A Level revision and essay writing with theme and character indexes Help with social, historical and literary context with the bespoke timeline of Shakespeare’s life and times

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Help your students make good progress in Key Stage 3 English with our popular series, now updated for the new curriculum. The Aiming for series provides targeted support for all ability levels to help every student move forward from their achievement at Key Stage 2 towards GCSE success. This revised edition of Aiming for Level 6 Writing offers student-friendly explanations and activities to build, develop and extend students’ literacy skills, showing them precisely what they need to do to progress. Whether you're looking for a one-off lesson, snappy starters or a longer programme of study, these flexible resources are designed to fit around the needs of your teaching and your classes. Now refreshed to reflect the text types and skills in the new Key Stage 3 curriculum, the Writing and Grammar books also offer comprehensive coverage of the grammar objectives set out in the appendix to the Key Stage 2 English Programme of Study. This Aiming for book is the perfect starting point for students arriving at secondary school with a secure Level 5 or a low Level 6 in writing. It will help you to target areas of underperformance, with a chapter on each writing skill written at the right level by experienced teachers and consultants develop the essential writing and grammar skills, with clear, accessible explanations, inspiring examples and lively follow-up activities build confidence in grammar to improve students’ writing by exploring the effects of other writers’ choices motivate and engage students, with exciting stimulus texts, fresh approaches to learning and a clear, colourful layout embed Assessment for Learning in your day-to-day teaching, with clear learning objectives, criteria for self and peer assessment on every double-page, and end of chapter checklists to help students understand how to progress gather evidence for periodic assessments, with the ‘Apply your skills’ tasks designed to build writing stamina and independence plan ahead without the stress, with ready-to-use double-page lessons and a teacher guide at the back of the book support the transition to Key Stage 3 by reinforcing and building on the writing skills taught at Key Stage 2.

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Help your students make those vital two levels of progress in Reading and Writing with this new KS3 series from Collins. Each book concentrates on moving students up one level in reading or writing, covering each of the Assessment Focuses in turn. This revised edition of Aiming for Level 4 Writing offers student-friendly explanations and activities to build, develop and extend students’ literacy skills, showing them precisely what they need to do to progress. Whether you're looking for a one-off lesson, snappy starters or a longer programme of study, these flexible resources are designed to fit around the needs of your teaching and your classes. Now refreshed to reflect the text types and skills in the new Key Stage 3 curriculum, the Writing and Grammar books also offer comprehensive coverage of the grammar objectives set out in the appendix to the Key Stage 2 English Programme of Study. This Aiming for book is the perfect starting point for students arriving at secondary school with a secure Level 3 or a low Level 4 in writing. It will help you to target areas of underperformance, with a chapter on each writing skill written at the right level by experienced teachers and consultants develop the essential writing and grammar skills, with clear, accessible explanations, inspiring examples and lively follow-up activities build confidence in grammar to improve students’ writing by exploring the effects of other writers’ choices motivate and engage students, with exciting stimulus texts, fresh approaches to learning and a clear, colourful layout embed Assessment for Learning in your day-to-day teaching, with clear learning objectives, criteria for self and peer assessment on every double-page, and end of chapter checklists to help students understand how to progress gather evidence for periodic assessments, with the ‘Apply your skills’ tasks designed to build writing stamina and independence plan ahead without the stress, with ready-to-use double-page lessons and a teacher guide at the back of the book support the transition to Key Stage 3 by reinforcing and building on the writing skills taught at Key Stage 2.

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Help your students make good progress in Key Stage 3 English with our popular series, now updated for the new curriculum. The Aiming for series provides targeted support for all ability levels to help every student move forward from their achievement at Key Stage 2 towards GCSE success. This revised edition of Aiming for Level 6 Reading offers student-friendly explanations and activities to build, develop and extend students’ literacy skills, showing them precisely what they need to do to progress. Whether you're looking for a one-off lesson, snappy starters or a longer programme of study, these flexible resources are designed to fit around the needs of your teaching and your classes. Now refreshed to reflect the text types and skills in the new Key Stage 3 curriculum, the Reading books include new lessons on summary and synthesis, literary non-fiction and Shakespeare. This Aiming for book is the perfect starting point for students arriving at secondary school with a secure Level 5 or a low Level 6 in reading. It will help you to target areas of underperformance, with a chapter on each key reading skill written at the right level by experienced teachers and consultants develop the essential reading and commentary skills with clear, accessible explanations, inspiring examples and lively follow-up activities build confidence in grammar analysis by exploring the effects of writers’ choices motivate and engage students, with exciting stimulus texts, fresh approaches to learning and a clear, colourful layout embed Assessment for Learning in your day-to-day teaching, with clear learning objectives, criteria for self and peer assessment on every double-page, and end of chapter checklists to help students understand how to progress gather evidence for periodic assessments, with the ‘Apply your skills’ tasks designed to build writing stamina and independence plan ahead without the stress, with ready-to-use double-page lessons and a teacher guide at the back of the book support the transition to Key Stage 3 by reinforcing and building on the reading skills taught at Key Stage 2 lay the foundations for GCSE success, with coverage of new skills such as summary and synthesis, and an expanded focus on Shakespeare and literary non-fiction.

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Help your students make good progress in Key Stage 3 English with our popular series, now updated for the new curriculum. The Aiming for series provides targeted support for all ability levels to help every student move forward from their achievement at Key Stage 2 towards GCSE success. This revised edition of Aiming for Level 5 Writing offers student-friendly explanations and activities to build, develop and extend students’ literacy skills, showing them precisely what they need to do to progress. Whether you're looking for a one-off lesson, snappy starters or a longer programme of study, these flexible resources are designed to fit around the needs of your teaching and your classes. Now refreshed to reflect the text types and skills in the new Key Stage 3 curriculum, the Writing and Grammar books also offer comprehensive coverage of the grammar objectives set out in the appendix to the Key Stage 2 English Programme of Study. This Aiming for book is the perfect starting point for students arriving at secondary school with a secure Level 4 or a low Level 5 in writing. It will help you to target areas of underperformance, with a chapter on each writing skill written at the right level by experienced teachers and consultants develop the essential writing and grammar skills, with clear, accessible explanations, inspiring examples and lively follow-up activities build confidence in grammar to improve students’ writing by exploring the effects of other writers’ choices motivate and engage students, with exciting stimulus texts, fresh approaches to learning and a clear, colourful layout embed Assessment for Learning in your day-to-day teaching, with clear learning objectives, criteria for self and peer assessment on every double-page, and end of chapter checklists to help students understand how to progress gather evidence for periodic assessments, with the ‘Apply your skills’ tasks designed to build writing stamina and independence plan ahead without the stress, with ready-to-use double-page lessons and a teacher guide at the back of the book support the transition to Key Stage 3 by reinforcing and building on the writing skills taught at Key Stage 2.

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Help your students make good progress in Key Stage 3 English with our popular series, now updated for the new curriculum. The Aiming for series provides targeted support for all ability levels to help every student move forward from their achievement at Key Stage 2 towards GCSE success. This revised edition of Aiming for Level 5 Reading offers student-friendly explanations and activities to build, develop and extend students’ literacy skills, showing them precisely what they need to do to progress. Whether you're looking for a one-off lesson, snappy starters or a longer programme of study, these flexible resources are designed to fit around the needs of your teaching and your classes. Now refreshed to reflect the text types and skills in the new Key Stage 3 curriculum, the Reading books include new lessons on summary and synthesis, literary non-fiction and Shakespeare. This Aiming for book is the perfect starting point for students arriving at secondary school with a secure Level 4 or a low Level 5 in reading. It will help you to target areas of underperformance, with a chapter on each key reading skill written at the right level by experienced teachers and consultants develop the essential reading and commentary skills with clear, accessible explanations, inspiring examples and lively follow-up activities build confidence in grammar analysis by exploring the effects of writers’ choices motivate and engage students, with exciting stimulus texts, fresh approaches to learning and a clear, colourful layout embed Assessment for Learning in your day-to-day teaching, with clear learning objectives, criteria for self and peer assessment on every double-page, and end of chapter checklists to help students understand how to progress gather evidence for periodic assessments, with the ‘Apply your skills’ tasks designed to build writing stamina and independence plan ahead without the stress, with ready-to-use double-page lessons and a teacher guide at the back of the book support the transition to Key Stage 3 by reinforcing and building on the reading skills taught at Key Stage 2 lay the foundations for GCSE success, with coverage of new skills such as summary and synthesis, and an expanded focus on Shakespeare and literary non-fiction.

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