Educational: English literature
DNA GCSE Student Guide
By Maggie Inchley
Written specifically for GCSE students by academics in the field, the Methuen Drama GCSE Student Guides conveniently gather indispensable resources and tips for successful understanding and writing all in one place, preparing students to approach their exams with confidence. Key features include a critical commentary of the play with extensive,...
History Boys GCSE Student Guide
By Steve Nicholson
Premiered at the National Theatre and winner of both the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best Play, Alan Bennett's The History Boys confronts issues of education, sexuality, and peer pressure through a group of boys preparing for their Oxbridge exams. Written specifically for Key Stage 4 students, this GCSE Student...
International Perspectives on the Teaching of Literature in Schools: Global Principles and Practices
Literature teaching remains central to the teaching of English around the world. This edited text brings together expert global figures under the banner of the International Federation for the Teaching of English IFTE. The book captures a state-of-the-art snapshot of leading trends in current literature teaching, as well as detailing...
Jessica Swale's Blue Stockings
By Jessica Swale
The essential guide to the GCSE set text. Blue Stockings is the riveting true story of the first women to study at Cambridge University. A moving, comical and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the larger backdrop of women's suffrage.
Sociable Places
Ranging across literature, theater, history and the visual arts, this collection of essays explores the range of places where British Romantic-period sociability transpired. Specialist and non-specialists readers can revisit the rooms, buildings, landscapes and seascapes where people gathered to converse, to eat and drink, to work and to find entertainment.
Spies: With IGCSE and A Level study guide
By Michael Frayn
Designed to meet the requirements for students at IGCSE and A level, this guide offers detailed analyses of character, setting and theme; close examination of the novel's plot, structure and narrative techniques; and, key quotations and activities both for the student working alone and in the classroom.
Paradise Lost
By Duncan Baxter
In an accessible exploration of one of the more testing Renaissance poems, first published in 1667, the reader is taken on a journey through Milton's re-telling of the Genesis account of mankind's Fall to reveal how he explores issues which confront the spiritual yearning of every generation.
English Language and Literature Revision Guide for AQA
By Richard Durant
Inside this Revision Guide you'll find everything you need to succeed in the new GCSE 9-1 English Language and Literature. It is packed full of tips and tasks to make sure you really know and understand the key revision points. Written by English experts and combined with cutting edge technology...
English Language and Literature Exam Practice Book for AQA
This Practice Book for GCSE 9-1 English Language and Literature examinations is designed to support you in the development of good exam techniques, and provides a step-by-step guide through the new assessment specifications. With lots of practice questions and answers written by experienced teachers and revision experts - you can't...
How to Train Your Dragon
By Sarah Ellen Burt
Read & Respond provides teachers with a wealth of resources to teach How to Train Your Dragon. Notes and activities reflect the changes in the new 2014 Curriculum for England and now including interactive activities on CD-ROM.