29 publications found.
Eighteen chapters by leading academics and practitioners on key aspects of English Literature to inform, engage and pique the interest of A Level students. Foreword by Professor John Mullan
£20.00Supports advanced level English Literature students in understanding what it means to analyse texts closely, through practical activities on a wide range of texts and close readings by leading academics and critics.
£80.00Forthcoming Autumn 2022 A collection of specially-commissioned new writing for KS3 by poets Valerie Bloom and Inua Ellams, short story writers Phoebe Roy and Barbara Bleiman and playwright Sarah Hehir, inspired by, and in conversation with, Sophocles’ play Antigone.
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Written by the English & Media Centre with the British Library Learning Team, this free download suggests ways of using the rich and diverse range of contextual and critical materials on the Discovering Literature website.
£0.00Written by the English & Media Centre with the British Library Learning Team, this free download on Macbeth draws on the Discovering Literature’s rich resources to provide activities on the play, its contexts and criticism.
£0.00Downloadable publication providing critical, creative and contextual activities on A Doll's House for after reading.
£35.00Resources and activities to support students in exploring and analysing King Lear as a literary text and as a drama script in production.
£80.00ERA Finalist 2018 Resources and activities to support students in exploring and analysing Hamlet.
£80.0096 pages of activities and resources to support the study of A Streetcar Named Desire for English Literature or combined Language and Literature courses at advanced level.
£80.00Classroom material taking students from pre-reading activities and close reading approaches on each Act, to after reading work and preparation for essay writing. Includes 90-minute DVD.
£80.0080-photocopiable pages of classroom activities linked to a 60-minute DVD.
£80.00Balanced section-by-section activities with work encouraging an overview of the play as a whole. The flavour of the material is lively, challenging and innovative, with sparky ideas for getting through the text.
£70.00128-page photocopiable pack introduces the cultural, social, historical and literary contexts of the period through the study of substantial extracts from a range of set texts.
£70.00A comprehensive introduction to tragedy, designed for advanced level students. It provides clear explanations of key concepts in tragedy and changing ideas about tragedy over time, from classical theories and Renaissance thinking through to modern interpretations.
£20.00A comprehensive set of materials and activities on the dramatic genre of comedy, to resource advanced level teaching, whichever play texts you are teaching. 160-page photocopiable pack, with 2-hour DVD.
£95.00Limited reprint of the original text available now Helps students to develop and reflect on their own readings and introduces them to interpretations by other readers, building their confidence and understanding of the contexts which shape different readings.
£70.00An exciting way into the contexts of pre-1770 drama texts. The cultural, social and historical context of the plays of this period are introduced, using substantial extracts from many of the set texts.
£25.00Material and activities to support both GCSE and advanced level students. Includes video interviews with playwright Diane Samuels and Vera Coppard, a kindertransport child.
£25.00A fresh and engaging introduction to close reading of Shakespeare’s language through active media approaches to two separate texts: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Romeo and Juliet. Includes video material.
£6.50This 48-page photocopiable PDF offers support for an engaged reading of the play, with many suggestions for classroom drama work and discussion of the central ideas of the play.
£12.50Photocopiable PDF study guide for KS3 and GCSE on Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, with fun, lively and challenging classroom activities, such as role play, a media simulation, creative writing, visual and drama approaches and close language work.
£19.95Photocopiable PDF study guide on Shakespeare's history play Richard III, with classroom activities, lesson ideas and resources suitable for KS3 and GCSE.
£30.00Single photocopiable PDF unit from Pre-1770 Drama introduces the Elizabethan World Picture through a sequence of short activities, using primary sources and modern critical extracts and explores order and disorder.
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