The Labyrinth (Oxford Playscripts S.)
Adaptation of the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, ideal for students aged 11 and over. The play offers acting opportunities for a mixed cast of 33, including two 'Greek choruses', while the activity section explores the original myth, the key themes of the play, and the ancient world in which it is set.
Travel Writing (Oxford Literature Resources)
"Oxford Literary Resources" is a series designed to meet the wider reading needs of 14-16-year-olds studying for GCSE English. Each title in the series focuses on a single genre. This particular volume, examining travel literature, takes students to a wide range of destinations through the eyes of great travellers, explorers and tourists. Autobiographical accounts of the journeys of Isabella Bird, Jonathan Raban and Christina Dodwell are presented alongside poetry, journalistic articles and fict...
Oxford Literacy Skills
by Geoff Barton, Richard Broomhead, Fiona Edwards, and Julie Macey
The first book in a three-volume skills programme which aims to develop students' essential literacy skills at Key Stage 3. Divided into four genre-based sections - Non-fiction and Media, Drama, Fiction, and Poetry - the book comprises 11 units, each offering * two focus texts, drawn from contemporary and pre-1914 sources * activities on grammar and language, comprehension, speaking and listening, text comparison, and extended writing * clear explanations of grammar terms and 'Word Banks' to glo...
Poets of the First World War (Writers in Britain S.) (Writers and Their Times)
by Nicola Barber and Patrick Lee-Browne
WJEC/CBAC GCSE English/English Literature: Foundation Tier Students' Book
by Roger Lane
Experienced WJEC teacher, trainer and examiner Roger Lane provides Foundation Tier students with detailed practice in meeting the requirements of the examination papers, helping them to achieve their full potential.
The Quickening Pulse
Spotlight on Shakespeare (Spotlight On)
by Sandy Brownjohn and Gareth Gwyn-Jones
Presents the life and times of William Shakespeare and provides guidelines on staging scenes from three of his plays.
This companion volume to "Double Vision" investigates painting and poetry. Poems inspired by paintings and paintings inspired by poems are shown side by side. The aim of the book is to stimulate discussion of the interplay of text and language.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Poetry for Young People) (Poet to Poet)
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Introduces the life of author Samuel Taylor Coleridge and presents a sample of his poetry, including complete works and excerpts, with a brief, explanatory introduction to each.
The Adventure Starts Here Scottish Tales
Of this book Morag Styles and Pat Triggs wrote in the BFK Guide to Poetry: "This really is a fabulous book, comic verse at its best. McGough doesn't take a crude or simplistic view of humour: there are poems which give you a good belly laugh; but many others surprise, provoke or quietly amuse. Rich in content and illustration, Caroline Holden provides brilliantly funny drawings".
Headwork Classics (Headwork classics)
by Charles Dickens, Chris Culshaw, David Bennett, Trevor Millum, Linda Peacock, and etc.
"Headwork Classics" are an addition to the "Headwork Reading" series for reluctant readers (aged 11-14). Pack B contains a further six classic novels, especially adapted for reluctant readers aged 11-16, accompanied by a Teacher's Book offering photocopiable activity sheets on characters, key themes and language. Cassettes of all six adaptations support student's reading of the books.
WJEC/CBAC GCSE English/English Literature
by Roger Lane, Ken Elliott, Margaret Graham, and Ted Snell
This is a welcome resource for the final year of preparation and consolidation, ensuring that students get the best possible grade in their WJEC GCSE English Literature exam.
There are 29 reading parts.
Old Mali & The Boy (Success with English: stage 3)
by D.R. Sherman
The best fiction and non-fiction in durable hardback
Ways with Words (New Windmills Collections KS3)
Literature for life
Mini Sagas - Swashbuckling Stories the UK
Mini Sagas - Swashbuckling Stories The Midlands
Mini Sagas - Swashbuckling Stories The Midlands