Summary: The To Kill a Mockingbird Philip Allan Literature Guide Teacher Resource Pack provides teachers with all the support they need to teach To Kill a Mockingbird in the context of the new GCSE English Literature specifications. This classroom-based resource is for use throughout the GCSE course to help consolidate students' knowledge, learning and appreciation of the text and will leave students better prepared for their exams.Covering all aspects of the novel, a whole range of higher- and lower-tier interactive activities, plus extension tasks for homework, can be used before, during and after students have read the text. Once students are familiar with the text, further exam revision activities, tailored to each exam specification, will ensure your students can reach the highest grades. A separate section of activities and advice for students who are studying the novel for the controlled assessment is also included. This fully photocopiable pack will: - save hours of preparation time - provide an invaluable source of thoroughly researched material - create opportunities for a more student-centred learning approach - provide a solution to specialist staff absenceThe pack comes with free access to a website where teachers can share teaching ideas and download extra materials, plus a free CD-ROM. The CD-ROM contains Word documentsof the whole pack that allow teachers to adapt the content to theirstudents' needs, as well as PDFs to enable printing out as analternative to photocopying.Other pack titles available in the series are: - Lord of the Flies - Of Mice and Men - A View from the Bridge - An Inspector Calls - Pride and Prejudice - Romeo and Juliet - Anita and Me - The Woman in Black - AQA Anthology: Moon on the Tides (Conflict and Relationships)Each of the packs in the series has been produced in conjunction with a Philip Allan Literature Guide (for GCSE), written for students as a course companion and revision tool. The ISBN for the Philip Allan Literature Guide (for GCSE): To Kill a Mockingbird is 978-1-4441-1022-7.
Photocopiable resources to save the busy literature teacher hours of preparation timeProvides an invaluable source of thoroughly researched materialCreates opportunities for a more student-centred learning approachImproves and enhances student knowledge and appreciate of set textsProvides a solution to specialist staff absence
Table of Contents: IntroductionBackground1 Harper Lee2 The racial background3 North and South4 Setting and context5 The South in the 1950s and 1960sChapter notes and activitiesWhole-text activities1 Characterisation: Scout2 Characterisation: Atticus3 Characterisation: Jem4 Themes5 Exploring a theme: family6 Exploring a theme: suffering caused by others7 Exploring a theme: mockingbirds8 Exploring style: viewpoint9 Exploring style: imageryExam practice1 Higher and foundation tiers2 Answering the questions3 Planning your answers4 Essay openings5 Essay endings6 Using varied vocabulary7 Using evidence in essays8 Essay writing: 10 don'ts9 Sample grade-C essay10 Sample grade-A* essay
About the Author(s): Susan Elkin taught English in secondary schools for many years. She is also a freelance journalist working for newspapers such as the Daily Telegraph, Independent on Sunday, The Stage, SecEd and a wide range of magazines.
