Summary: The A View from the Bridge Philip Allan Literature Guide Teacher Resource Pack provides teachers with all the support they need to teach A View from the Bridge 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 - To Kill a Mockingbird - Of Mice and Men - 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): A View from the Bridge is 978-1-4441-1024-1.
Photocopiable resources to save the busy literature teacher hours of preparation timeProvides an invaluable source of thorougly researched materialCreates opportunities for a more student-centred learning approachImproves and enhances students' knowledge and appreciation of set textsProvides a solution to specialist staff absence
Table of Contents: IntroductionTeacher feedback formBackground1 The Italian immigrant experience in New York2 Imagining A View from the Bridge performed3 Further background research tasksScene-by-scene activitiesWhole-play activities1 Character: Eddie2 Character: Beatrice3 Character: Catherine4 Character: Rodolpho5 Character: Alfieri6 Character: key relationships7 Theme: justice and the law8 Theme: honour9 Theme: love10 Style: New York voices11 Style: Eddie’s voice12 Style: Alfieri13 Style: Eddie and Rodolpho14 StructureExam practice1 Assessment objective 12 Assessment objective 23 Assessment objective 44 Breaking down and interpreting the question5 Planning6 Structuring your essay7 Using quotations and referring to the text8 Writing in an appropriate style9 What you will not get marks for10 Assessing a sample essayHomeworkTeacher notes and answers Mapping grid
About the Author(s): Shaun McCarthy is a professional playwright for stage and radio. His recent plays have been produced by Bristol Old Vic, Ustinov Studio Bath Theatre Royal and the Katie Read Company, and by BBC Radio 4. He teaches writing for performance at Oxford and Bristol universities. He has written many education titles, including study guides to Shakespeare and modern dramatists, creative writing programmes and literary biographies.
