GCSE English Literature for OCR offers a comprehensive, endorsed package of classroom-friendly resources fully in line with the 2010 OCR GCSE English Literature specifications. Written by OCR examiners and Teachit contributors, it offers teachers and students a simple, clear approach to the specification, with accessible texts, stimulating activities and plenty of guidance on preparing for exams and controlled assessment. This student book covers foundation and higher levels, delivering course requirements in a way that works in real classrooms.

 

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Oxford University Press .

Annie Fox was the Head of Drama and Lead Teacher for Gifted and Talented Pupils in a state comprehensive that routinely achieved outstanding results. After studying in New York and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, she worked as an actor for over a decade, before training to teach. She has played a key role in training Drama teachers and been an Associate Moderator for a major awarding body. Annie is also an experienced English teacher and author. Angela Topping is a freelance poet with twenty years experience as an English teacher. She was Head of Literacy and Oracy at Upton Hall School until 2009. Her poems have been widely published, are used in verse speaking festivals all over the world, and feature in textbooks and on the internet education sites of various organisations including Amnesty International and Oxfam. She is a seasoned poet-in-schools for The Poetry Society and Windows Project, Liverpool. She has mentored many young writers and has tutored creative writing courses for all age groups. Her poems have been performed in a wide range of venues including The Greenbelt Festival, Manchester Poetry Festival, and The Bluecoat Arts Centre Liverpool.

This book has the following chapters: HOW TO APPROACH UNIT 1: LITERARY HERITAGE LINKED TEXTS ; SHAKESPEARE AND FILM/AUDIO/LIVE PERFORMANCE ; PREPARING FOR UNIT 1 SHAKESPEARE AND FILM/AUDIO/LIVE PERFORMANCE ; SAMPLE TASKS, STUDENT RESPONSES AND EXAMINER'S COMMENTS ; LITERARY HERITAGE POETRY ; PREPARING FOR UNIT 1 LITERARY HERITAGE POETRY ; SAMPLE TASKS, STUDENT RESPONSES AND EXAMINER'S COMMENTS ; HOW TO APPROACH UNIT 2: MODERN DRAMA ; PREPARING FOR UNIT 2 ; SAMPLE TASKS, STUDENT RESPONSES AND EXAMINER'S COMMENTS ; HOW TO APPROACH UNIT 3: PROSE FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES ; PREPARING FOR UNIT 3 ; SAMPLE TASKS, STUDENT RESPONSES AND EXAMINER'S COMMENTS ; HOW TO APPROACH UNIT 4: LITERARY HERITAGE PROSE AND CONTEMPORARY POETRY ; LITERARY HERITAGE PROSE ; PREPARING FOR UNIT 4 LITERARY HERITAGE PROSE ; SAMPLE TASKS, STUDENT RESPONSES AND EXAMINER'S COMMENTS ; CONTEMPORARY POETRY ; PREPARING FOR UNIT 4 CONTEMPORARY POETRY ; SAMPLE TASKS, STUDENT RESPONSES AND EXAMINER'S COMMENTS