Poetry Focus 2022: Leaving Certificate Poems & Notes for English Higher Level | TheBookSeekers

Poetry Focus 2022: Leaving Certificate Poems & Notes for English Higher Level


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No. of pages 456

Published: 2020

Great for age 12-18 years

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This established poetry anthology for Leaving Certificate Higher Level is the definitive guide to achieving top marks in the 2022 exam. For each poet, Poetry Focus 2022 provides these unique exam-focused features: Critical Literacy notes on each poem include a focused discussion of theme and styleWriting About the Poem sections provide graded sample paragraphs with Examiners Comments, which help students articulate their responses to the highest standardExamination-style Class/Homework Exercises develop effective writing skills UPDATED: Sample Leaving Cert questions, full essays, plans, marking scheme guidelines and Examiners CommentsRevision Overviews give a concise and visual summary of each poets work Unseen Poetry guidelines, sample questions and answers Free eBook with this textbook! See inside front cover for details. Extra features in your eBook: Audio feature exclusive to Poetry Focus: Listen to Brendan Kennelly read all of his prescribed poemsSelected key quotes for each poem in pop-up featureAdditional sample graded paragraphs on each poet with Examiners Comments Investigate Further feature provides carefully selected weblinks Digital Resources for Poetry Focus 2022 are also available to teachers on GillExplore.ie, our resources platform. MARTIN KIERAN and FRANCES ROCKS are experienced teachers and examiners who have written several Leaving Certificate English textbooks, includingLanguage Lessons(HL) and theGill Shakespeare Focusseries. MARTINhas worked for many years at both Senior Advising and Chief Advising levels for Leaving Certificate (HL) English. FRANCESdelivers in-service workshops for second-level teachers of English throughout the country.

 

 

There are 456 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2020 by Gill .

Martin Kieran and Frances Rocks teach in St Vincent's Secondary School, Dundalk. They are both experienced examiners and have written several Leaving Cert English textbooks.