Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel Level: GCSE (9-1) Subject: English Literature First teaching: September 2015 First exams: Summer 2017 Enable students to achieve their best grade in GCSE English Literature with this year-round course companion; designed to instil in-depth textual understanding as students read, analyse and revise Frankenstein throughout the course. This Study and Revise guide: - Increases students' knowledge of Frankenstein as they progress through the detailed commentary and contextual information written by experienced teachers and examiners - Develops understanding of plot, characterisation, themes and language, equipping students with a rich bank of textual examples to enhance their exam responses - Builds critical and analytical skills through challenging, thought-provoking questions that encourage students to form their own personal responses to the text - Helps students maximise their exam potential using clear explanations of the Assessment Objectives, annotated sample student answers and tips for reaching the next grade - Improves students' extended writing techniques through targeted advice on planning and structuring a successful essay - Provides opportunities for students to review their learning and identify their revision needs with knowledge-based questions at the end of each chapter
This Study and Revise guide: - Increases students' knowledge of Frankenstein as they progress through the detailed commentary and contextual information written by experienced teachers and examiners - Develops understanding of plot, ...
Cleverly structured and easy to use, this nifty guide is packed with all the content, quotations and questions you need to study, practise and revise effectively and efficiently.
This Study and Revise guide: - Increases students' knowledge of Never Let Me Go as they progress through the detailed commentary and contextual information written by experienced teachers and examiners - Develops understanding of plot, ...
Approved for the AQA 2015 GCSE English Literature specification, this print Student Book is designed to help students develop whole text understanding and written response skills for their closed-book exam.
Exam board: AQA, Edexcel; EdexcelLevel & Subject: GCSE English Literature; A Level English LiteratureFirst teaching: September 2015First examination: June 2017
The reading public loved ghost stories, fairy tales, and Gothic tales of vampires and reanimated corpses, as in Mary Shelley's Gothic tale, Frankenstein. Dickens's friend and biographer John Forster described him as having 'a hankering ...
The classic novel, carefully edited for modern readers to allow for easier reading.
Philip Allan Literature Guides (for GCSE) provide detailed exploration of popular set texts on the GCSE specifications designed to prepare students for both examinations and controlled assessment.
Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821.
The novel's impact is such that it has become a part of the language, with the very phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" coming to mean a person who is vastly different in moral character from one situation to the next.