Product Description
Cambridge IGCSE™ and O Level Literature in English Coursebook with Digital Access (2 Years)
Format: Physical Hardcopy
Students will develop critical thinking skills and learn how to respond to different aspects of literary work, across poetry, prose, and drama. From developing an informed personal response to responding to characters and narrative viewpoints, this coursebook helps students recognise and appreciate how writers shape meaning.
Students work independently with engaging step-by-step activities, annotated sample answers and guidance tips throughout each unit. Additional support on how to use this coursebook alongside set texts is included, as well as activities you can use across different texts, to help you plan your lessons.
Suggested answers to the questions in the coursebook are accessible via Cambridge GO.
Features:
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‘Getting started’ feature provides a warm-up task at the start of each unit, to help you assess what students already know about the topic.
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Varied activities with step-by-step support help students progress towards developing key skills, including evaluation, analysis and inference.
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‘Set text activity’ feature provides skills-based activities that can be applied to set texts, providing opportunities for students to explore the chosen set texts in more depth.
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Annotated sample answers at different levels help students understand the success criteria and encourage evaluation of their own work.
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Concise strategy tips throughout each chapter provide additional support for developing key skills.
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Key terms are highlighted in the text with precise definitions, covering subject-specific vocabulary and literary devices.
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‘Further reading’ recommendations including poems, plays and prose encourage a lifelong enjoyment of reading.
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‘Reflection’ feature encourages students to assess their approach to their work and consider how to adapt and improve.
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‘Check your progress’ feature provides a summary at the end of each unit, as well as activities and practice questions to consolidate key learnings.
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Self-assessment checklists at the end of each unit help learners assess what they have learnt and consider areas for improvement.
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Contents:
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How to use this series
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How to use this book
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Part 1 Introduction
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Unit 1 How to get the most from this coursebook
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Unit 2 Approaching your course
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Part 2 Building your skills: poetry
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Unit 3 Introducing poetry
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Unit 4 Reading for meaning
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Unit 5 Exploring language and structure
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Unit 6 Developing an informed personal response
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Part 3 Building your skills: prose
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Unit 7 Introducing prose
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Unit 8 Responding to characterisation
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Unit 9 Responding to themes
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Unit 10 Responding to setting and mood
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Unit 11 Responding to narrative viewpoint
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Unit 12 Responding to a short story
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Part 4 Building your skills: drama
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Unit 13 Introducing drama
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Unit 14 Responding to characters and themes
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Unit 15 Responding to structure and language
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Unit 16 Developing an informed personal response to drama
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Part 5 Writing skills
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Unit 17 Critical writing
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Part 6 Approaching assessment
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Unit 18 Approaching set texts
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Unit 19 Unseen poems and prose
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Unit 20 Preparing for Coursework
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Glossary
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Acknowledgements.
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