The Merchant's Prologue & Tale: Comprehensive Guide for AS/A Level (first teaching 2015)
- OCR AS & A Level
- Eduqas A Level
Ready-to-use, detailed study notes help your students get to grips with Chaucer's irreverent tale of infidelity and trickery. Fantastically clear and comprehensive analysis breaks down the Middle English text into manageable chunks for students.
The activities and assignments are excellent – they provide the pupil with opportunities to produce oral and written work, covering creative writing, close language analysis, research tasks, interpretation, discussion, character study, analysis of style, technique, atmosphere and structure
Each pack tackles the key stages of text analysis:
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Walk-through
Thorough section-by-section commentary walks students through each poem
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Drawing it all together
In-depth discussion of whole text focuses on: characterisation, relationships, genre, themes, attitudes and values, language, form, structure, context, literary approaches
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Indicative content
To support teaching by making sure all key areas are covered
Plus!
- A glossary of key terms ensures full understanding
- A Modern English translation of each section makes the text accessible to all
What do teachers say about this resource? (1005)
A clear and effective resource. The activities and assignments are excellent – they provide the pupil with opportunities to produce oral and written work, covering creative writing, close language analysis, research tasks, interpretation, discussion, character study, analysis of style, technique, atmosphere and structure. A comprehensive pack.
A good use of critical material, helpfully in chronological order, will inform student discussion and challenge higher ability students. The discussion questions throughout are interesting and could lead to a possible homework essay question or can be kept for general research or discussion.
Keywords
- A level English Literature
- A Level OCR English Literature (H472)
- Drama and poetry pre-1900
- A Level Eduqas English Literature (QA720)
- Component 1: Poetry
- A Level Comprehensive Guide
- A Level English Literature Comprehensive Guide
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- The Canterbury Tales
- Poetry
- The Merchant's Prologue and Tale