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Purple Hibiscus Study Guide
Cut your preparation and research time with this comprehensive Study Guide. This resource includes sophisticated notes interspersed with stimulating activities which are accessible to all abilities.
Yet another comprehensive resource! This is an excellent study guide which has done the legwork for the teacher!
Key Features
- Key explanatory notes on the key events
- Key characters and why they are important, their characteristics, characterisation techniques used by the author and relationships in the novel
- Detailed commentaries on key themes, literary techniques, interpretations, contextual influence and important quotations for every chapter
- The author’s choices of language, structure and form across the novel as a whole and how these choices affect the reader
- Analyses of key ideas, themes and settings across the novel and why they are important
- Key historical, cultural and social contextual points and how they influence the novel as a whole
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Yet another comprehensive resource! This is an excellent study guide which has done the legwork for the teacher! I took a gamble teaching this this year because the context is one which is so remote from pupils – but this examines the context in detail and provides, in pupil-friendly language, an appropriate guide with some sophisticated information. The D grade student could find this useful as well as the A*! I feel that having this as a resource prior to teaching would have cut the work I had to put in in terms of preparation. I wish I'd had this a year ago!
Comprehensive and very well written. The language can be challenging at times, but just enough to stretch readers rather than lose or confuse them; hits just the right level for this age range. The learning checkpoint idea is great as it encourages readers to engage with the ideas in the text rather than just skim through. The extension tasks make differentiation much easier, especially as they start at a minimum standard and go up rather than down. That assessments are provided for both H and F tier is super-helpful... It takes learners through a general understanding of the text to actual analysis in a very manageable way. Most, if not all, my learners would be fine to work through this in independent pairs or groups with minimal guidance from me, although I would of course encourage deeper discussion where I saw opportunities. Any resource that allows this kind of self-development is a winner for me... Great work on one of my favourite texts.
Encourages students to see how the language works. This is crucial for achieving the highest grade... This resource will help students understand what the examiners are looking for and will also enable them to further their understanding of both the language and the context of the text... Beautifully presented. I like the image on the front cover and the link with the title as well as the purple borders. It looks attractive to use. I think the appearance of this resource would make it appealing to students (and teachers!)