Literature for Senior Students


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A high quality, comprehensive and practical resource for the study of literature in the senior years, including a handbook of literary terms in tables. Includes a summary of the main genres, identifies key features and main conventions for the novel, short story, drama, poetry, memoir and film. This highly relevant resource for literary studies is booklisted and classlisted nationally.




Collected Stories


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Peter Carey is justly renowned for his novels, which have included the Booker Prize-winning titles Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang. He is also a dazzling writer of short stories and this volume collects together all the stories from The Fat Man in History and War Crimes as well as three other stories not previously published in book form.The stories, persuasive and precisely crafted, reveal Carey to be a moralist with a sense of humour, a surrealist interested in naturalism and an urban poet delighting in paradox.










Literature for Senior Students : STUDY DESIGN 2023


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The 6th edition of Literature for Senior Students has been updated for the revised VCE Literature Study Design, to be implemented in 2023. It combines a practical approach to various writing tasks, including step-by-step processes, preparation strategies and numerous activities, with a reference section explaining essential metalanguage and literary concepts.The 6th edition contains updated text examples and sample responses, as well as new chapters on genre, Indigenous literature and the development of different interpretations of a text.




Outstanding Books for the College Bound


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More than simply a vital collection development tool, this book can help librarians help young adults grow into the kind of independent readers and thinkers who will flourish at college.




Wiley AP English Literature and Composition


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Score your highest on exam day Relax. The fact that you're even considering taking the AP English Literature & Composition exam means you're smart, hard-working, and ambitious. All you need is to get up to speed on the exam's topics and themes and take a couple of practice tests to get comfortable with its question formats and time limits. That's where Wiley AP English Literature & Composition comes in. This user-friendly and completely reliable guide helps you get the most out of any AP English class and reviews all of the topics emphasized on the test. It also provides two full-length practice exams, complete with detailed answer explanations and scoring guides. This powerful prep guide helps you practice and perfect all of the skills you need to get your best possible score. And, as a special bonus, you'll also get a handy primer to help you prepare for the test-taking experience. A detailed overview of the test Subject reviews covering all test topics Practice questions Sample free-response questions with advice for crafting critical essays Strategies and solid test-taking advice Two full-length practice tests with detailed explanations and walk-throughs Supplemented with handy lists of test-taking tips and more, Wiley AP English Literature & Composition helps you make exam day a very good day, indeed.




The Complete Guide to High School English Literature


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The Complete Guide to High School English Literature brings an extraordinary and comprehensive learning experience to all high school students in the field of English language and literature through skill-by-skill instructions and case studies. Whether you are seeking a complete grammar guide or step-by-step techniques to write exemplary essays, The Complete Guide to High School English Literature meets your needs. Amirsaman Zahabioun, the author of The Complete Guide to High School English Literature, published this book as a high school senior. He employs his experience, techniques, and strategies within each lesson to optimize your learning experience. His distinctive approach to language and literature, using case studies particular to each topic, empowers you to read, write, shape, and analyze language appropriately while building a solid chain of skills.




Studying Literature


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Teaching Young Adult Literature


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Teaching Young Adult Literature: Developing Students As World Citizens (by Thomas W. Bean, Judith Dunkerly-Bean, and Helen Harper) is a middle and secondary school methods text that introduces pre-service teachers in teacher credential programs and in-service teachers pursuing a Masters degree in Education to the field of young adult literature for use in contemporary contexts. The text introduces teachers to current research on adolescent life and literacy; the new and expanding genres of young adult literature; teaching approaches and practical strategies for using young adult literature in English and Language Arts secondary classrooms and in Content Area Subjects (e.g. History); and ongoing social, political and pedagogical issues of English and Language Arts classrooms in relation to contemporary young adult literature.