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Writing Unseen Commentaries
A Student Help Book
ISBN 0-9580058-1-8
Teaching Copy : US$14.95
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Student Edition : US$14.95
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The only difference between the Teaching Copy and the Student Edition is that the Teaching Copy has suggested responses to the study tasks built into the text, whereas the Student Edition carries them in a separate Answers Booklet at the end, so that teachers may withhold them if they wish, or dispense them on an ongoing basis.
Teachers:
Access to the study guide can be either by full purchase (use the 'Add to Basket' button) or through a WordSmith Site Licence. Click on the 'Site Licence Application' button at the foot of the page if you have an interest in giving students on-screen access to the book at reduced cost.
Students:
Writing Unseen Commentaries: A Student Help Book
If you are an International Baccalaureate student following the A1 English course the Help Book will be invaluable to you as you prepare for the important Unseen Commentary part of the final written exam. It makes use of many passages from past IB exam papers, and will give you the opportunity to look in depth (with lots of assistance) at some of the trickier pieces of writing IB candidates have had to deal with in previous exams.
If you are preparing for Advanced Placement exams the book will help you develop the skills of close textual comment in preparation for both the Multiple-Choice and Free-Response parts of the examination. Work on each passage leads towards an AP-style essay question.
If you are a GCE A Level student the study guide will give you structured practice in writing commentaries on poems and prose passages you haven't seen before. It will help you with your course work and also with commentary and essay questions in the written exam.
Whichever course you are following, the guide will extend your reading and critical skills so that you can more easily understand and make judgements about all the texts you are studying.
If you are a teacher this resource will give you a clear framework within which you can organise your Unseen Commentary lessons. It provides what amount to one-lesson teaching units, and you could if you wished teach 'straight from the book'. It will also be a major resource for students who want to do independent study, beyond what you yourself have time to offer in class.
If you are an undergraduate student or a general reader you will find that the guide looks at a wide variety of engaging poems and prose extracts in a refreshingly different way, and will lead you to new insights into how writing 'works'.
Whatever your particular needs, there is an added bonus. Writing Unseen Commentaries provides a system for organising your thinking and writing about literature, whether you're analysing brief extracts or studying whole texts.
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