Jane Eyre Teaching Resource Pack

To accompany the Jane Eyre graphic novels from "Classical Comics" and to help with their application in the classroom, this book is spiral-bound, making the pages easy to photocopy, and includes a CD-ROM with the pages in PDF format, ideal for whole-class teaching on whiteboards, laptops, etc or for direct digital printing. Written by a teacher, for teachers, helping to engage and involve students in the novel. Suitable for teaching ages 10-17, this book provides exercises that cover structure, understanding and character as well as key words, themes and literary techniques. Tasks of this title focus on the use of language and comprehension, there are also many cross-curriculum topics, covering areas within history, ICT, drama, reading, speaking, writing and art. There is an extensive Educational Links section that provides further study opportunities. Devised to encompass a broad range of skill levels, this book provides many opportunities for differentiated teaching and the tailoring of lessons to meet individual needs. It includes a CD-ROM. This resource can be used alongside the Classical Comics adaptation of Jane Eyre as well as any traditional text.In fact, many of the activities can stand on their own as introductions to the works of Charlotte Bronte.

Gareth Calway taught in secondary schools for 27 years, leading departments for twelve of them. He is now a NATE (the National Association for the Teaching of English) consultant who regularly runs workshops and seminars at NATE conferences, as well as touring workshops to schools at all stages. He has written and published resources for English (and media) since Creative Language in the late 80s, often specializing in poetry and the Victorian novel. He is a regular resource writer for Oxford University Press's Rollercoaster Series, producing detailed schemes of work for popular novels. He is a series writer and editor for Harper Collins resources and contributed to Hodder's Living Literature and Language series. He is an examiner for exam boards in England and Wales. Apart from English, he has led drama and expressive arts departments, founded and led a media studies department and taught lots of history. Since retiringA" he has published a comic novel about schooldays called River Deep Mountain High. His one-man show Tales Out Of School played at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and he continues to tour shows as well as offer workshops to schools.

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