The Package
Verse brings together the very best approaches in teaching and learning with an in-depth knowledge of examination requirements to help your students become confident and practised in their response to poetry.
The Textbook
- Our bestselling poetry option for Leaving Certificate, used in schools nationwide.
- Includes:
- innovative pre-reading, comprehending and responding, and creating questions
- clear and concise analysis of each poem
- in-depth exploration of each poet’s major themes, language and style
- sample essay plans.
- The only book to come with a Student Portfolio, guiding students to develop structured essay answers.
- Author team Mary Barron and Andrew Mayne bring together a wealth of experience in producing texts to prepare students for Leaving Certificate English, with an in-depth knowledge of examination requirements.
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Poetry Skills Portfolio
- The Verse Poetry Skills Portfolio makes the process of understanding poetry interactive and interesting and leaves students with an invaluable revision guide at exam time. Students can build up their knowledge of studied poets and ability to write exam-standard essay answers in a carefully scaffolded way, with:
- mind maps
- word banks
- biography tasks
- theme, language and imagery note templates
- paragraph-writing tasks
- dedicated space for writing sample essays.
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Digital Resources
- Downloadable ebook and on-screen flipbook available.
- Variety of poem recordings available on EducatePlus.ie.
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