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English Literature

Study Tours for Linear Examinations in 2014 & National Curriculum KS3

Galina's New English Study Tours for GCSE & AS/A Level

 

Our new language & literature study tours have been designed to place the poetry of the First World War, in situ, on the battlefields of France & Flanders & in the context of changing attitudes & circumstances as they developed over the course of the war.

 

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Download our latest information on these new English tours for first examination in 2014:

AQA 

OCR

Edexcel 

WJEC

To obtain an itinerary tailored to your specification & a no obligation quotation pack, contact us on Freephone 0800 801 560 or e-mail us with your details

 

New GCSE & GCE Tours for Linear Specifications

For the new English Language & Literature specifications at both GCSE & AS/A Level, we have produced a portfolio of tours using the anthologies listed below to address the requirements of each study unit:

The War Poetry of Wilfred Owen (edited by Stallworthy) 

Scars Upon My Heart Anthology (edited by Reilly)

Oxford Book of War Poetry (edited by Stallworthy)

Up the Line to Death (edited by Gardner)

101 Poems Against War (edited by Keegan & Hollis)

Henry V by William Shakespeare 

 

Wider Reading

Book one of our English tours & Galina will also supply, free of charge, study notes on any one of the texts listed below:

Fussell:  The Great War & Modern Memory

Bergonzi:  Heroes' Twilight

Hynes:  A War Imagined

Hibberd:  The Truth Untold

 

National Curriculum KS3 Tours

We also have new KS3 tours for September 2012:

Private Peaceful

This new study tour is based upon Michael Morpurgo's book, which can be studied at KS3, Reading 3.2 (d) - contemporary writers. The tour includes a guide & extensive study pack with pre & post-tour materials. The film based upon the book is due for release on 12th October 2012.

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Watch the Official Trailer

 

The Diary of Anne Frank

This tour, based on The Diary of Anne Frank includes visits in Amsterdam, Arnhem & the concentration camp at Vught. 

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Curriculum Relevance

  

AQA
  
GCE Literature Spec A (2740) LTA1B
 
GCE Literature Spec B (2745) LIT4B
 
GCE Literature Spec B (2725) ELLB4
 
GCSE Literature (4710)
Unit 3 Route A
Unit 5 Route B
 
GCSE Language (4705)
Unit 3 (a)
 
GCSE English (4700)  
Unit 3 (a)
 
 
OCR
 
GCSE Literature (J360)
Unit A661
 
GCSE English (J350)
Unit A641
 
GCSE Language (J355)
Unit A651
 
 
Edexcel
 
GCE Literature
Units 3 & 4
 
GCE Language & Literature
Unit 4
 
GCE English
Unit 4
 
 
WJEC
 
GCSE Literature
 
GCSE English
 
GCSE English Language
 
 

Guide & Study Pack Included

All tours are accompanied by a specialist Galina tour guide with examining &/or teaching experience.

A comprehensive study pack containing poems, maps, contextual notes & timeline included in the tour price

  

 

2012/13 Tour Prices