
Thinking of using A Doll’s House (Ibsen) for the Leaving Certificate English Comparative Study? This free one-page guide tells you everything you need to decide.
At a glance: form, setting, narration, length, prescribed-list status and the play’s strongest comparative modes, plus a clear synopsis, the themes it carries, and an honest “before you teach” note on sensitive content (a controlling, infantilising marriage and a wife who leaves her husband and young children, plus financial fraud and forgery, blackmail, a character dying of inherited illness, and passing thoughts of suicide).
It closes with partner-agnostic notes on how the play pairs in each comparative mode (ltural Context, Literary Genre, Theme or Issue and General Vision & Viewpoint) so you can see at a glance whether it fits your course.
The companion Student Textbook and Teacher Guide (full exam-ready analysis and complete teaching support) are available separately from The Prescribed Shelf (upon request, if not in this store - Please contact us on Facebook).
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A Doll's House for the Comparative Study (HL) - Complete Bundle
Everything you need to take *1984* (George Orwell) through the Leaving Certificate English Comparative Study at Higher Level, in one download and designed to be used side by side. What's included: - **Teacher Guide (16 pages)** — the preparation done for you: before-you-teach notes, a mode-tagged reference to the novel, key-moments and quotation banks, all four comparative modes with SEC-style question stems, a teaching sequence, partner-agnostic coupling guidance, and the assessment machinery (PCLM, PEAL, question-angle banks) - **Student Textbook** — continuous, exam-ready analysis across all four modes (Cultural Context, Literary Genre, Theme or Issue, General Vision and Viewpoint), with key-moment and technique tables and Exam Focus boxes, written for students to read independently - **Free Text Suitability Guide** — the one-page overview included too, so you have the complete set together Buy together and save. All comparison guidance is partner-agnostic, so the set works whatever you pair the novel with. Written by a practising teacher.
A Doll's House for the Comparative Study (HL) - Complete Bundle
Everything you need to take *A Doll's House* (Henrik Ibsen) through the Leaving Certificate English Comparative Study at Higher Level, in one pack: the Teacher Guide, the Student Textbook, and the Text Suitability Guide. Around 32 pages across the three resources, designed to be used together. * **Text Suitability Guide** (1 page) — check the play suits your class at a glance: form, setting, narration, length, prescribed-list status, strongest modes, a synopsis, the themes, and an honest "before you teach" note on sensitive content * **Teacher Guide** (16 pages) — the preparation done for you: the text mapped onto all four modes, key-moments and quotation banks, sensitive-content and teaching notes, a teaching sequence, the misreadings to pre-empt, coupling guidance, and SEC-modelled question stems and angle banks * **Student Textbook** (15 pages) — continuous, exam-ready analysis written for students: a general introduction plus a full chapter on each comparative mode, with key-moments tables, partner-agnostic comparison notes, and Exam Focus boxes Cultural Context and Theme or Issue are the play's strongest modes, with rich material for General Vision & Viewpoint and Literary Genre. Written by a practising teacher; partner-agnostic throughout, so it works whatever you pair the play with. Print or photocopy the student material for your own classes under the teacher licence. Buy together and save versus buying the Teacher Guide and Student Textbook separately.
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