Exam Board: OCR, WJEC Eduqas
Level: GCSE (9-1)
Subject: English literature
First teaching: September 2015
First exams: Summer 2017

Enable students to achieve their best grade in GCSE English Literature with this year-round course companion; designed to instil in-depth textual understanding as students read, analyse and revise The War of the Worlds throughout the course.

This Study and Revise guide:

- Increases students' knowledge of The War of the Worlds as they progress through the detailed commentary and contextual information written by experienced teachers and examiners

- Develops understanding of plot, characterisation, themes and language, equipping students with a rich bank of textual examples to enhance their exam responses

- Builds critical and analytical skills through challenging, thought-provoking questions that encourage students to form their own personal responses to the text

- Helps students maximise their exam potential using clear explanations of the Assessment Objectives, annotated sample student answers and tips for reaching the next grade

- Improves students' extended writing techniques through targeted advice on planning and structuring a successful essay

- Provides opportunities for students to review their learning and identify their revision needs with knowledge-based questions at the end of each chapter

This book is part of a book series called War Of the Worlds .

This book has been graded for interest at 14-16 years.

There are 112 pages in this book. This is a study guide book. This book was published 2016 by Hodder & Stoughton General Division .

Peter Morrisson has been a GCSE English teacher since 1988, and is currently teaching at the Isle of Man College. In 2006, two of his GCSE students scored within the top 5 in the UK out of a cohort of 330, 000. He has an MA in Victorian Literature. The series editor Jeanette Weatherall has been a Head of English and an Assistant Headteacher in two large secondary schools in the UK and is Chair of Examiners for A-level Literature for one of the UK's major examination boards.