2016-2017 Publications

LANGUAGE • MEDIA • LITERATURE 

2016-2017 Publications

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CONTENTS 

Ordering Publications 5 

New Literature Study Guides 6 

Forthcoming Publications 8 

Featured Publications 10 

English 11-16: Language 12 

Sight Unseen: Non-fiction 12 

Spotlight on Literacy 13 

Worldfriendly Books – The Publisher’s Intern 14 

Arctic Adventure 14 

Grammaticus 14 

Language Works 15 

Klondyke Kate Revisited 15 

Best of Both – Fact and Fiction Texts 15 

The Non-fiction Book (KS3 Series) 15 

English 11-16: Literature 16 

Literary Shorts (pupil anthology 

and teacher resource pack) 16 

A Christmas Carol: EMC Study Edition 18 

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde: EMC Study Edition 19 

Lord of the Flies: EMC Resource Pack 20 

The Sign of the Four: EMC Resource Pack 20 

Frankenstein: EMC Study Edition 21 

Sight Unseen: Poetry 22 

The Poetry Book (KS3 Series) 22 

The Hunger Games Study Guide 23 

The Curious Incident of the Dog... Study Guide 23 

To Kill a Mockingbird Study Guide 23 

Richard III Study Guide 24 

Romeo and Juliet Study Guide 24 

Much Ado About Nothing Study Guide 24 

Studying Sherlock Holmes 25 

Arthur Miller Study Guide 25 

An Inspector Calls Study Guide 25 

Downloads English 11-16 26 

English 16-19 – Literature 28 

Studying A Streetcar Named Desire 28 

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Studying The Handmaid’s Tale 29 

Doing Close Reading 30 

Dramatic Genres: Studying Comedy 31 

Text, Reader, Critic 32 

Studying Narrative 32 

Introducing The Gothic 32 

Studying Blake’s Songs 33 

Studying The Great Gatsby 33 

Studying Spies 34 

Studying Wuthering Heights 34 

Studying The Road 34 

The Modern Novel 35 

Wise Children: Studying a Post 1990 Novel 35 

Studying The World’s Wife 35 

Tragedy: A Student Handbook 36 

Studying Othello 36 

Pre-1770 Drama 37 

Studying All My Sons 37 

English 16-19 – Language 38 

Language Handbook 38 

An Introduction to Language Frameworks 39 

Language Posters 39 

Mathilda Speaking & Mathilda: Talking, Reading, Writing 40 

English 16-19 – Lang/Lit 41 

Language & Literature: An EMC Coursebook 41 

Downloads English 16-19 42 

Media 11-19 44 

Doing Ads 44 

Doing News 45 

Doing TV Drama 46 

The Media Book (KS3 Series) 46 

Downloads Media 47 

For Teachers 48 

English Allsorts with CD 48 

How to Order EMC Publications 49 

Order Form for Print Publications 50 

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Ordering Publications 

Print Publications 

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Rochester, Kent ME2 4BE. 

• Fax: 01634 290175 or tel: 01634 729835, 

8.30am-5.30pm 

• An order form is included on pages 50-51. 

Download Publications 

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Samples 

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EMC’s most recent awards 

2015 ERA AWARD FINALIST 'Literary Shorts Anthology & Teacher Resource' 

(Best Secondary Resource Non-ICT) 

2014 ERA AWARD WINNER 'Spotlight on Literacy' (Best Secondary 

Resource Non-ICT) 

2014 BETT AWARD FINALIST 'Arctic Adventure' (multitouch book for iPads) 

2012 ERA AWARD WINNER 'Investigating Spoken Language for GCSE' 

2010 BETT AWARD WINNER 'emagazine' website 

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NEW LITERATURE 

STUDY GUIDES 

Lord of the Flies 

EMC Resource Pack 

Imaginative strategies to guide students through 

the novel, chapter by chapter, with active 

approaches that encourage critical analysis of 

key themes and the craft of the writer. Perfect 

for GCSE but also adaptable for younger pupils. 

FOR 

14-16 

See page 20 

The Sign of the Four 


Varied activities for each chapter plus extensive 

after reading activities to engage students with 

key ideas. Perfect for GCSE but also adaptable for 

younger pupils. 

See page 20 

FOR 

14-16 

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FOR 

14-16 

Frankenstein 

EMC Study Edition 

Suitable for use across all specifications, this 

study edition with activities includes the full 

text of Shelley's novel, divided into manageable 

sections and lightly glossed to support 

independent reading. 

See page 21 

AVAILABLE 

END JULY 

Studying A Streetcar 

Named Desire 

Literary, stylistic and creative approaches to critical 

analysis, with strategies to support students in analysing 

individual scenes in the context of the whole play. 

See page 28 

FOR 

16-19 

FOR 

16-19 

Studying The 

Handmaid’s Tale 

Structured approaches for reading, with activities 

and fresh new angles, including creative 

responses, to sharpen up critical thinking. 

See page 29 

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FORTHCOMING 

PUBLICATIONS 

LOOK OUT 

FOR THE 

FOLLOWING 

PUBLICATIONS 

IN 2016/17 

We’ll let you know 

by email and on 

the website when 

they're ready to 

order. 

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FOR 

11-14 

Non-fiction Shorts 

for KS3 

Loved Literary Shorts? Then look out for our 

non-fiction equivalent – sequences of work on 

a diverse range of contemporary and 19thcentury 

non-fiction texts. 

EMC Study 

Editions 

Two further study editions, 

including full text, from 

the same stable as Strange 

Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr 

Hyde and A Christmas 

Carol: 

• Great Expectations 

• Jane Eyre 

FOR 

14-16 

INCLUDES 

FULL TEXT 

FOR 

16-19 

Studying Shakespeare’s 

Tragedies 

A photocopiable pack with resources and activities 

on Shakespeare’s tragedies in general and individual 

sections on the four big tragedies: King Lear, Hamlet, 

Othello and Macbeth. Includes a CD with four video 

lectures by Dr Eric Langley (UCL). 

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FEATURED 

PUBLICATIONS 

FOR 

11-14 

FOR 

14-16 

Literary Shorts 

Offers critical, creative and comparative 

routes into a wide range of exciting 

short stories. Pupil anthology plus 

photocopiable teacher resource. 

See page 16 

Sight Unseen: 

Poetry 

A photocopiable publication specifically 

designed to prepare students for dealing with 

unseen poetry, including comparison, across all 

GCSE specifications. Includes an anthology of 

19th, 20th and 21st-century poems. 

See page 22 

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FOR 

16-19 

Language: An 

EMC Student 

Handbook 

An EMC student handbook offering 

accessible explorations of key topics 

and theories at A Level from leading 

linguists. 

See page 38 

Doing Close 

Reading 

A publication to support advanced 

level English Literature students 

in understanding what it means 

to analyse texts closely. Ideal for 

working on unseen texts. 

See page 30 

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ENGLISH 11-16 

LANGUAGE 

Sight/Unseen: 

Non-fiction 

£12.95 

15+ copies: £8.50 each 

192-page, pupil book 

ISBN: 978-1906101367 

A pupil book providing a wide range of 

engaging 19th, 20th and 21st-century 

texts, with strategies to support students 

in developing the skills needed to tackle 

unseen non-fiction across all GCSE Language 

specifications. 

• Material and approaches designed for lively, 

memorable lessons. 

• A range of activities, from close language 

work to creative writing and from comparative 

analysis to role play and debate, to develop 

pupils’ reading skills. 

• Activities to develop pupils’ ability to express 

their ideas in writing. 

• Challenging text extracts to develop close 

reading skills. 

• Ideal for GCSE language preparation across all 


15+ 

JUST 

£8.50 

COPIES 

EACH 

EMC resources are excellent… 

student-focused rather than 

simply exam-focused but still 

grounded in the reality and 

pressures of the day-to-day job. 

Toby Garfath, Cardinal Vaughan 

Memorial School 

PERFECT FOR 

GCSE ACROSS 

ALL LANGUAGE 

SPECS 

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Spotlight on 

Literacy 

Creative Interventions in English 

and Across the Curriculum 

£120.00 

A4, 352-page photocopiable resource and full 

publication in PDF form on DVD inc. site license for 

whole school/college use 

ISBN: 978-1906101299 

Containing a wealth of effective strategies for 

tackling hundreds of common literacy issues 

for pupils working at all levels and in a range of 

contexts, this publication is an indispensable 

toolkit for the English department and beyond. 

Over 350 pages provide lots of innovative ideas 

for teaching literacy in English and across the 

curriculum. 

Offers inspiring ideas and support for 

literacy across the curriculum. 

Oliver Crook, MAG&T Co-Ordinator in 

English, Glenthorne School, Sutton 

ERA BEST 

SECONDARY 

RESOURCE 

WINNER 2014 

• Basics such as handwriting and spelling, 

getting more enjoyment from reading and 

careful listening are addressed in ways that 

really get pupils thinking about why these 

skills are important. 

• Accessible ways into more challenging areas, 

such as structuring a piece of writing, reading 

for inference and adapting spoken language 

to different audiences. 

• Ideal for developing grammatical 

understanding. 

First-rate print based resource. Providing 

pupils with strategies so they can be more 

independent. 

ERA Judges, 2014 

Key aspects 

• Intervention at all levels, not 

just for lower ability pupils. 

• Approaches for one-to-one 

support, group and whole 

class work on specific areas. 

• 125 pages of teacher 

strategies and 192 pages of 

classroom-ready materials. 

• Explanations and CPD 

support for teachers, plus 

classroom resources. 

• DVD with customisable 

resources + full PDF 

publication for use on your 

intranet or VLE. 

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Worldfriendly 

Books 

The Publisher’s Intern 

£39.50 

A4, 48-page, photocopiable publication inc. CD with 

additional resources 

ISBN: 978-1906101312 

An exciting simulation to develop pupils’ 

reading and writing skills, with a focus on 

spelling, punctuation and grammar in context. 

Key aspects 

• Literacy in a realworld 

context. 

• Developing a 

distinctive style. 

• Evaluating written 

texts. 

• Proofreading under 

pressure. 

• SPaG with precision. 

Arctic Adventure 

Real World 

Contexts 

for Talk and 

Writing 

£59.50 

24-page photocopiable 

publication with DVD 

ISBN: 978-1906101299 

Using authentic 

video, images and 

blogs from the Catlin 

Arctic Survey as a stimulus, Arctic Adventure 

provides an engaging context for a range 

of non-fiction writing, creative writing and 

speaking and listening activities. 

Loved the simulation exercise – lively way to 

engage with SPAG. 

Gill Woodland, Independent Literacy 

Consultant 

Crisp and coherent... fantastic opportunities 

for cross-curricular work. 

Denise Jackson, Kent SEBD School 

Grammaticus 

£9.50 per pack 

One pack required per 4 students for 

class work. 

A versatile card game, 

developed and produced by 

David Kinder, for any group of 

students needing to know about 

grammar, with the potential to 

bring enjoyment – as well as 

learning – to your classroom. 

Fun and easy to use... We 

thoroughly recommend it! 

Charles Fordham, Long 

Road 6th Form College 

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Klondyke 

Kate 

Revisited 

£12.95 


Pupil book, 256 pages 

ISBN: 0-907016-79-0 

This award-winning anthology 

includes a wide variety of 

genres, voices, times, cultures, 

attitudes and issues, with 

engaging activities to support 

critical reading and writing. 

Language 

Works 

£95 

A4, 128-page photocopiable 

publication with 90-min DVD 

ISBN: 978-1906101008 

Imaginative resources for 

exploring language. 

Contents 

• My Language 

• Telling a Story 

• Keeping in Touch 

• Texts For Tots 

• Mathilda Speaking 

• Playing With Words 

• The Apprentice 

• Cocoa Bean 

• What’s Cool? 

• Cooking the Books 

Some real gems of texts 

and tasks. 

English Media Drama 

LAST 

CHANCE 

TO BUY 

Best of Both – Fact 

and Fiction Texts 

£12.50; 15+ copies: £5 

each 


ISBN: 978-1906101039 

A rich collection of 

thematically linked fact 

and fiction texts for the full 

ability range. 

Key aspects 

We are not reprinting the two publications 

below. Get your copies before stock runs out! 

• Critical and creative 

activities on individual and 

linked texts. 

• Developing reading skills. 

• Opportunities for a wide 

range of written and 

spoken language activities. 

• Short and extended writing 

tasks requiring pupils to 

draw on knowledge from 

their reading. 

The Non-Fiction 

Book (KS3 Series) 

£10.95; 15+ copies: £5 

each; DVD £19.95 


ISBN: 090701674X 

Provides all the classroom 

activities you need 

to develop students’ 

confidence with non-fiction 

texts. 

Key aspects 

• A wide range of activities 

on surprising and thoughtprovoking 

non-fiction. 

• Short whole texts and 

substantial extracts. 

• Explicit and embedded 

language work to enhance 

appreciation of texts. 

• Extended writing. 

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ENGLISH 11-16 

LITERATURE 

Literary Shorts 

Pupil Anthology & Teacher 

Resource 

Offering critical, creative and comparative 

routes into texts, Literary Shorts is not only 

perfect for 11-14 teaching, but also an ideal 

bridge to the demands of the 14-16 curriculum. 

This resource is structured in two parts for 

convenient classroom use: a pupil anthology 

and a photocopiable teacher resource, also on 

CD for printing and display. 

A fantastic resource. The 

stories are engaging, 

challenging and varied, 

the teaching strategies 

are creative and well 

designed. 

Eleanor Cox, Head of 

English, Swanlea School 

SEMINAL 

LITERATURE 

FROM ALL SIX 

CONTINENTS 

Stories in the anthology by: 

Guy de Maupassant, Rudyard Kipling, 

Rabindranath Tagore, Saki, Katharine 

Mansfield, Thomas Hardy, Gabriel Garcia 

Marquez, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, Yasar Kemal, 

Alice Walker, William Trevor, Jean Rhys, 

Roald Dahl, Isabel Allende, John Updike, Joe 

R. Lansdale, Geraldine McCaughrean, Jamila 

Gavin, Meg Rosoff, Barbara Bleiman, Kate 

DiCamillo. 

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15+ 

COPIES 

JUST 

£6.50 

EACH 

£75 

RESOURCE 

PACK 

Pupil Anthology 

£12.50; 15+ copies: £6.50 

each 

160-page paperback pupil book 

ISBN: 978-1906101329 

The stories in the pupil 

anthology offer something 

for everyone, from Rudyard 

Kipling to Isabel Allende, 

Katherine Mansfield to John 

Updike, Roald Dahl to Alice 

Walker. 

• Stories to challenge, 

entertain and inspire. 

• Seminal world literature from 

all six continents, pre-1914 

and contemporary English 

literature. 

Creative, Critical and Comparative 

Approaches at KS3: Photocopiable Teacher 

Resource 

£75 

A4, 176-page photocopiable publication inc. CD 

ISBN: 978-1906101336 

Key aspects 

• Sections on the key features of short stories, including: 

• Beginnings and endings 

• Character 

• Setting 

• Language 

• Inference 

• Plot 

• Structure 

• Classroom activities to accompany each story in the 

anthology. 

• Interesting, accessible ways to get pupils thinking 

comparatively. 

• Six steps for planning and writing a critical essay. 

• Teachers’ notes and alternative indexes suggesting routes 

through the material and interesting groupings of the stories. 

• Print and digital PDF format – activities can be photocopied or 

displayed on the whiteboard. 

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ENGLISH 11-16 

A Christmas Carol: 


£9.95 


176-page pupil book 

ISBN: 978-1906101381 

Suitable for use across all specifications, this study 

edition includes the full text of Dickens' novel, 

divided into manageable sections and lightly 

glossed to support independent reading. 

15+ 

JUST 

£6.50 

COPIES 

EACH 

Key aspects 

• ‘Before Reading’ activities prime a first reading. 

• ‘During Reading’ activities support pupils in 

reading and enjoying the text. 

• ‘After Reading’ resources provide material and 

more extensive activities on key aspects of the 

text, including a focus on language, style and 

genre, as well as theme, character and plot. 

• Contextual information to support students’ 

understanding and analysis of the novel. 

• An introduction to criticism. 

• Exam preparation and revision. 

Superb. Really thoughtful 

and inspiring materials. 

Lisa Livermore, St 

Margaret’s School 

INCLUDES 

FULL TEXT 

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15+ 

COPIES 

JUST 

£6.50 

EACH 

Strange Case of Dr 

Jekyll & Mr Hyde: 


£9.95 



ISBN: 978-1906101374 

Suitable for use across all specifications, 

this study edition includes the full text of 

Stevenson's novel, divided into manageable 

sections and lightly glossed to support 

independent reading. 

Key aspects 

• ‘Before Reading’ activities prime a first 

reading. 











INCLUDES 

FULL TEXT 

This version of 'Strange 

Case...' has made all the 

difference to the teaching 

and learning of my two 

Y10 groups. 

Kim James, High School 

for Girls, Gloucester 

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Lord of the Flies 


£55; 2+ copies £40 each 

A4 photocopiable publication with PDF on CD 

ISBN: 978-1906101435 

• Imaginative strategies to guide students 

through reading the novel, chapter by 

chapter. 

• Active approaches that encourage critical 

analysis. 

• A wide and diverse range of activities about 

key content and themes. 

• A strong emphasis on close linguistic and 

literary study, including a focus on evaluative 

skills and using terminology effectively. 

• Useful revision materials, including practice 

questions and passages for close analysis. 

JUST 

£55 

2+ 

£40 

PHOTOCOPIABLE 

COPIES 

EACH 

JUST 

The Sign of the Four 


£55; 2+ copies £40 each 

2+ 

£40 

COPIES 

EACH 

£55 

PHOTOCOPIABLE 

A4 photocopiable publication with PDF on CD 

ISBN: 978-1906101428 

• Varied activities for each chapter. 

• Extensive after reading activities to engage 

students with key ideas. 

• Cross-specification publication which helps 

build personal and critical response and exam 

skills. 

• Ideas for revision and exam practice. 

• Support for looking at the text in context, 

including challenging ideas now considered 

to be racist. 

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Frankenstein: 


£9.95 



ISBN: 978-1906101466 

Suitable for use across all specifications, this 

study edition includes the full text of Shelley's 

novel, divided into manageable sections and 

lightly glossed to support independent reading. 

Key aspects 

• ‘Before Reading’ activities prime a first 

reading. 











15+ 

JUST 

£6.50 

COPIES 

EACH 

INCLUDES 

FULL TEXT 

Forthcoming 

2016-17 

EMC study editions for Jane Eyre and 

Great Expectations – clear and clean 

design, engaging activities for before 

and after reading, with ideas to support 

students in reading a substantial text. 

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Sight/Unseen: Poetry 

£55 

112-page, photocopiable publication 

ISBN: 978-1906101398 

A publication specifically designed to prepare 

students for dealing with unseen poetry, 

including comparison, across all GCSE 


• Activities build pupils’ confidence and skills as 

critical readers of poetry, so that they are able 

to tackle unseen poems independently. 

• Strategies also support students in their work 

on anthology poems. 

• An anthology of 30 poems suitable for unseen 

work. 

Poets in the anthology 

John Agard, Moniza Alvi, Elizabeth 

Bishop, William Blake, Phil Brown, Julius 

Chingogo, John Clare, John Cornford, 

Maura Dooley, Vicki Feaver, Emily Hasler, 

Melissa Lee-Houghton, Rudyard Kipling, 

DH Lawrence, Denise Levertov, Norman 

MacCaig, Charlotte Mew, Helen Mort, Linda 

Paston, Ezra Pound, Kevin Powers, Siegfried 

Sassoon, Penelope Shuttle, Matthew 

Sweeney, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Edward 

Thomas, Alice Walker, William Wordsworth 

PERFECT FOR 

GCSE ACROSS 

ALL SPECS 

... full of ideas and approaches to develop 

the requisite skills and strengthen the 

confidence of students facing the 

challenges of writing about unseen poetry 

... coherent and imaginative 

Paul Clayton, Teaching English (2015) 

We are not reprinting this publication. Get your 

copies before stock runs out! 

The Poetry Book 

KS3 Series 

£10.95 

15+ copies: £5 each 

DVD £19.95 


ISBN: 0-907016-73-1 90-min. DVD 

LAST 

CHANCE 

TO BUY 

Provides a rich and varied 

poetry curriculum for 11-14, 

including sonnets, poems on 

a theme, performance poetry 

and comparative analysis. 

DVD includes John Agard, 

John Hegley, Sophie Hannah, 

Patience Agbabi and more! 

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The Hunger Games: 

an EMC Study Guide 

£65 


publication with resources on CD 

ISBN: 978-1906101268 

This photocopiable 

publication, with additional 

resources on CD, provides a 

range of activities to support 

pupils in exploring the novel as 

both a literary text and a global 

media phenomenon. 

Key aspects 

• Provides a manageable route 

through the text. 

• Suggestions for how to use 

the film effectively to support 

critical engagement. 

• Wide range of activities, 

including fresh approaches 

to character, theme and 

language. 

• Activities that prepare 

students for 14-16 textual 

study. 

The Curious Incident 

of the Dog in the 

Night-time Study 

Guide 

£65 


publication with downloadable 

assets 

ISBN: 090701688X 

Offers a well-paced route 

through the text. 

• Activities to develop critical 

reading and writing. 

• Focused work on language 

and the craft of the writer. 

• Opportunities for speaking 

and listening, drama and 

original writing. 

Downloadable 

folder of assets 

• Short video interview with 

the author. 

• Extracts from the BBC 

documentary My Family 

and Autism. 

• PDFs of individual 

activities and the 

complete publication. 

To Kill a Mockingbird 

Study Guide –12 New 

EMC Approaches 

£19.50 


publication with PDF & images 

on CD 

ISBN: 978-1906101206 

Activities to support students 

in getting to grips with the 

novel and developing the skills 

to discuss it critically. 

Key aspects 

• Contemporary images and 

interview material to inform 

students’ understanding of 

the period, with a close focus 

on the insights they provide 

into the novel. 

• Ways of using the Oscarwinning 

film to enrich 

students’ understanding. 

• Engaging activities to support 

students in thinking about 

characterisation, themes and 

narrative style. 

• Role-play activities to help 

students engage with, and 

use, critical responses. 

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Richard III Study 

Guide 

£65 


publication 

ISBN: 978-0907016960 

Photocopiable resource 

offering a complete route 

through the play with activities 

on every scene. 

Key aspects 

• Fun and challenging activities 

for before, during and after 

reading. 

• Ensures that pupils 

experience the play as a 

play text by offering a wide 

range of creative but do-able 

drama ideas. 

• Supports pupils in engaging 

with the themes, structure, 

characters, language and 

imagery of the play. 

Romeo and Juliet 

Study Guide 

£19.95 

Photocopiable PDF on CD 

ISBN: 978-1906101077 

Photocopiable, PDF resource 




Key aspects 



reading. 



drama text by offering a wide 

range of creative and do-able 

drama ideas. 





Much Ado About 

Nothing Study Guide 

£65 


publication 

ISBN: 0907016863 

Photocopiable resource 




Key aspects 



reading. 



drama text by offering a wide 

range of creative and do-able 

drama ideas. 





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Studying Sherlock 

Holmes 

£10.95 


A4, 128-page pupil book 

ISBN: 0907016847 

Provides a range of activities 

and assignments on individual 

stories and their contexts, 

as well as strategies for 

comparisons. 

Key aspects 

• Includes the full text of four 

stories with manageable 

routes through. 

• Focused activities on 

characterisation, the writer’s 

use of language, structure, 

setting and atmosphere, 

point of view and context. 

• Advice on planning, 

structuring and writing a 

comparative assignment. 

• Modelled paragraphs for a 

critical essay. 

Arthur Miller Study 

Guide 

£65 


publication 

ISBN: 090701609X 

Activities support students 

in an engaged and informed 

reading of The Crucible, Death 

of a Salesman and A View from 

the Bridge, with substantial 

extracts from the plays and 

over 40 production stills. 

A variety of related non-literary 

material (such as extracts from 

Miller’s trial in the McCarthy 

hearings, comments and notes 

from the directors of his plays) 

are made accessible through 

talk, drama and group work 

approaches. 

An Inspector Calls 

Study Guide 

£75 


publication with 60-min. DVD 

ISBN: 0907016588 

• Activities on key aspects of 

the text, including character, 

theme and structure. 

• A focus on the text in 

performance, staging 

decisions, contexts and 

themes. 

• Clips from the 1954 film 

adaptation. 

• Extracts from the Royal 

National Theatre production. 

• Interviews with actors and 

the set designer. 

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DOWNLOADS 

11-16 

englishandmedia.co.uk/publications 

LITERATURE 

Download versions 

of EMC study guides 

The Hunger Games 

£25 

64-page print & 100pp screen PDF 

The Curious Incident 

£15 

64-page PDF 

To Kill a Mockingbird 

£12.50 

56-page print PDF 

Of Mice and Men 

£12.50 

43-page print PDF & 7pp video PDF 

Richard III Study 

Guide 

£30 


Romeo and Juliet 

£19.95 


Much Ado About 

Nothing 

£30 


An Inspector Calls 

£12.50 

48-page PDF 

Only available as 

downloads 

Kindertransport 

£25 

33-page print PDF & 68-page 

video PDF 

A Different Story 

£6.50 


Junk and Stone Cold 

£8.50 


Holes 

£4.50 

17-page PDF 

Oliver Twist 

£7.50 


Kit’s Wilderness 

£7.50 


Coraline 

£10.50 


screen PDF 

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LANGUAGE 

Download versions 

of EMC study guides 

Arctic Adventure 

£49.50 

32-page print PDF & 60pp video 

PDF 

KS3 Non-Fiction: 

Dirty Dogs 

£4.50 


KS3 Non-Fiction: 

Captain Scott 

£10.50 


Language Works: My 

Language 

£10.50 


Language Works: 

Mathilda Speaking 

£12.50 


Language Works: 

Words that Sell 

£10.50 


Only available as 

downloads 

Days Like These 

£17.50 


video PDF 

The Knight’s Tale – 

Storytelling at KS3 

£8.50 


screen PDF 

Scribble Away 

£5.50 

14-page PDF & 17-page screen PDF 

The Poetry Writing 

Spark 

£12.50 

16-page print PDF, with 34-screen 

video PDF 

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ENGLISH 16-19 

LITERATURE 

Studying 

A Streetcar 

Named 

Desire 

£75 


publication with PDF on CD 

ISBN: 978-1906101459 

Resources and activities to 

support students in exploring 

and analysing A Streetcar 

Named Desire as a literary 

text and as a drama script 

in production. Activities for 

before reading (including an 

introduction to naturalism and 

expressionism); approaches 

to each scene, and substantial 

after reading activities to allow 

students to explore key ideas 

in greater depth. 

Studying A Streetcar 

Named Desire is simply 

superb. With a wealth of 

practical, easy-tonavigate 

resources, the 

publication works its 

magic in every aspect of 

study from pre-reading to 

revision. 

Victoria Edgar, Eltham 

College 

Key aspects 

This publication was a godsend! 

Lisa Butler, Nower Hill High School 

£75 

PHOTOCOPIABLE 

• Literary, generic and historic contextual materials (including 

New Orleans and the American South, the first stage 

production and censorship), with activities to support students 

in using this contextual knowledge effectively. 

• Draws on literary, stylistic and creative approaches to analysis, 

providing ways of engaging with the play’s structure, language, 

characterisation and dramatic qualities, as well as its themes. 

• Activities to support students in balancing close analysis 

of individual scenes with a sense of the play as a whole, its 

development, structure and shape. 

• Critical material integrated throughout the resource to 

sharpen up students’ responses and to suggest new ways of 

interpreting the text. 

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£75 

PHOTOCOPIABLE 

A fantastic resource written by people who 

know what they're talking about. It provides 

engaging and thought-provoking lesson 

materials to stretch pupils and teachers 

alike. 

Dr Charlotte Campton, Repton School 

Studying 

The Handmaid’s 

Tale 

£75 

A4, 80-page photocopiable publication with PDF on 

CD 

ISBN: 978-1906101442 

Designed to support the study of The 

Handmaid’s Tale for English Literature or 

combined Language and Literature courses 

at advanced level, the materials provide a 

suggested approach to teaching the text, with 

detailed classroom activities and supportive 

work in the early stages to set up key ideas and 

angles to prime students’ thinking as they read 

on. 

Thereafter, manageable chunks of the book 

are suggested to allow for more independent 

reading, with activities to support students 

along the way. 

Substantial ‘After Reading’ activities and 

resources pull together key issues and ideas. 

They encourage students to go back into the 

text to explore overarching patterns, narrative 

techniques and themes to refine initial thinking. 

Key aspects 

• Resources to support the study of Atwood’s 

novel in its generic context. 

• Structured approaches for reading, with 

activities to encourage critical engagement. 

• A strong focus on the most significant aspects 

of language and structure. 

• Critical material woven into the activities to 

enrich and extend students’ interpretations. 

• Connections with texts such as Nineteen 

Eighty-Four, Frankenstein, Never Let Me Go. 

• Fresh new angles, including creative 

responses, to sharpen up critical thinking. 

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Doing Close 

Reading 

Activities • Anthology • Analysis 

£75 

A4, 176-page photocopiable publication with full 

publication and A5 anthology booklet on CD 

ISBN: 978-1906101305 

A publication to support advanced level English 

Literature students in understanding what it 

means to analyse texts closely. 

• Activities to develop and hone skills of close 

reading in different ways. 

• A set of practices and a methodology that 

students can use with confidence. 

• 20 approaches for developing the skills of 

close reading, ranging from close stylistic 

analysis to re-creative writing, with a focus on 

language, structure and form. 

• Ways of doing close reading on unseen texts. 

• 58 texts (prose fiction, poetry, drama, nonfiction) 

from Sir Philip Sidney to Billy Collins, 

Shakespeare to Sam Shepard, Jane Austen to 

Hilary Mantel and Mary Wollstonecraft to Alan 

Clark. 

• 20 close readings by academics, critics and 

writers including Nigel Wheale, Sean McEvoy 

and Professors Emma Smith, John Mullan, 

Judy Simons, Nicolas Tredell and David 

Punter. 

£75 

PHOTOCOPIABLE 

Brilliant! Creative and practical. 

Jemima Kettle, Guildford High School 

A superb resource for close reading … 

Gary Snapper, NATE, 2014 

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Dramatic Genres: 

Studying Comedy 

£95 

A4, 160-page photocopiable publication with 2-hr 

DVD 

ISBN: 978-1906101183 

A comprehensive set of materials and activities 

on the dramatic genre of comedy. 

• An overview from the Greeks to the 21stcentury, 

with an annotated timeline. 

• Concise and accessible explanations of types, 

features and concepts. 

• Introductory activities to set the agenda 

for study and provide students with a 

wide-ranging literary context, including 18 

substantial extracts from comedies. 

• Production stills to introduce students to key 

aspects of dramatic comedy. 

• Approaches to encourage students to 

appreciate the plays as dramatic texts. 

• Substantial sections on key areas of 

comedy (structure; characterisation; genre; 

language; the fool; subversion, misrule and 

carnivalesque; green worlds; identity, disguise 

and cross-dressing; women) with practical 

activities and integrated extracts from critical 

material to stimulate and extend students’ 

thinking. 

£95 

PHOTOCOPIABLE 

+ 2HR DVD 

On DVD 

• Dr Eric Langley and Professors 

Adam Roberts and Dan Rebellato on 

Shakespeare’s comedies, theories of 

laughter and comedy, and key dramatic 

comedies. 

• A PDF of the publication for printing. 

• A colour PDF of production stills. 

Brilliant as ever! 

Julie Cuthbertson, Lutterworth College 

They have now surpassed themselves – a 

fantastic resource... 

NATE magazine, Spring 2013 

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Text Reader Critic 

£65 


publication 

ISBN: 0907016693 

Introduces students to 

interpretations by other 

readers, building their 

confidence and understanding 

of the contexts which shape 

readings. 

• Short accessible activities 

introduce key ideas about 

readers, texts and contexts. 

• Carefully sequenced, 

more substantial activities 

encourage students to use 

theory imaginatively and 

effectively. 

• Writing by Terry Eagleton; 

Angela Carter; David Lodge; 

Alice Walker; Edward Said; 

Jacqueline Rose. 

• Teachers' notes suggest key 

ideas to raise in classroom 

discussion. 

Fabulous day! I Loved it! 

Vanessa Riotto, Text, 

Reader, Critic course 

Studying Narrative 

£65 


publication 

ISBN: 978-1906101053 

A collection of resources for 

teaching about aspects of 

narrative. 

• Comprehensive and clear 

explanations of key concepts, 

with short, pithy, critical 

extracts on concepts and 

texts (including David Lodge, 

John Mullan and others). 

• Lively classroom materials 

and approaches to teaching. 

• Sections include an 

introduction to narrative; 

narrative voice; structure; 

themes; character; genre; 

dialogue and experiments in 

narrative; narrative poetry. 

• Activities focusing on popular 

narrative texts are easily 

adaptable. 

Superb ideas. Brilliant 

resources 

Narrative course 

Introducing the 

Gothic 

£65 

DVD includes 128-page PDF study 

guide with colour images and 

30min. interview 

ISBN: 978-1906101107 

Lively activities introducing 

aspects of the Gothic. 

• Strategies for close focus and 

comparative work. 

• Critical and contextual 

material. 

• On DVD Professor David 

Punter talking about key 

aspects of the Gothic such 

as: origins; key Gothic texts; 

19th and 20th-century 

Gothic; the sublime; horror 

and terror; the vampire and 

women, as well as critical 

interpretations. 

Lots of creative ideas 

inspired my teaching 

Kathryn Parsons, Gothic 

course 

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Studying Blake’s Songs 

£75 

A4, 128-page photocopiable publication, with 

downloadable audio-visual resources. 

ISBN: 0-907016871 

A route through the Songs, focusing on key 

poems and drawing connections across the 

collection. 

• Analytic and creative approaches to language, 

structure and form. 

• Close study of individual poems 

complemented by activities encouraging 

students to read comparatively. 

• Contextual material closely connected to 

textual study. 

• A range of critical responses. 

• Plus link to downloadable audio-visual assets 

including interview with Professor David 

Punter and the complete Songs of Innocence 

and of Experience (as both illuminated poems 

and Word files). 

£75 

PHOTOCOPIABLE 

An exciting resource with varied and 

stimulating activities . 

NATE Classroom 

£75 

PHOTOCOPIABLE 

Studying The Great Gatsby 

£75 

A4, 96-page photocopiable publication with 45 min. 

DVD 

ISBN: 090701688X 

Imaginative strategies for reading and working on 

the text, ideas for relating the text to its contexts 

and approaches to critical material. 

• Strategies for reading the text. 

• Themes, characterisation, voice, structure. 

• Nick as character and storyteller. 

• Close linguistic analysis: symbolism, lexical 

clusters. 

• Contexts – historical, social and cultural, literary. 

• Creative writing and media approaches. 

• Active approaches to criticism. 

• DVD interview with Professor Nicolas Tredell, 

colour images and a printable PDF of the study 

guide, and the text of the novel in Word. 

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Studying Spies 

£75 



ISBN: 0907016898 

An interview with Michael 

Frayn on DVD complements 

and extends the print material, 

offering fascinating insights 

into the process of writing 

and the world of the novel, 

including discussion of: 

• the theme of spying 

• the methods of narration 

• the structure of the novel 

• representations of childhood 

• the use of motifs 

• 1940s Britain. 

Studying Wuthering 

Heights 

£65 


publication with PDF on CD 

ISBN: 978-1906101046 

Rather than offering a 

chapter-by-chapter approach, 

this guide assists students 

in thinking about the novel 

in the context of a wider 

understanding of narrative. 

• A close focus on key aspects 

of form, structure and 

language. 

• Exploration of the contexts 

of writing and reception. 

• Critical interpretations over 

time. 

• Quotation and context cards 

help students use evidence, 

test their knowledge and 

revise the text for exams. 

Studying The Road 

£75 



including PDF of the text. 

ISBN: 978-1906101169 

• Strategies to support 

students in reading the text 

independently. 

• Creative approaches for 

teaching about language, 

structure and form. 

• Ways of putting the text in 

its wider generic and literary 

context, as an example of 

post-apocalyptic fiction. 

• Critical material, including 

print extracts from interviews 

with Cormac McCarthy. 

• DVD interview with Professor 

Adam Roberts, a slideshow 

of colour screenshots from 

the opening of the film 

adaptation and a printable 

PDF of the study guide. 

I thought the entire thing 

very impressive. I loved it. 

Ray Cluley, South Downs 

College 

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The Modern Novel: 

Critical Approaches 

to Enduring Love and 

Regeneration 

£75 



ISBN: 0907016715 

Practical approaches and 

activities for use with any 

modern novel plus separate 

sections on Enduring Love and 

Regeneration. 

• Narrative voice; characters 

and characterisation; the 

structure of novels; the 

differences between story 

and plot; the history and 

wider literary and cultural 

context of the modern novel. 

• Study material on Ian 

McEwan’s Enduring Love and 

Pat Barker’s Regeneration, 

with contextual material and 

critical interpretations. 

• Interviews with Pat Barker 

and Ian McEwan, in which 

they explore key aspects of 

the texts. 

Wise Children: 

Studying a Post-1990 

Novel 

£65 


publication 

ISBN: 978-0907016991 

A thorough and flexible 

resource to support your 

teaching of this engaging, 

stylistically fascinating novel. 

• A close focus on narrative 

voice, structure and style. 

• An active approach to 

criticism. 

• A wide range of activities and 

learning approaches. 

• Suggestions for nonexamined 

assessment. 

Studying The World’s 

Wife 

£65 


publication 

ISBN: 978-0907016953 

Stimulating materials with 

activities on each poem and 

suggestions for making links 

across the collection. 

• Activities on language 

include: colour coding for 

tone; creative writing; tracing 

motifs and images; work on 

voice and register. 

• Approaches to encourage the 

development of independent 

opinions include debating 

activities and ways of 

introducing short critical 

perspectives. 

• Also includes all the stories 

behind Duffy’s re-workings 

with extracts from Ovid, the 

Bible, TS Eliot and other texts 

that relate to the collection, 

as well as paintings and other 

visual representations of the 

stories. 

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15+ 

COPIES 

JUST 

£8.50 

EACH 

Tragedy: A Student Handbook 

£15 


256-page paperback student book 

Also available for iPad/iPhone in iTunes or the 

iBookstore and Kindle on www.amazon.co.uk 

ISBN: 978-1906101060 

A comprehensive introduction to tragedy 

for advanced level students. It provides clear 

explanations of key concepts in tragedy and 

changing ideas about tragedy over time, 

from classical theories and Renaissance 

thinking through to modern interpretations. 

A paperback for classroom sets, the library or 

individual student purchase. 

Key aspects 

• Short critical extracts and a glossary of terms. 

• Short introductions to broad periods and 

contexts – Greek and Renaissance tragedy, 

European playwrights of the late 19th-century, 

modern American, British and Irish tragedy. 

• Accounts of the work of significant 

playwrights, including Sophocles, Shakespeare, 

Webster, Marlowe, Ibsen, Beckett, Miller, 

Williams and Friel. 

• Questions to provoke reflection. 

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Studying Othello 

£75 

A4, 128-page photocopiable publication with 90-min. 

DVD 

ISBN: 0907016812 

• Contextual material on Venice and Cyprus, 

women, magic, race, stage and film 

productions, all embedded in activities on the 

play itself. 

• Short ‘soundbites’ by a diverse range of 

critics in during reading activities and a more 

sustained focus after reading. 

• A strong focus on language, incorporating 

new ideas in accessible ways. 

• Strategies for reflecting on and recording 

important issues, themes, images and angles 

on character. 

'Tragedy: A Student Handbook' – sparky, 

nicely written and, in spite of its terrific 

scope, aesthetically engaged with a feast of 

vivid examples. Go and get your copy right 

away! 

Ewan Fernie, Reader in English, Royal 

Holloway


Pre-1770 Drama: Elizabethan 

and Jacobean 

£65 

A4, 128-page photocopiable publication 

ISBN: 0907016723 

• Introduces cultural, social and historical 

context through visual and textual material 

from the period and by modern historians. 

• Explores themes such as religion, magic and 

superstition, order and disorder, gender, class, 

science and learning. 

• Introduces ideas about comic and tragic 

genres, exploring their roots in Classical forms 

of drama. 

• A case study of performances through the 

ages, allowing students to consider the 

performance context. 

• Offers modern critical readings, with activities. 

• Promotes close reading of the language of the 

plays, focusing on the texts as scripts. 

Studying All My Sons 

£65 

A4, 96-page photocopiable publication 

ISBN: 978-0907016977 

Balances section-by-section activities with 

work encouraging an overview of the play as a 

whole. 

• Contextual and critical material is embedded 

in activities on the play itself. 

• Imaginative and active approaches to reading 

the play include drama, role-play and 

innovative group work ideas. 

• The strong focus on language incorporates 

new ideas in accessible ways. 

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ENGLISH 16-19 

LANGUAGE 

Language 

Handbook 

£15 


160-page paperback student book 

Editor, Dan Clayton, with EMC. 

ISBN: 978-1906101190 

Also available for iPad/iPhone in iTunes or the 

iBookstore and Kindle on www.amazon.co.uk 

An EMC student handbook on key topics and 

theories offering readable explorations of key 

topics from leading linguists. 

• Deborah Cameron on Gender and 

Communication. 

• Dan Clayton on Attitudes to Language 

Change. 

• Sue Fox on Spoken Language. 

• Angela Goddard on Language and 

Technology. 

• Paul Ibbotson on Child Language Acquisition. 

• Paul Kerswill on Social Variation. 

• Alison Ross on Language and Representation. 

• Jane Setter on English Around the World. 

• Peter Stockwell on Textual Analysis and 

Stylistics. 

• Graeme Trousdale on Language Change. 

• Kevin Watson on Accent and Dialect. 

15+ 

JUST 

£8.50 

COPIES 

EACH 

38


An 

Introduction 

to Language 

Frameworks 

£65 


publication with DVD 

Dan Clayton and Marcello 

Giovanelli, edited with EMC 

ISBN: 978-1906101213 

A core resource for AS English 

Language with structured 

approaches to analysing 

language. Provides both 

activities and commentaries. 

• Explanations of key 

frameworks needed to 

analyse texts. 

• Short texts in a range of 

genres. 

• Detailed questions on longer 

texts. 

• Guidance on exploring mode 

and grouping texts. 

• Extensive commentaries on 

activities. 

On DVD 

• Three video clips 

used throughout this 

publication 

• A printable PDF of 

Language Frameworks 

with texts in colour, for 

printing 

• A video PDF with video 

clips, texts and interactive 

versions of the texts. 

2+ SETS 

JUST 

£15 EACH 

Language Posters 

£20 per set 

2+ sets £15 each 

Set of 8 posters 50x70 cm (in a cardboard tube) 

Eight posters on key areas of language study. 

Most suitable for A Level and GCSE. 

• Accent and dialect 

• Code switching 

• Figurative language 

• Formality and informality 

• Inference 

• Language change 

• Modal verbs 

• Register 

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Mathilda 

Mathilda Speaking 

£24.95 

DVD with printable PDF 

ISBN: 978-1906101084 

Mathilda 2: Talking, Reading, 

Writing 

£19.50 

DVD with printable PDF 

ISBN: 978-1906101275 

Two DVDs following Mathilda from 12 months 

to 3½ years (Mathilda Speaking) and from 4 to 

7 years (Mathilda 2: Talking, Reading, Writing), 

offering a unique insight into Child Language 

Acquisition. 

• In Mathilda Speaking we see Mathilda reading 

and playing with her mother, talking to herself 

and with friends. Dr Bonamy Oliver, Mathilda’s 

mother and a researcher in developmental 

psychology, offers an illuminating 

commentary on the different stages of her 

development. 

• Mathilda 2: Talking, Reading, Writing follows 

her as she plays with both younger and older 

children, talks to her parents, learns to read 

and writes her own stories. 

• Each DVD includes: transcripts of the clips; 

possible areas of study on each clip, focusing 

on key aspects of advanced language study; 

notes and commentaries. 

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ENGLISH 16-19 

LANG/LIT 

Language & 

Literature: An EMC 

Coursebook 

OCR Language & Literature AS/ 

AL (EMC) 

£19.50 

15+ copies: £10 each 

256-page student coursebook 

ISBN: 978-1906101350 

An essential classroom resource for the OCR 

AS and A Level English Language and Literature 

(EMC), providing sequences of classroom 

activities to teach all of the components of the 

AS and A Level. 

£19.50 

256 PAGES 

Key aspects 

• Introductions to key aspects of linguistic and literary study for 

the AS and A Level exams. 

• Classroom activities to teach key skills and concepts. 

• Activities based on extracts from all the set texts. 

• Material to fuel teaching of the unseen elements in the exams. 

• Commentaries embedded in activities to support both 

students and teachers in understanding what’s important and 

interesting to observe and analyse. 

• Creative approaches to support the idea of reading as a writer 

and writing as a reader, a central feature of this specification. 

• Short pieces of modelled writing. 

• Material to prepare students for the demands of the 

examinations. 

• A glossary of key terms. 

15+ 

JUST 

£10 

COPIES 

EACH 

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DOWNLOADS 

ENGLISH 16-19 


Downloadable versions of 

complete Literature publications 

Pre-1770 Drama: Elizabethan 

and Jacobean 

£25 

127-page PDF 

Studying The World’s Wife 

£25 


Studying Blake’s Songs 

£25 

128-page PDF with embedded video clips 

Studying The Great Gatsby 

£45 

100-page video PDF 

Studying The Road 

£30 


Studying Wuthering Heights 

£25 

96-page PDF 

Studying Spies 

£35 


Downloadable units from 

Literature publications 

Studying Narrative: Genre 

£4.50 

10-page PDF 

Studying Narrative: Themes 

£4.50 

7-page PDF 

Studying Narrative: Structure 

£4.50 

14-page PDF 

Pre-1770 Drama: Context & 

Genre 

£7.50 

33-page PDF 

Pre-1770 Drama: Belief & Learning 

£4.50 

11-page PDF 

Pre-1770 Drama: Class & Women 

£5.50 

27-page PDF 

Pre-1770 Drama: Order & Disorder 

£4.50 

17-page PDF 

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Literature publications only 

available as downloads 

Studying Beloved 

£30 

59-page PDF 

Studying Cold Mountain 

£25 

81-page PDF 

The Poetry Pack: Developing 

Critical Skills at 14-19 

£15 

71-page PDF 

Downloadable versions of 

complete Language resources 

An Introduction to Language 

Frameworks Units from 

Language Works 

£39.50 

128-page print PDF with embedded videos 

Language publications only 

available as downloads 

Language Frameworks – Gender 

£15 


Teaching Arcadia 

£30 

105-page PDF 

Regeneration: EMC Interview 

with Pat Barker 

£20 


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MEDIA 

11-19 

Doing Ads 

Approaches for the 21st Century 

£95 

A4, 160-page photocopiable publication in full colour 

with 90-min. DVD and additional advanced material 

in PDF format 

ISBN: 978-1906101022 

A critical and creative exploration of 

advertising, past and present, for students 

of English and Media aged 14-18, with 

advanced activities for specialist Media Studies 

classrooms. 

£95 

PHOTOCOPIABLE 

Key aspects 

• Extends pupils’ media literacy skills. 

• Develops speaking and listening, independent 

thinking and functional literacy skills through 

simulations, role-play and production work. 

• Includes a 90-minute DVD of ads selected to 

embrace media concepts, different forms and 

functions of campaigns, and key debates and 

controversies. 

Well-structured, clearly 

organised, totally 

accessible. 

St John Starkie, 

Alexandra Park School 

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Doing News 

Approaches for the 21st Century 

£95 

A4, 224-page photocopiable publication with 100- 

min. DVD 

ISBN: 0907016901 

Foregrounds active exploration, simulation and 

independent student enquiry to investigate key 

media concepts and practices with production 

tasks, case studies and analysis. 

£95 

PHOTOCOPIABLE 

+ DVD 

Key aspects 

• Structured analytic activities contextualising 

news languages. 

• Investigations into newspaper readership, 

marketing and ownership. 

• Provocative approaches to news regulation, 

institutions and technologies, tackled through 

historical overviews, role-plays, simulations 

and mini-case studies. 

• Opportunities to debate and critically evaluate 

news values, editorial dilemmas, and crossmedia 

representations. 

As always with EMC 

resources, there is an 

enlightened approach to 

classroom activities. 

Gareth Calway, 

Secondary English 

Magazine 

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Doing TV Drama 

£55 

90-min. DVD including PDF of classroom activities 

and teachers’ notes 

ISBN: 978-1906101091 

Short extracts from a range of contemporary 

broadcast drama to stretch students’ critical 

and creative skills. 

• Extracts from prime-time serials, series, soaps, 

literary adaptations, and issue-based drama. 

• Interviews with directors, screenwriters and a 

former Controller for BBC Drama. 

• A printable PDF with activities and contextual 

material. 

• Role-plays, production exercises, simulations 

and games. 

• Guidance for close textual analysis, crossplatform 

and online media study, and 

institutional background. 

• A focus on issues of representation and 

response. 

Activities are rigorous, challenging, creative 

– really exciting. 

Professor David Buckingham 

We are not reprinting this publication. Get your copies before stock runs out! 

The Media Book (KS3 Series) 

£10.95, 15+ £5 each DVD £19.95 

128-page pupil book in two colours, with 20 pages in full colour; 

90-min. DVD 

ISBN: 0-907016758 

• Includes mainstream, popular and alternative texts 

across a range of media, to move, inspire and provoke. 

• Case studies and simulations explore classic studentfriendly 

examples of moving image and popular culture. 

• Introductory work on media debates focuses on the 

phenomenon of celebrity and the targeting of young 

people by the advertising industry. 

• Close study of four short independent films which 

develop pupils’ media literacy skills and raise issues of 

representation, ethnicity, identity and disability. 

LAST 

CHANCE 

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DOWNLOADS 

MEDIA 


Media Approaches to 

Shakespeare’s Language 

£6.50 

14-page print PDF & 23-page video PDF 

Bait: Editing the Director’s 

Rushes 

£25 

Package of video clips for editing 

Sold 

£8.50 


Double Take 

£8.50 


Dipper 

£12.50 


For the Love of... 

£8.50 


Gravity 

£8.50 


Levi’s 

£15 


Reading an Ad 

£8.50 


Doing Ads – Starting Points 

£5.50 

24-page PDF 

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FOR TEACHERS 

English Allsorts 

with CD 

£14.95 

Wirobound teachers’ book with CD 

ISBN: 978-1906101015 

A compendium of strategies to engage and 

challenge students from 11 to 18, drawing on 

over 30 years of the English and Media Centre’s 

work with teachers – all sorts of ideas for 

good, fun, do-able classroom activities. English 

Allsorts covers all aspects of the English and 

Media curriculum, from approaches to any 

text, through essay and non-fiction writing, to 

strategies for encouraging private reading and 

developing media literacy. 

The CD – Allsorts and Extras 

• The CD includes grids, worksheets, 

classroom materials, further suggestions 

and examples to give you a flavour of how 

the Allsorts strategies work in practice 

when applied to specific texts and topics. 

• In addition, ‘EMC Extras’ on the CD 

includes samples from EMC’s publication 

backlist plus the complete Key Stage 3 

Units – 20 diverse and appealing units of 

work for 11-14 year-olds. 

The Centre’s gem – English Allsorts – distils 

years of wisdom into an essential guide to 

100 lessons which you know will not only 

work, but which enshrine good practice, a 

rare combination. 

Martin Phillips, Freelance Secondary English 

Consultant 

'It’s blimmin’ brilliant. I can’t recommend it 

enough!' 

TES Forum 

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Page Title Price Quantity Cost 

37 All My Sons, Studying £65 

25 An Inspector Calls Study Guide £75 

14 Arctic Adventure £59.50 

25 Arthur Miller Study Guide £65 

15 Best of Both: Fact & Fiction Texts (1-14 copies) £12.50 

15 Best of Both: Fact & Fiction Texts (15+ copies) £5 

33 Blake’s Songs, Studying £75 

18 Christmas Carol, A: EMC Study Edition (1-14 copies) £9.95 

18 Christmas Carol, A: EMC Study Edition (15+ copies) £6.50 

23 Curious Incident, The: Study Guide £65 

44 Doing Ads: Approaches for the 21st Century £95 

30 Doing Close Reading: Activities, Anthology, Analysis £75 

45 Doing News: Approaches for the 21st Century £95 

46 Doing TV Drama £55 

31 Dramatic Genres: Studying Comedy £95 

48 English Allsorts inc. CD £14.95 

21 Frankenstein: EMC Study Edition (1-14 copies) £9.95 

21 Frankenstein: EMC Study Edition (15+ copies) £6.50 each 

32 Gothic, Introducing The £65 

14 Grammaticus £9.50 

33 Great Gatsby, The, Studying £75 

29 Handmaid’s Tale, The, Studying £75 

23 Hunger Games, The: An EMC Study Guide £65 

15 Klondyke Kate Revisited (1-14 copies) £12.95 

15 Klondyke Kate Revisited (15+ copies) £8.50 each 

41 Language & Literature: An EMC Coursebook (1-14 copies) £19.50 

41 Language & Literature: An EMC Coursebook (15+ copies) £10 each 

38 Language: An EMC Student Handbook (1-14 copies) £15 

38 Language: An EMC Student Handbook (15+ copies) £8.50 each 

39 Language Frameworks, An Introduction to £65 

39 Language Posters (set of 8 posters) £20 

39 Language Posters (2+ sets) £15 each 

15 Language Works: Resources for Exploring Language £95 

16 Literary Shorts: Pupil Anthology (1-14 copies) £12.50 

16 Literary Shorts: Pupil Anthology (15+ copies) £6.50 each 

16 Literary Shorts: Teacher’s Resource £75 

20 Lord of the Flies: EMC Resource Pack (Single copy) £55 

20 Lord of the Flies: EMC Resource Pack (2+ copies) £40 each 

40 Mathilda Speaking £24.95 

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Page Title Price Quantity Cost 

40 Mathilda 2: Talking, Reading, Writing £19.50 

46 Media Book, The, KS3 Series 1-14 copies £10.95 

46 Media Book, The, KS3 Series (15+ copies) £5 each 

46 Media Book, The, KS3 Series, DVD £19.95 

35 Modern Novel, The: Critical Approaches £75 

24 Much Ado About Nothing Study Guide £65 

32 Narrative, Studying £65 

15 Non-fiction Book, The, KS3 Series (1-14 copies) £10.95 

15 Non-fiction Book, The, KS3 Series (15+ copies) £5 each 

15 Non-fiction Book, The, KS3 Series, DVD £19.95 

36 Othello, Studying £75 

22 Poetry Book, The, KS3 Series (1-14 copies) £10.95 

22 Poetry Book, The, KS3 Series (15+ copies) £5 each 

22 Poetry Book, KS3 Series DVD £19.95 

37 Pre-1770 Drama: Elizabethan and Jacobean £65 

24 Richard III, Study Guide £65 

34 Road, The, Studying £75 

24 Romeo and Juliet, Study Guide £19.95 

25 Sherlock Holmes, Studying (1-14 copies) £10.95 

25 Sherlock Holmes, Studying (15+ copies) £8.50 each 

12 Sight/Unseen: Non-fiction (1-14 copies) £12.95 

12 Sight/Unseen: Non-fiction (15+ copies) £8.50 each 

22 Sight/Unseen: Poetry £55 

20 Sign of the Four, The: EMC Resource Pack (Single copy) £55 

20 Sign of the Four, The: EMC Resource Pack (2+ copies) £40 each 

34 Spies, Studying £75 

13 Spotlight on Literacy: Creative Interventions ..... £120 

19 Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (1-14 copies) £9.95 

19 Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (15+ copies) £6.50 each 

28 Streetcar Named Desire, A, Studying £75 

23 To Kill a Mockingbird Study Guide £19.50 

32 Text Reader Critic £65 

36 Tragedy: A Student Handbook (1-14 copies) £15 

36 Tragedy: A Student Handbook (15+ copies) £8.50 each 

35 Wise Children, Studying £65 

14 Worldfriendly Books: The Publisher’s Intern £39.50 

35 World’s Wife, The, Studying £65 

34 Wuthering Heights, Studying £65 

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EMC Publications 

PO Box 105 Rochester 

Kent ME2 4BE 

Tel: 01634 729835 

Fax: 01634 290175 

email: emc@education.co.uk 

The English and Media Centre 

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London N1 2UN 

Telephone: 020 73598080 

Fax: 020 73540133 

email: info@englishandmedia.co.uk 

EMC is a company limited by guarantee (2466244) and 

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2016-2017 Publications

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