BROOKLYN CLASSROOM QUESTIONS FOR COMPARATIVE STUDY

A 160 page companion guide to Brooklyn for Comparative Study for Leaving Certificate English 2019 and 2020.
For use in the classroom or for focussed independent study.

Section 1

• The film is divided into 5 parts.
• Outline summary for each part.
• Notes and Questions on each mode for each part.
• Modes include: Cultural Context/Social Setting, Literary Genre, General Vision and Viewpoint, Relationships and Hero/Heroine/Villain.

Section 2

• Notes looking at each mode as a whole across the entire text.
• Accompanying questions for each mode.

Section 3

• Comparing your texts: Questions on each mode to compare Brooklyn and your other chosen Comparative Study texts.

This book is a companion guide for the Comparative Study of ‘Brooklyn’, directed by John Crowley. Ideally it accompanies a second, detailed viewing and study of the film.

For the purposes of classroom study, I have divided the film into five parts. Each part contains an outline summary, a brief note on Cultural Context/Social Setting, Literary Genre, General Vision and Viewpoint, Relationships and Hero/Heroine/Villain, and a set of questions on Cultural Context/Social Setting, Literary Genre, General Vision and Viewpoint, Relationships and Hero/Heroine/Villain. The brief note is intended as a starting point for students, to provide something concrete for each mode that can be developed and built on by exploring the relevant mode-based questions for each part.

Towards the back of the book, there are short notes looking at each mode as a whole, across the entire film, and accompanying questions (please note, there may be some similarity with earlier questions to draw attention to key ideas).

Lastly, there is a section of questions on each mode, designed to prompt comparisons between ‘Brooklyn’ and other Comparative Study texts.

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Why choose to study The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan?

• Themes of family, relationships, communication, loss.
• Set in the Irish countryside during the recent economic recession.
• Alternative perspectives, each chapter is written in a new voice, developing the story in layers.
• Examines the gulf between our public and private selves.
• Exciting, compelling storyline.

Scene by Scene guides are teaching resources. They are short books of questions, designed to save teachers time and lead to rewarding classroom experiences. Each guide is broken down by scene or chapter, to match and complement the text it accompanies. This means that the teacher is provided with a clear list of questions, at every stage of teaching the text. These questions can be used in class, or as homework, and so provide underlying structure to lesson planning.

Classroom Questions teaching guides contain both closed, comprehension testing questions, and open, higher order questions, exploring student response, opinion and analysis. Closed questions can be used to check understanding and make sure students are on-task, while open questions promote thinking and reflection. In this way, Scene by Scene Classroom Questions keep students engaged with and focused on the text, and involved in classroom discussion.

Product Details: Paperback, A5, 34 pages.