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May 5, 2016
Now available Study Guide for Kate Chopin’s “The Awakening”
For all those UK students who are studying The Awakening by Kate Chopin, here is the resource you need.
Want to appreciate Chopin’s The Awakening?
This detailed study guide will aid your understanding of the author’s portrayal of a young mother and wife who realizes she wants more from her life.
Includes:
– Preface;
– An annotated list of characters;
– Detailed analysis of genre, settings, themes, etc.;
– In-depth questions to guide the reader to a deeper understanding of the background, themes, and characters of the novel;
– Post-reading critical analysis;
– Glossary of relevant literary terms and activity sheets;
– Guidance on using the study guide questions to stimulate group discussion and presentations;
– Three graphic organizers for students to make notes;
– Suggestions for further reading and a bibliography.
Just published…
A Study Guide on William Shakespeare’s inspiring Henry V. Check it out here.
But if you would like a more detailed analysis of this great play then Ray has produced a book in his Text and Critical Introduction Series which will give you all the help you need. If you want to experience, understand and enjoy one of the great works of world literature, then here is the book to help you.
It is in the final stages of proof reading and will be available in a few days…
AND….
Coming soon
The Wasteland, Prufrock and Poems by T.S. Eliot: A Study Guide
This poetry is some of the best written in the twentieth century.
The Guide covers every poem included in Eliot’s first three books (including those written in French) and provides material to support your reading.
Includes:
– A short introduction to Eliot’s poetry;
– For each poem, vocabulary and notes which explain allusions and obscurities;
– Each poem has a commentary followed by questions which guide you to a deeper understanding;
– A glossary of relevant literary terms;
– Suggestions for ways to use the questions as a basis for discussion in the classroom or in reading groups.
This book is in the final proofing stage and should be available soon.
March 30, 2016
Check out Ray Moore’s latest books
Recently published
A great new text on Oedipus Rex in Ray’s Text and Critical Introduction Series.
This book gives you a modern easy to understand translation of the Greek, together with notes, commentary and a study guide to help you understand this classic play.
Ray has also been busy adding to his Study Guides with new titles
ME and EARL and the Dying GIRL by Jesse Andrews
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. A great book if you want to look at the women’s role in Afghani society.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. This will give you fascinating insights into men in Afghanistan.
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. The brilliantly inspirational but disturbing biography of Louis Zamperini. Get to grips with the themes and ideas in this study guide.
You will be pleased to know that Ray has split his Two Study Guide book on The Myth of Sisyphus and The Stranger by Albert Camus so that students can have the option of selecting a guide on either text. These revised and updated Study Guides will enable the reader to delve deeper into the underlying themes but without the helpful insights that the more detailed commentary offers in Ray’s Critical Introduction book on The Stranger. However, readers should be aware that the two texts are part of a trilogy written by Camus and one book enhances the reading of the other.
Finally, coming soon…. A Study Guide on The Awakening by Kate Chopin. Keep checking Ray’s website for more details!
January 19, 2016
Sale day at teachers Pay teachers store
January 18th 2016
Latest news for TeachersPayTeachers followers
It’s a sale day!
Check out Ray’s sale at the site on January 20th and 21st.
Great deals can be had on all Ray’s Study Guides and other items.
Don’t miss out!
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August 17, 2015
Bonus sale day at Teachers Pay Teachers!
August 17th 2015
Latest news for TeachersPayTeachers followers
It’s a bonus sale day!
Check out Ray’s sale at the site on August 19th.
Great deals can be had on all Ray’s Study Guides and other items.
Don’t miss out!
Click on the graphic link…
July 31, 2015
TeachersPayTeachers summer sale
July 2015
Latest news for TeachersPayTeachers followers
Check out Ray’s sale at the site on August 3rd and 4th.
Great deals can be had on all Ray’s Study Guides and other items.
Don’t miss out!
Click on the graphic link…
June 27, 2015
June draws to a close
Ray is busy beavering away on his TeacherPayTeachers Study Guides. His latest additions are listed near the top of the page (for the time being). For returning readers it makes it easier for you to see if what you want is there!.
Recently published- Both his Text and Critical Introduction book and Study Guide for The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have proved to be a great success in the UK. There are obviously many readers who find Sherlock Holmes fascinating. Like many other TV viewers he is eagerly waiting for more episodes from the BBC’s Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.
In May Final Investigations of the Reverend Lyle Thorne the last book of short stories for this character was published. He hopes you all enjoy them.
March 26, 2015
March update
What a month this has been!
Ray has published an updated version of the first book he published… The Stranger by Albert Camus: A Critical Introduction. He also put the finishing touches to The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Text and Critical introduction. If that was not enough, he also completed The Sign of Four: A Study Guide which he hopes many students in England will find helpful as this is one of the texts designated for study in the GCSE exams. Although resources to help students prepare for their exams already exist, this study guide encourages the student to develop his/her own ideas and thoughts about the novel. One student who used Ray’s Macbeth by William Shakespeare: A Study Guide received top marks for his essay that the teacher stated had some unique ideas which had not been covered in class. As a former exam marker, Ray knows how to prepare students for exams.
Coming any day is Ray’s latest study guide titled On the Road by Jack Kerouac: A Study Guide.
The third weekend in March proved especially busy as Ray had been invited to the Leesburg Literary Arts Festival in Florida, where he successfully sold autographed copies of his Reverend Lyle Thorne Mystery series. One lady was so happy with her purchase of the first book, Investigations of the Reverend Lyle Thorne, that she returned in the afternoon to purchase the other three books in the series! And for those of you who love the stories, the fifth and probably final book in the series is getting close to being ready for publication. If all goes well, it should be ready in the Summer. Hopefully, Ray can be persuaded to allow the Reverend Lyle Thorne to return in a full length novel.
February 23, 2015
TeachersPayTeachers sale
February 2015
Latest news at TeachersPayTeachers
Check out Ray’s sale at the site on February 25th.
Great deals can be had on all Ray’s Study Guides and other items.
Don’t miss out!
Click on the graphic link…
January 18, 2015
Of Mice and Men
August 15, 2014
Back to School sale at TeachersPayTeachers
Look out for the upcoming sale at Ray’s TeachersPayTeachers site. All his teacher resources will be on sale. This sale is for one day Aug 20, 2014.
Click on the image below to go to his store. Don’t miss out!!
