{"product_id":"greek-stories-a-gcse-reader-9781350005655","title":"Greek Stories: A GCSE Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreek Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is an ideal first reader for students of Classical Greek. It offers 100 self-contained passages of manageable length, chosen for their intrinsic interest and adapted from a wide range of ancient authors. Generous help is given, with a short introduction to each story and glossing of all proper names and non-GCSE vocabulary. The collection will also be attractive to older students beginning or returning to the language. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Updated to match the 2016 OCR specification, this edition has been restructured to reflect the new examinations, which now have a single language paper. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection 1 \u003c\/b\u003eprovides 30 passages, starting with very short and simple stories and building up to the level of the current OCR GCSE. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection 2 \u003c\/b\u003eprovides 30 differentiated passages of increasing difficulty on historical topics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection 3 \u003c\/b\u003eprovides 20 shorter passages of uniform length on mythological topics, with comprehension questions, in the style of Section A of the new GCSE language paper. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection 4 \u003c\/b\u003eprovides 20 passages on historical topics, with comprehension and unseen sections, in the style of Section B of the new GCSE language paper. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The new edition is supported by a companion website with an answer key and additional passages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e was for many years Head of Classics at Tonbridge School, UK, and is now Lecturer in Classics at Manchester University, UK. He is an experienced examiner of Ancient Greek and the author of the widely used textbooks \u003ci\u003eGreek to GCSE \u003c\/i\u003e(2nd edition, Bloomsbury, 2016)\u003ci\u003e; Greek Beyond GCSE \u003c\/i\u003e(2nd edition, Bloomsbury, 2017); and (with Stephen Anderson) \u003ci\u003eGreek Unseen Translation\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2005) and \u003ci\u003eWriting Greek\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2011). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKristian Waite\u003c\/b\u003e is Head of Classics at Caterham School, UK.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873248579858,"sku":"9781350005655","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f9b31f26-46d0-4f3f-a3d1-6f961ef4991a.jpg?v=1737925058","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/greek-stories-a-gcse-reader-9781350005655","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}