The teaching folder can be followed as a scheme of work, or used as individual lesson plans and allows students to explore the play in its entirety. They folder encourages students to approach The House of Bernada Alba from a variety of different viewpoints: a designer, director, actor and audience.

By using the folder you will ensure your students gain a thorough understanding of the whole play, its themes, context, ideas and characters, whilst ensuring you cover all of the assessment requirements of this module. This teaching folder will provide you with a complete scheme of work to teach the whole of this play to students.

It contains a wealth of photocopiable student handouts and teaching ideas. The folder contains an enormous amount of lesson ideas with accompanying student handouts, which mean that you will not have to plan a thing for this play.

The folder looks at a variety of topics such as:
-understanding the original context of the play and Lorca's intentions,
-exploring the history of Spanish literature,
-exploring the ways in which physical characterisation can portray characters,
-the purpose of roles such as the mourners and the maids,
-understanding character motives,
-interpreting characters, for example, looking at the complex relationship between Bernada and Poncia,
-how to use vocal characterisation within the play,
-exploring non-verbal meanings,
-analysing Lorca's use of language, such as how Adela's speech reveals important themes and messages,
-exploring Lorca's representation of women,
-understanding Lorca's use of symbolism and how to present this to an audience,
-viewing this play from a critical perspective, such as looking at the tragic elements and whether the play could be viewed from an Aristotelian perspective,
-how to write about this play in an exam and how to break down an exam question.

It is a complete, very detailed and comprehensive teaching folder; it will save you hours of research and planning.