The Story of Tom Brennan
HSC Study Guide
New From The Learning Curve:
The latest title in our series of A5 format study guides for the standard course Module C Texts and Society Elective 3: Into the World.
The Learning Curve provides English HSC resources for English teachers and students in NSW. Our writers are English head teachers with decades of experience in teaching English, marking the HSC and HSC lectures.
We have all been involved in developing curriculum materials and writing text books for the HSC English syllabus.
What you will find in this book:
- An outline of HSC English requirements for Module C and Elective 2
- An introduction to the elective of Into the World and an extensive range of related material with questions to guide your thoughts
- Background information about The Story of Tom Brennan
- The context of the novel
- A chapter by chapter analysis of the novel
- An explanation of Swan Lake
- An analysis of the characters in The Story of Tom Brennan
- Tom's transition
- Themes and issues
- tructure, forms and features
- Language analysis
- General questions
80 x A5 pages for $20 (plus postage)
About the author
Sandra Bernhardt, BA, DipEd, is an educational writer and editor with a background in English teaching and consultancy. She has been a Director of Studies, Head Teacher English, Senior Education Officer and HSC marker. Sandra's publications include textbooks for junior and senior high school English, study guides for HSC English, and English curriculum and syllabus support