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Secondary English Packs -
Developing strong & confident communicators
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A new approach to secondary English:
The English Project is a series of lively and colourful topic books for Years 7-10 English. Each book is devoted to a theme, skill or approach at the heart of English in the Australian secondary curriculum. The English project is an interesting way for secondary students to enjoy & study a variety of English concepts & skills development. The English project enables students to explore a variety of different genres in a way that will grab their attention.
The English project can be used to help students to apply their writing, comprehension, grammar, vocabulary and spelling skills which have been learnt and developed in primary school. If your child / young person need further development in these areas, we have awesome resources to help you and your child to do some further study.
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English skill builders:
Read and Understand Books 1 to 4
These are the first two workbooks in a series of four written for secondary or intermediate students who want to improve their reading comprehension skills. The 15 reading texts in each of the two books deal with contemporary and social issues that teenagers are encouraged to read about. Words and phrases highlighted in each passage are explained in the Vocabulary Study section. There is a variety of comprehension exercises, including Pre-reading Questions and Oral Practice. Students can hear the reading passages on an accompanying audio CD. These workbooks are suitable for small group or classroom use
Read and Understand Books 1 to 4
Features:
- Reading texts deal with social and contemporary issues
- Accompanying audio CD records all the reading texts
- Vocabulary Study section explains difficult words in each passage
- Includes exercises for vocabulary building and grammar practice
- Provides activities for small groups or pair work to develop students’ oral skills
- Separate Answer Key provided
Price $11.95
- a three-book literacy skills workbook resource
- the perfect resource to support any literacy program
- a program of skill development focusing on upper-level thinking skills that underpin literacy competence
- based on a modern text approach to reading and writing
- content themes are based on interests of students at each level
- process themes are a sequential development of the reading and writing processes
- skills are treated in the context of a high-interest theme
- reflects the technical age to which schools and children belong
- organised into easily managed modules built around a theme
- can be used in group or independent student situations
- provides a developmental, sequential coverage of major literacy skills
- Ages 12-14 years
Price $12.95
Focus on Comprehension is a series of four books designed to provide students with systematic and rigorous guidance on how to understand and respond to texts that they read. Together, the four books cover all the objectives in the Reading and Comprehension elements of the English Language curriculum.Focus on Comprehension Book 1 to 4
Features:
- Develops skills systematically & thoroughly
- Covers a wide range of text types
- Provides ample practice for specific skills
- Includes review exercises
Price $11.95
This resource pack, consisting of a practical guidebook and a CD-ROM, aims to develop specifically students’ skills in inferential comprehension and summary writing for the ‘O’ Level examination. Many students do not achieve a good grade simply because they do not know how to answer the examination questions. The book addresses that problem by helping students to understand the requirements of typical comprehension and summary writing questions. The accompanying CD-ROM contains many more exercises for students to build up their vocabulary, which is a necessary requirement for the exam.
Features of the CD-ROM
- Contains 18 passages of approximately 1000 words each
- A variety of on-screen activities to develop students’ comprehension and summary writing skill
- Immediate feedback and teaching prompts
- Allows texts and questions to be copied into Word document
- Allows printout of texts and scores of completed exercises
- Sound files of relevant texts
- Maps and photos provide visual support
- Built-in on-screen dictionary Features of the book
- Explains the words used in typical comprehension and summary writing questions
- Imparts techniques and skills in answering questions
- Provides ample exercises for practice in skills learnt
- Includes 10 Practice Papers
- Separate Answer Key available
Price $19.95
This guidebook-and-CD-ROM pack is designed to prepare students for tertiary courses. It aims to equip them with effective study skills so that they will optimize the time spent in their studies. Special emphasis is given to writing and learning skills.
Features:
- A skill-based course focusing on language application
- The CD-ROM provides about 40 hours of self-access study material
- Each unit in the CD focuses on key concepts and terminology, and provides:
- teaching screens
- reading material
- grammar and vocabulary practice
- video clips and sound files
- listening skills practice
- games and activities for reinforcement
- The CD gives immediate feedback on students’ work
- Exercises in the Workbook reinforce those in the CD
- The Workbook includes units on reading, writing and oral presentation skills
- Answer Key includes sample answers to all written exercises in Workbook
- Suitable for students’ self-access study and for teachers to incorporate into their classroom study programmes
Price $19.95
Each of the four workbooks provides over 100 exercises on different aspects of English grammar that secondary students have to understand well. Although the workbooks are intended to accompany the Student Book, they can also be used with whatever grammar texts teachers decide to use.
Features:
- A wide variety of exercises, ranging from sentence-type questions to full-length contextual ones
- All exercises well graded
- Concise Grammar Notes provided as a quick reminder of key points, before exercises are attempted
- Answer Key available
Price $9.95
English Writing Workshop - Essential Non-Fiction Genres
Essential Non-fiction provides a wide range of stimulating source materials, and these address all the non-fiction writing forms required by the Singapore English Language Syllabus 2000. The book is effectively supported by a Teacher’s Guide which offers concise and useful notes on every text, as well as a range of copyable sheets for use as OHTs (some annotated) and handouts. These offer real support in modelling writing with students, and link the work to specific objectives in Syllabus 2000 for the teaching of English.
Features:
- Every text is preceded by a section called “About the text”, which directs students to look out for key things at word, sentence and text levels, so that the key features of the text type are clear to them.
- Every text is followed by exercises grouped under the headings “Understanding the text”, “Directed writing” and “Independent writing”.
- The 28 stimulating source texts include
- Interview with JK Rowling
- Time Travel” website
- Daily Mirror editorial on ‘murderess’ Ruth Ellis
- Review of the musical The Lion King
- Life of Shakespeare
- The Utter Idiot’s Guide to Making a Baloney Sandwich
Price $14.95
Teacher’s Guide $42.95
English Writing Workshop - Essential Fiction Genres
Essential Fiction Genres provides a wide range of stimulating source materials divided into the most common genres of fiction, such as Fantasy, Horror, Crime, Romance and Science fiction. The book is effectively supported by a Teacher’s Guide which offers concise and useful notes on every text, as well as a range of copiable sheets for use as OHTs (some annotated) and handouts. These offer real support in modelling writing with students, and link the work to specific objectives in Syllabus 2000 for the teaching of English Language and preparing students for the Unseen section of the GCE ‘O’ level Literature paper.
Features:
- Every text is preceded by a section called “About the text”, which directs students to look out for key things at word, sentence and text levels, so that they are familiar with the key features of the fiction genre.
- Every text is followed by exercises grouped under the headings “Understanding the text”, “Literary appreciation”, “Directed writing” and “Independent writing”.
- The 19 stimulating source texts include excerpts from
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
- MapHead by Lesley Howarth
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
- The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandle
Price $14.95
Teacher’s Guide $42.95
Vocabulary Building- Books 1 to 4
This series of two workbooks has been specially designed to provide vocabulary practice for secondary students. They are intended for Secondary 1 and 2 students, though Upper-Secondary students who need more practice may benefit from them too. Each book focuses on very common words, such as good, fair, fine, nice, which are either rather vague in meaning or tend to be overused. By working through the 25 exercises, it is hoped that students will be able to improve their vocabulary, as well as make their composition-writing more interesting.
Features:
- especially written passage containing the same key word used ten times with different meanings, sometimes including informal meanings;
- a list of synonyms for each meaning, together with guidance on context or examples of usage;
- the same passage with blanks for students to fill in the appropriate synonyms of the key word;
- a set of questions to test how much knowledge students have gained from the passage and list of synonyms.
Price $9.95
Grammar in Use - Books 1 to 4
These workbooks have several features that will help students apply the knowledge of grammar to suit different contexts. Passages are written to illustrate specific grammar items in an authentic context. Every passage is tagged with the text-type and cross-curricular labels which teachers will find useful in their lesson preparation. All the exercises are designed to provide students with realistic language practice. In line with the current trend in modern education, every unit includes project work related to the unit’s topic and grammar focus, as well as information on websites that students can visit.
Features:
- Grammar illustrated in authentic context
- Covers various text types with cross-curricular links
- Grammar practice with realistic language
- Provides project work and information on websites
Price $11.95
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