Help your students make those vital two levels of progress in Reading and Writing with this new KS3 series from Collins. Each book concentrates on moving students up one level in reading or writing, covering each of the Assessment Focuses in turn. These brand new books offer student-friendly explanations and activities to build, develop and extend students' literacy skills, showing them precisely what they need to do to make progress. Whether you're looking for a one-off lesson, snappy starters or a longer programme of study, these flexible resources are designed to fit around the needs of your teaching and your classes. Aiming for Level 4 Writing will help you to * Target areas of underperformance, with a chapter on each Assessment Focus and support at the right level written by experienced teachers and consultants. * Explain, build and develop the essential writing skills for this level, with clear, accessible explanations, inspiring examples and lively follow-up activities. * Motivate and engage students, with exciting stimulus texts, fresh approaches to learning and a colourful, magazine-like layout. * Embed Assessment for Learning in your day-to-day teaching, with clear learning objectives, criteria for self and peer assessment on every double-page, and end of chapter Level Boosters to help students understand how to progress. * Gather evidence for your periodic APP assessments, with longer tasks flagged up throughout as APP opportunities. * Plan ahead without the stress, with ready-to-use double-page lessons and a teacher guide at the back of the book. Plus, get your students ready for Functional Skills! These books will help you build the foundations for success in the new KS4 qualification.

Level 4 Writing (Aiming For)

Children's Books

Martin, Christopher

West, Keith

Francis, Robert

Kirby, Ian

Bentley-Davies, Caroline

Calway, Gareth

Education & Reference

HarperCollins, UK

The Collins Cambridge IGCSE® English Teacher Guide provides all you need to teach the 2015 Cambridge First Language English syllabuses, 0500 and 0522, with expert support from experienced examiner and trainer Julia Burchell to help you lead your classes to success.• Revised and updated to support the 2015 syllabuses and examination formats.• Show students how to progress following the structure of the Student Book, which moves from building key reading and writing skills to applying these skills to specific exam questions and coursework tasks.• Help students to reach their target grades with clear exemplification of what is required.• Save time on planning and preparation with expert support from Julia Burchell, an experienced examiner and trainer. The Teacher Guide includes a two-year scheme of work, differentiated lesson plans and worksheets, plus extension activities for students aiming for Grade A/A*.• Prepare students for examination success. Detailed marking guidance and annotated sample answers in the Teacher Guide help you and your classes to make the most of the practice examination papers in the Student Book. Series editor Julia Burchell explains how to tackle the trickiest exam questions in the revision videos on the CD-ROM.• This text has not been through the Cambridge endorsement process.

Cambridge IGCSE English Teacher Guide (Collins Cambridge IGCSE English)

Teen & Young Adult

GOULD, Mike

Austin-Macrae, Claire

Carlisle, Nigel

Collins Educational

Help your students make good progress in Key Stage 3 English with our popular series, now updated for the new curriculum.The Aiming for series provides targeted support for all ability levels to help every student move forward from their achievement at Key Stage 2 towards GCSE success.This revised edition of Aiming for Level 5 Writing offers student-friendly explanations and activities to build, develop and extend students’ literacy skills, showing them precisely what they need to do to progress.Whether you're looking for a one-off lesson, snappy starters or a longer programme of study, these flexible resources are designed to fit around the needs of your teaching and your classes.Now refreshed to reflect the text types and skills in the new Key Stage 3 curriculum, the Writing and Grammar books also offer comprehensive coverage of the grammar objectives set out in the appendix to the Key Stage 2 English Programme of Study.This Aiming for book is the perfect starting point for students arriving at secondary school with a secure Level 4 or a low Level 5 in writing. It will help you to• target areas of underperformance, with a chapter on each writing skill written at the right level by experienced teachers and consultants• develop the essential writing and grammar skills, with clear, accessible explanations, inspiring examples and lively follow-up activities• build confidence in grammar to improve students’ writing by exploring the effects of other writers’ choices• motivate and engage students, with exciting stimulus texts, fresh approaches to learning and a clear, colourful layout• embed Assessment for Learning in your day-to-day teaching, with clear learning objectives, criteria for self and peer assessment on every double-page, and end of chapter checklists to help students understand how to progress• gather evidence for periodic assessments, with the ‘Apply your skills’ tasks designed to build writing stamina and independence• plan ahead without the stress, with ready-to-use double-page lessons and a teacher guide at the back of the book• support the transition to Key Stage 3 by reinforcing and building on the writing skills taught at Key Stage 2.

Progress in Writing and Grammar: Book 3 (Aiming for)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International EducationLevel &amp; Subject: Cambridge International AS &amp; A Level Literature in EnglishFirst teaching: September 2019 First exams: from 2021
The Student’s Book introduces the key concepts and skills in the Cambridge International syllabus, with a focus on developing effective writing from the start, to give students a toolkit for responding to unseen texts and exploring the set texts in depth.
• Develops effective writing throughout with dedicated activities and exemplar student writing to model different ways of responding to texts.• Structured to help students make progress: each unit offers a clear, step-by-step learning sequence, moving from exploration to supported analysis to independent writing, and building towards examination-style tasks at the end of each chapter.• Supports and challenges all learners. The first chapter of the book introduces the fundamental skills and concepts for the course, building learners’ confidence and supporting the transition from upper secondary. The second part of the book shows students how to apply these skills to write about the three major forms (poetry, prose and drama) and to respond to unseen texts. Thinking more deeply sections revisit ideas at a higher level to challenge the most able students.• Provides an anthology of international texts: fresh texts from a variety of periods and cultures have been chosen to allow students to explore different writers’ choices and their effects.• Practical for the classroom: the book will be clearly organised into practical sequences of learning that can be used as lessons or series of lessons. The focus on activity and modelling offers an accessible format for classroom teaching.• Supports teachers’ planning. The free online teacher resource available on Collins.co.uk provides editable medium-term plans summarising the coverage of each chapter.

Cambridge International Examinations – Cambridge International AS and A Level Literature in English Student Book (Collins Cambridge International as & a Level)

Education & Teaching

Cairney, Maria

Vardy, Richard

Schools & Teaching

Collins

The Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary English series offers a skills-building approach to the Lower Secondary English curriculum framework (0861) from 2020. The Stage 7 Student’s Book supports students to develop their skills in reading, writing and speaking and listening, showing all students how to progress. 
This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to provide support as part of a set of resources for the Cambridge Lower Secondary English curriculum framework from 2020. Focused on improving skills – the book provides full coverage of the Stage 7 Cambridge Lower Secondary English curriculum framework, with clear outcomes in each chapter. Organised by text purpose – each chapter shows students how to speak, write and comment on texts created for one key purpose or pair of purposes. A clear learning sequence builds from students exploring texts, through scaffolded writing and speaking and listening activities, towards a series of meaningful final tasks. Stage 7 introduces describing, informing, persuading and advising, narrating, reviewing and discussing, and exploring and commenting. The final chapter of the book allows students to test their understanding and apply the skills they have learned across Stage 7, by responding to reading and writing questions on two longer texts. Supports progression – clear models and examples are included throughout to show students how to improve, while self-assessment tasks at the end of each chapter help students to reflect on their progress. Rich, varied and engaging text extracts – fresh international fiction, poetry, drama and non-fiction texts represent the different forms and purposes required at each stage of the curriculum. Extracts of increasing length and challenge have been chosen to build students’ reading stamina across the stage. The clear lesson-by-lesson approach allows teachers to easily use the resources in the classroom and build them into their own schemes of work. Prepares students for a seamless transition to Stage 8.

Lower Secondary English Student's Book: Stage 7 (Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary English)

Constant, Clare

Eddy, Steve

Smith, Nikki

Birchenough, Lucy

Hursthouse, Naomi

Words, Language & Grammar

The Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary English series offers a skills-building approach to the Lower Secondary English curriculum framework (0861) from 2020. The Stage 8Student’s Book supports students to develop their skills in reading, writing and speaking and listening, showing all students how to progress.This title is going through the endorsement process with Cambridge Assessment International Education to provide support as part of a set of resources for the Cambridge Lower Secondary English curriculum framework from 2020.Focused on improving skills – the book provides full coverage of the Stage 8 Cambridge Lower Secondary English curriculum framework, with clear outcomes in each chapter.Organised by purpose – each chapter shows students how to speak, write and comment on texts created for one key purpose or pair of purposes. A clear learning sequence builds from students exploring texts, through scaffolded writing and speaking and listening activities, towards a series of meaningful final tasks.Stage 8 covers describing, explaining, persuading and arguing, narrating, exploring and discussing, and commenting and comparing.The final chapter of the book allows students to test their understanding and apply the skills they have learned across Stage 8, by responding to reading and writing questions on two longer texts.Supports progression – clear models and examples are included throughout to show students how to improve, while self-assessment tasks at the end of each chapter help students to reflect on their progress.Rich, varied and engaging text extracts – fresh international fiction, poetry, drama and non-fiction texts represent the different forms and purposes required at each stage of the curriculum. Extracts of increasing length and challenge have been chosen to build students’ reading stamina across the stage.The clear lesson-by-lesson approach allows teachers to easily use the resources in the classroom and build them into their own schemes of work.Prepares students for a seamless transition to Stage 9.

Lower Secondary English Student's Book: Stage 8 (Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary English)

PAGE, EMMA

Lower Secondary English Teacher's Guide: Stage 7 (Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary English)

Spindler, Tom

Lower Secondary English Teacher's Guide: Stage 8 (Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary English)

Burchell, Julia

Lower Secondary English Teacher's Guide: Stage 9 (Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary English)

Exam Board: GL Assessment Level & Subject: 11+ English Suitable for the 2021 tests <h2>Complete revision and practice to fully prepare for the 11+ GL Assessment test</h2> All you need to study for 11+ English in one place! Build confidence for success in the 11 Plus tests with comprehensive and realistic preparation, practice and tests in one book. Be ready for 11 plus success with this all-in-one complete revision and practice book: · Clear and simple explanations and study notes cover each topic · Methods explained to help improve answers · Plenty of quick practice by topic builds confidence and stamina · Full 11+ test-style practice papers match the layout and content of the 11 Plus Tests set by GL · Answers included for easy reference · Free ebook included

English Complete Revision, Practice & Assessment for GL: 11+ (Collins 11+ Practice)

Rooney, Anne

Head, Alison

11+, Collins

Welsh, Shelley

Mitchell, Val

Moon, Sally

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