Features

• A wide variety of high quality texts encourages all students to read more, and helps to develop key reading skills.
• Each anthology covers the whole of Key Stage 3 enabling teachers to use the books with a range of groups of different ages and abilities.
• Emphasis on complete short stories and whole non-fiction texts to help students build 'reading stamina'; encourage wider reading for pleasure; and provide the opportunity for analysis and evaluation at whole-text level.
• Each anthology includes photographs and specially comissioned illustrations to engage students' interest as well as providing valuable stimulus or contextual material.
• A wide variety of lively activities (including speaking and listening) are included for individual, pair, group and whole class work.
• All activities are integrated with the texts to enable easy use in class.
• Activities include opportunities for comparing a range of texts to develop a key higher-order reading skill, and provides invaluable preparation for the Year 9 SATs.
• Multimedia support materials include editable, differentiated worksheets for all texts enabling teachers to tailor the materials to suit the precise needs of their class.
• Multimedia support materials include colour photographs and audio clips - for use with computer or an interactive whiteboard - to bring texts to life and provide valuable stimulus and contextual material.
• A great value price of £5.95 per anthology and £49.50 per CD-ROM makes this an affordable resource.