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

Calway, Gareth; Gould, Mike; Bentley-Davies, Caroline; Francis, Robert; Kirby, Ian; Martin, Christopher; West, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007547528 ISBN 13: 9780007547524

Publisher: Collins Educational, 2014

Synopsis

Support your students in Key Stage 3 English by helping them develop their writing and grammar skills in a clear and organised way.

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.

Aiming for Writing Book 3 is most suitable for Year 8 and 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 KS3 programme of study, these flexible resources are designed to fit around the needs of your teaching and your classes.

It includes the text types and skills in the Key Stage 3 curriculum and offers comprehensive coverage of the grammar objectives set out in the appendix to the Key Stage 2 English Programme of Study.

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.

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About the Authors

Ian Kirby has been teaching English for over twenty years. He is currently a senior tutor in charge of Post-16 English at an outstanding school in Northamptonshire. He has written many books aimed at students and teachers, including GCSE revision guides, textbooks for lower secondary, GCSE and the Cambridge International qualifications.

Mike Gould is a former Head of English and an experienced author who has written over 150 books and other resources for teachers and students, including GCSE and IGCSE textbooks and digital support material. He has also been a Senior Lecturer in English and Education, teaching the history of the English language, creative writing and how to apply new technologies to the English classroom.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Collins Educational
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007547528
• ISBN 13: 9780007547524
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 96