Exam Board: SQA Level: National 5 Subject: English First teaching: September 2017 First exams: Summer 2018 Understand, analyse, evaluate, succeed. This study and revision guide takes you through every aspect of Sailmaker, with exam advice for the National 5 English Critical Reading paper. Fully up to date with SQA's latest exam requirements, this book is written by an expert who knows what exam success looks like. > Develop understanding of plot, structure, characterisation, themes and language. Clear explanations and detailed commentary are supported by definitions of key terms and unfamiliar words > Build critical and analytical skills. Students are encouraged to think more deeply about the text and consider the writers' ideas, choices and techniques > Receive advice on the Scottish Texts section of the exam. Sample questions with model answers and examiner-style commentary are supported by additional practice questions for students to do > Prepare for the Critical Essay section of the exam. With tips and examples for planning, structuring and writing a top-grade essay, plus practice essay questions for students to answer > Remember key quotations. A selection of quotes are highlighted throughout, so students can use them in the exam to make comparisons between different parts of the text > Review your learning. Quick questions at the end of each chapter check students' understanding of the text

How would you survive in one of Earth's hottest spots? What is it like to live with reindeer in the Arctic Circle? Discover how communities adapt to live in some of the world's most extreme environments. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 7-8 (Year 3)

Vuma - a truly South African reading instruction programme created to inspire a love of reading in children through lively and entertaining stories. Vuma provides comprehensive teacher support and guidance, making it a complete solution for teaching and assessing reading. Fun, age-appropriate stories centre around a diverse group of loveable characters to whom all South African children can relate. This finely levelled reading instruction programme has been specifically developed for teaching and assessing reading in the Foundation Phase. Each story has been individually developed around the structure and vocabulary of the language for which it was written. The Vuma Reading Instruction Programme has a number of different resources that work together to offer a comprehensive reading solution. Vuma is currently available for English First Additional Language, and Afrikaans, isiXhosa, isiZulu and Sepedi Home Language. The core resources are: Finely levelled Readers with stories that will delight boys and girls.; Engaging Workbooks with activities to entrench reading and comprehension skills; and Comprehensive Teacher's Guides with detailed guidance, lesson plans and assessments.

Which exam? Edexcel GCSE (9-1) English Literature First teaching: September 2015 First assessment: June 2017 A targeted way to build key skills for the new Edexcel GCSE (9-1) English Literature exams (assessment from 2017). Target workbooks' unique approach builds, develops and extends key exam skills. Step-by-step exercises get you exam-ready, with each book providing 70+ pages of structured practice. Full of ready-to-use examples and activities. Designed for those working towards Grade 5, but with stretch to reach Grade 6. See your progress easily, with step-by-step exercises and exam-style questions that build key skills. Focus on the parts of the text that you find difficult - each workbook addresses a range of common problems and misconceptions. Use the workbooks in class or at home - the exercises are easy to use independently.

This Workbook (including answers) is packed with practice questions for Key Stage Three Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (ages 11-14). It's perfect for helping students build all the important SPaG skills, and answers to every question printed at the back so that they can check their own work. Matching study notes are available in CGP's KS3 Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Study Guide (9781847624079).

Our image-rich, media-dominated culture prompts critical thinking about how we educate young children. In response, this volume provides a rich and provocative synthesis of theory, research, and practice that pushes beyond monomodal constructs of teaching and learning. It is a book about bringing "sense" to 21st century early childhood education, with "sense" as related to modalities (sight, hearing), and "sense" in terms of making meaning. It reveals how multimodal perspectives emphasize the creative, transformative process of learning by broadening the modes for understanding and by encouraging critical analysis, problem solving, and decision-making. The volume's explicit focus on children's visual texts ("art") facilitates understanding of multimodal approaches to language, literacy, and learning. Authentic examples feature diverse contexts, including classrooms, homes, museums, and intergenerational spaces, and illustrate children's "sense-making" of life experiences such as birth, identity, environmental phenomena, immigration, social justice, and homelessness. This timely book provokes readers to examine understandings of language, literacy, and learning through a multimodal lens; provides a starting point for constructing broader, multimodal views of what it might mean to "make meaning;" and underscores the production and interpretation of visual texts as meaning making processes that are especially critical to early childhood education in the 21st century.

Target Grade 3 workbooks build skills from Grade 2 and extend into Grade 4 to catch up, keep up and make expected progress in Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) English Language. Target's unique approach tackles the key misconceptions and barriers identified at each grade level to build essential exam skills for success. Each unit breaks down English Language concepts into the core components to tackle misunderstandings at the root, add depth to knowledge and build confidence. After checking their basic knowledge and boosting skills, students can test their knowledge with exam-style questions. The workbooks also includes more practice texts, blank pages for notes and an answers section to support independent working both in and out of the classroom. Exam Board: Pearson Edexcel Level: GCSE (9-1) Subject: English Language First Teaching: September 2015 First Exams: June 2017 Part of the Target Edexcel GCSE (9-1) English Language series: Target Grade 3 English Language Reading Target Grade 3 English Language Writing Target Grade 5 English Language Reading Target Grade 5 English Language Writing Target Grade 9 English Language Reading Target Grade 9 English Language Writing Target workbooks make the perfect partner to the GCSE (9-1) Revise! Series.

Study & Master English First Additional Language has been especially developed by an experienced author team according to the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS). The Comprehensive Learner's Book includes: * useful information and constructive activities that develop all the skills specified by the CAPS curriculum. * colourful illustration, paragraphs and diagrams that promote understanding. * current and relevant content, clearly set out according to the curriculum document. Grades 4, 5 & 6 in the English series include a colourful Core Reader and an innovative Teacher's Guide.

Which exam? Edexcel GCSE (9-1) English Literature First teaching: September 2015 First assessment: June 2017 A targeted way to build key skills for the new Edexcel GCSE (9-1) English Literature exams (assessment from 2017). Target workbooks' unique approach builds, develops and extends key exam skills. Step-by-step exercises get you exam-ready, with each book providing 70+ pages of structured practice. Full of ready-to-use examples and activities. Designed for those working towards Grade 5, but with stretch to reach Grade 6. See your progress easily, with step-by-step exercises and exam-style questions that build key skills. Focus on the skills that you find difficult - each workbook addresses a range of common problems and misconceptions. Use the workbooks in class or at home - the exercises are easy to use independently.

Designed for classroom and independent study, our Revise Key Stage 2 Revision Workbooks provide simple, brilliantly smart support to Year 6 learners practising for the National Curriculum tests. Features include: 'Write-in' format so that children can write their answers directly onto the page as they would in National Tests One-to-one page match with the Revision Guide so students can find the practice they need quickly and easily Guided practice questions on every page demonstrate good technique and build confidence Loads of practice questions in the style of the new exams Hints and tips helps students avoid common pitfalls

Two young correspondents, each writing in their own language. Both an enjoyable story and a unique approach to bi-lingual education.

Poems for Young People was written mainly for children, teenagers, and young adults--including college students. For young people, the book provides wise guidance and life-long education about living. The more than 100 poems in Poems for Young People are organized under the following themes: (1) Advice for Young People, (2) On Values, Character, and Morality, (3) Natural Beauty of Earth, (4) Courage, Inspiration, and Strength, (5) Healthy, Happy, and Safe Living, (6) Spirituality and Meaning in Life, (7) Love for Family, (8) Friendship, (9) Loss, Sadness, Grief, and Death, and (10) Identity, Understanding, Self-Esteem, and Self-Acceptance.

This fantastic range of fiction for Shared, Guided and Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over and over again. Gaelic and Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading series.

Clear demonstration of how language structures link together, description of features and usage and cautions against easy mistakes. Includes new sections on ethnic variation and electronic communications and analyses of grammar in whole texts to reflect the modern world realistically Updated to reflect developments in terminology following the National Curriculum and Key Stage 3 framework. Lively writing style, grammatical examples from a rich range of sources and humorous illustrations.

Put the magic back into reading! Engaging, inspirational, and practical the complete course book and teacher's guide for Reflective Reading. This exciting approach improves attainment and motivation by revamping reading comprehension in the primary classroom. Put the magic back into reading through fun, engaging ideas and activities for the teaching of reading. Create life-long readers with good reading habits, who read for pleasure and appreciate text in all its forms. Ensure higher order thinking skills are embedded within teaching and learning using a new, child-friendly taxonomy - the Comprehension Compass. Teachers and children will enjoy completing and creating Task Maps, Long Reads, Short Reads and TexTplorers activities. Inside you will find: Short Read texts and activities, suitable for whole-class teaching and shared reading Long Read activities and Task Map exemplars, for reading groups and differentiation Advice on assessment, planning, managing reading in the classroom and choosing texts Guidance on 'How to Build a Reader' and identifying reading difficulties Child Friendly Reading Booklets to encourage a learning dialogue about reading to support Assessment is for Learning A 'Cultivating a Reading Culture' self-evaluation to encourage collegiate reflection on your school's current reading practice Also includes photocopiable lesson plans, templates, and downloadable resources so you can get started straightaway!