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The Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary English series offers a skills-building approach to the Lower Secondary English curriculum framework (0861) from 2020. The Stage 9 Student’s Book supports students to develop their skills in reading, writing and speaking and listening, showing all students how to progress. This series is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the new curriculum framework 0861 from 2020. Focused on improving skills – the book provides full coverage of the Stage 9 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 9 covers describing, entertaining, arguing, narrating, analysing and comparing, and interpreting. The final chapter of the book allows students to test their understanding and apply the skills they have learned across Stage 9, 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 Cambridge IGCSE™ English (First Language).

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Inspire your teaching with Key Stage 3 English Anthology: Dystopia, a themed anthology for Year 9. Featuring Animal Farm, The Handmaid's Tale and Lord of the Flies, this Anthology guides students through fiction, non-fiction and poetry, encouraging them to connect with a variety of texts to gain a thorough understanding of the context and literary techniques underpinning each piece of work. Each extract is supported by Teaching and Learning Resources, including quizzes, lesson plans and PowerPoint slides to help you implement the content of the book. Each extract includes: - A context panel to provide key information to set the scene - Glossaries and annotations to help students work through each extract confidently - Look closer: key questions for students to consider as they work through the extracts - Now try this: writing and speaking activities to encourage students to get creative and actively engage with the text - Fast finisher tasks to support students who race ahead - A practice question to familiarise students with the command words they will see at GCSE

The third edition of the Collins Cambridge IGCSE (R) English Student Book covers in depth every skill and topic in the Cambridge IGCSE (R) and IGCSE (R) (9-1) First Language English syllabuses (0500 and 0990), showing students how to make progress. This Student Book supports the syllabuses for first examination in 2020. Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International Education First teaching: September 2018 First examination: June 2020 This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education. Revised and updated to support the 2020 syllabus and examination formats. Show students how to progress with a clear Student Book structure that moves from building key reading, writing and technical skills to applying these skills to specific question types and coursework tasks. Help students to make progress with regular 'Check your progress' checklists and annotated sample answers to exemplify how to do well. Prepare students for examination success with sample questions at the end of each chapter and two complete practice papers at the end of the book. Detailed 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. Build confidence in speaking and listening with clear guidance, activities and exemplification of the presentation and discussion tasks. Save time on planning and preparation with expert support from Julia Burchell, an experienced examiner and trainer.

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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 series is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the new curriculum framework 0861 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.

The Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary English series offers a skills-building approach to the Cambridge Lower Secondary English curriculum framework (0861) from 2020. The Stage 7 Teacher's Guide provides comprehensive, practical support with lesson plans, worksheets and PowerPoints for every unit of the Student's Book. This series is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the new curriculum framework 0861 from 2020. Plan for progression with a full scheme of work for each stage. Chapter overviews show which objectives, texts and key terms are covered in each lesson, while the Curriculum Framework coverage map shows where every text form or genre and learning objective from the curriculum framework has been addressed. Start teaching straightaway with ready-made lesson plans, worksheets and PowerPoints for each two- or four-page unit in the Student's Book. Detailed, differentiated lesson plans share best practice, whether you are teaching Lower Secondary for the first time or an experienced teacher of the curriculum. The clear lesson-by-lesson approach allows you to use the resources with ease in the classroom and to build them into your own schemes of work. Fully differentiated lesson plans suggest how all learners can be supported to make progress through 'Extra support' and 'Extra challenge' suggestions and worksheets to scaffold or extend the Student's Book activities. Personalise the course and adapt the resources to the needs of your classes with the editable Word and PowerPoint files that can be downloaded from the Collins website: www.collins.co.uk/cambridge-international-downloads

The Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary English series offers a skills-building approach to the Cambridge Lower Secondary English curriculum framework (0861) from 2020. The Stage 9 Teacher's Guide provides comprehensive, practical support with lesson plans, worksheets and PowerPoints for every unit of the Student's Book. This series is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the new curriculum framework 0861 from 2020. Plan for progression with a full scheme of work for each stage. Chapter overviews show where every text form or genre and learning objective from the curriculum framework has been covered. Start teaching straightaway with ready-made lesson plans, worksheets and PowerPoints for each two- or four-page unit in the Student's Book. Detailed, differentiated lesson plans share best practice, whether you are teaching Lower Secondary for the first time or an experienced teacher of the curriculum. The clear lesson-by-lesson approach allows you to use the resources with ease in the classroom and to build them into your own schemes of work. Fully differentiated lesson plans suggest how all learners can be supported to make progress through 'Extra support' and 'Extra challenge' suggestions and worksheets to scaffold or extend the Student's Book activities. Personalise the course and adapt the resources to the needs of your classes with the editable Word and PowerPoint files that can be downloaded from the Collins website: www.collins.co.uk/cambridge-international-downloads

Inspire your teaching with Key Stage 3 English Anthology: Shakespeare, a themed anthology for Year 7 through to Year 9. Featuring key extracts from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth, the Anthology guides students through each play, encouraging them to engage with the text to gain a thorough understanding of the context and literary techniques underpinning Shakespeare's work. Each extract is supported by Teaching and Learning Resources, including quizzes, lesson plans and PowerPoint slides to help you implement the content of the book. Each extract includes: - A context panel to provide key information to set the scene of Elizabethan England - Glossaries and annotations to help students work through each extract confidently - Look closely: key questions for students to consider as they work through the extracts - Now try this: writing and speaking activities to encourage students to get creative and actively engage with the text - Fast finisher tasks to support students who race ahead - A practice question to familiarise students with the command words they will see at GCSE

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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 Reading 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 Reading books include new lessons on summary and synthesis, literary non-fiction and Shakespeare. 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 reading. It will help you to target areas of underperformance, with a chapter on each key reading skill written at the right level by experienced teachers and consultants develop the essential reading and commentary skills with clear, accessible explanations, inspiring examples and lively follow-up activities build confidence in grammar analysis by exploring the effects of 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 reading skills taught at Key Stage 2 lay the foundations for GCSE success, with coverage of new skills such as summary and synthesis, and an expanded focus on Shakespeare and literary non-fiction.

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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 4 Reading 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 Reading books include new lessons on summary and synthesis, literary non-fiction and Shakespeare. This Aiming for book is the perfect starting point for students arriving at secondary school with a secure Level 3 or a low Level 4 in reading. It will help you to target areas of underperformance, with a chapter on each key reading skill written at the right level by experienced teachers and consultants develop the essential reading and commentary skills with clear, accessible explanations, inspiring examples and lively follow-up activities build confidence in grammar analysis by exploring the effects of 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 reading skills taught at Key Stage 2 lay the foundations for GCSE success, with coverage of new skills such as summary and synthesis, and an expanded focus on Shakespeare and literary non-fiction.

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 6 Reading 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 Reading books include new lessons on summary and synthesis, literary non-fiction and Shakespeare. This Aiming for book is the perfect starting point for students arriving at secondary school with a secure Level 5 or a low Level 6 in reading. It will help you to target areas of underperformance, with a chapter on each key reading skill written at the right level by experienced teachers and consultants develop the essential reading and commentary skills with clear, accessible explanations, inspiring examples and lively follow-up activities build confidence in grammar analysis by exploring the effects of 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 reading skills taught at Key Stage 2 lay the foundations for GCSE success, with coverage of new skills such as summary and synthesis, and an expanded focus on Shakespeare and literary non-fiction.

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This brand-new Workbook helps students to consolidate their learning, with further practice activities and language support to accompany each chapter of the Student Book. This Workbook supports the syllabuses for Cambridge IGCSE® and IGCSE® (9–1) First Language English (0500 and 0990) for first examination in 2020. Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International Education Level & Subject: IGCSE First Language English (0500), IGCSE (9–1) First Language English (0990) First teaching: September 2018 First examination: June 2020 This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education. Set homework easily or offer extra support where needed with a clear correspondence between the Workbook and Student Book. Following the skills-building chapter structure of Student Book, the Workbook provides additional practice of the fundamental reading, writing and speaking and listening skills, covering teaching points in more depth and with more scaffolding where appropriate. Practice tasks for all the exam-question styles help students to build their writing stamina and fluency for all the writing forms and purposes required by the syllabus. The write-in format means students can review and revisit their learning, providing a useful reference for revision. Explanations and activities have been designed to be used by students working individually, without teacher support, if desired.

Test your knowledge, practise your skills and feel ready for 2021 assessments and 2022 exams. Enhance your learning with tasks, tests and activities that will sharpen your skills. Test your knowledge with write-in space to plan and write your answers. Perfect your responses with the 'Test your understanding' assessment-style exercises. Build on your strengths and identify areas that need work using the quick 'Practise your skills' tests and longer questions. For the first time, York Notes bring you a Workbook for the whole of your English Language and English Literature GCSE 9-1 courses. So whether you're studying at home, online or in the classroom, York Notes is your best bet for the best grades. The biggest and most in-depth available, this English Language & Literature Workbook from York Notes is simple to use and will help you practise, improve and test all your skills and knowledge so you can build your confidence, stay motivated and feel ready to impress in any test, assessment or exam. Why not combine this Workbook with a York Notes Revision and Exam Practice guide or Practice Tests Book? They're the best way to make sure you're on track for success. Just search for 9781292169798 for the Revision and Exam Practice Guide and 9781292186320 for the Practice Tests.

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The third edition of the Collins Cambridge IGCSE (R) English Teacher's Guide supports the Student's Book, giving teachers everything they need to teach the Cambridge IGCSE (R) and IGCSE (R) (9-1) First Language English syllabuses 0500 and 0990. This Teacher's Guide supports the new syllabuses for first examination in 2020. Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International Education Level & Subject: IGCSE First Language English (0500), IGCSE (9-1) First Language English (0990) First teaching: September 2018 First examination: June 2020 This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education. Revised and updated to support the 2020 syllabuses and examination formats. Support student progress with teaching sequences that follow the structure of the Student Book, moving from building the key reading and writing skills to applying these skills to specific exam questions and coursework tasks. 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, worksheets and PowerPoints for every two- or four-page section of the Student Book, plus extension activities for students aiming for the highest grades. Adapt the resources to the needs of your classes with printable PDFs and editable Word and PowerPoint files. Detailed 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.

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Ancient Greek myths shaped and were shaped by one of the most important culture in the history of the world. Even today, stories such as Oedipus, Narcissus, Odysseus and the Golden Fleece reverberate through our popular culture. "Understand Greek Mythology" is the ideal introduction to Greek myth. The opening chapter is a detailed background to Greek culture and mythology. From there you will explore 11 well-known Greek myths, retold in modern English and teased out their meanings and cultural significance.