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This anthology includes 12 short stories and four poems from
much-loved authors which are the perfect introduction to the gothic
genre for KS3. The stories include a haunted Red Room in a castle,
a mountaineer's mysterious death in a guest house and a scrimshaw
tooth which seems to hold dark powers as well as an introduction to
one of the most famous gothic characters - Dracula. Superstition
runs rife in these stories which are full of suspense, featuring
violent wolves, graveyard scenes, terrifying monsters and shadows
all around. The anthology is chilling with much suspense and makes
the reader question what is real and what is imagined. It is
categorised into sections and a note from the anthology's editor
Benjamin Hulme-Cross accompanies each section.
Each Reading Book in the Rapid Plus series is finely levelled and
trialled with KS3 students, and includes: all-new content,
rigorously levelled and trialled with Key Stage 3 students
pre-reading pages which introduce the main characters, plots and
key concepts, helping to build understanding and confidence a quiz
page after each text providing opportunities for discussion and to
check comprehension word and spelling activities to extend language
knowledge a non-fiction section that helps to build vocabulary and
offers a different reading experience.
Each Reading Book in the Rapid Plus series is finely levelled and
trialled with KS3 students, and includes: all-new content,
rigorously levelled and trialled with Key Stage 3 students
pre-reading pages which introduce the main characters, plots and
key concepts, helping to build understanding and confidence a quiz
page after each text providing opportunities for discussion and to
check comprehension word and spelling activities to extend language
knowledge a non-fiction section that helps to build vocabulary and
offers a different reading experience.
Suitable for children age 7 and above with a reading age of 9 years
- 9 years 5 months Part of the Rapid Reading intervention series by
Pearson Rapid Stage: Stage 8 Level 8B (equivalent to lime book
band) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to help children
who are behind in their reading to catch up fast Ideal for home
learning Rapid Reading is a catch-up intervention reading scheme
that has been proven to help children who are behind in their
reading to triple their rate of progress. Each carefully-levelled
reading book has a dyslexia-friendly design and supports all
struggling learners, including those with SEND, to develop their
comprehension skills, reading fluency and confidence. Includes
'Before reading' notes to help children read with confidence and
'Quiz' questions to develop understanding. This book contains one
fiction text and one non-fiction text on a similar theme.
Suitable for children age 7 and above with a reading age of 8 years
6 months - 8 years 11 months Part of the Rapid Reading intervention
series by Pearson Rapid Stage: Stage 7 Level 7B (equivalent to
white book band) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to
help children who are behind in their reading to catch up fast
Ideal for home learning Rapid Reading is a catch-up intervention
reading scheme that has been proven to help children who are behind
in their reading to triple their rate of progress. Each
carefully-levelled reading book has a dyslexia-friendly design and
supports all struggling learners, including those with SEND, to
develop their comprehension skills, reading fluency and confidence.
Includes 'Before reading' notes to help children read with
confidence and 'Quiz' questions to develop understanding. This book
contains one fiction text and one non-fiction text on a similar
theme.
The story begins as Oliver Twist is born and immediately becomes an
orphan, destined to grow up in the workhouse. Life is hard for
Oliver. When he draws the short straw with the other boys and asks
for more food, Oliver is taken from the workhouse to work as an
apprentice undertaker. Unfortunately the undertaker's other
apprentice takes exception to him, and goads Oliver into a fight.
Oliver is locked in the basement and decides his only option is to
run away to London. Children will discuss what conditions were like
in Victorian workhouses and explore Oliver's character - suggesting
words to describe him, and giving reasons for their choices. Part
of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your
child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children
age 10-11 (Year 6)
Ideal for home learning Suitable for children age 6 and above who
need extra phonics practice Part of the Rapid Phonics intervention
series by Pearson Rapid Phonics Step 3.2 (sounds covered: c, k, ck,
ch) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to help children
who are behind in their reading to catch up fast. Rapid Phonics is
a phonics catch-up intervention scheme that has been proven to help
children who have not yet mastered phonics to catch up fast. Each
carefully-levelled, fully decodable reading book has a
dyslexia-friendly design and supports all struggling learners,
including those with SEND, to develop their phonics knowledge and
reading skills. Step 1 focuses on alphabet sounds (e.g. s, a, t, p,
i, n) Step 2 focuses on common digraphs (e.g. ar, oo, ow) Step 3
focuses on alternative spelling patterns (e.g. 'ee' can be spelled
ea, ie, ey, y).
Each Reading Book in the Rapid Plus series is finely levelled and
trialled with KS3 students, and includes: all-new content,
rigorously levelled and trialled with Key Stage 3 students
pre-reading pages which introduce the main characters, plots and
key concepts, helping to build understanding and confidence a quiz
page after each text providing opportunities for discussion and to
check comprehension word and spelling activities to extend language
knowledge a non-fiction section that helps to build vocabulary and
offers a different reading experience.
Suitable for children age 7 and above with a reading age of 9 years
6 months - 9 years 11 months Part of the Rapid Reading intervention
series by Pearson Rapid Stage: Stage 9 Level 9A (equivalent to
brown book band) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to
help children who are behind in their reading to catch up fast
Ideal for home learning Rapid Reading is a catch-up intervention
reading scheme that has been proven to help children who are behind
in their reading to triple their rate of progress. Each
carefully-levelled reading book has a dyslexia-friendly design and
supports all struggling learners, including those with SEND, to
develop their comprehension skills, reading fluency and confidence.
Includes 'Before reading' notes to help children read with
confidence and 'Quiz' questions to develop understanding. This book
contains one fiction text and one non-fiction text on a similar
theme.
Suitable for children age 7 and above with a reading age of 9 years
6 months - 9 years 11 months Part of the Rapid Reading intervention
series by Pearson Rapid Stage: Stage 9 Level 9A (equivalent to
brown book band) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to
help children who are behind in their reading to catch up fast
Ideal for home learning Rapid Reading is a catch-up intervention
reading scheme that has been proven to help children who are behind
in their reading to triple their rate of progress. Each
carefully-levelled reading book has a dyslexia-friendly design and
supports all struggling learners, including those with SEND, to
develop their comprehension skills, reading fluency and confidence.
Includes 'Before reading' notes to help children read with
confidence and 'Quiz' questions to develop understanding. This book
contains one fiction text and one non-fiction text on a similar
theme.
Part of the Bug Club whole school reading programme for Reception,
KS1 and KS2 that transforms young readers into life-long readers.
Children are instantly engaged by the characters they know and love
and want to read more and more.
A boy, Jim Hawkins, discovers a treasure map and sets sail with a
crew of men to find the treasure. Later he discovers that many of
the men are pirates, led by the treacherous pirate Long John
Silver, who want the treasure for themselves. Part of the Bug Club
reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop
reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 10-11
(Year 6) Book band: Red A Phonics phase: n/a
A modern gothic chiller inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's 'The
Body Snatcher' Lost in the middle of nowhere, Emma, Caitlin, Zack
and Danny seek shelter in an abandoned vicarage. Emma recognises
the house from her nightmares and begs the others not to enter, but
with a storm building they have no choice. As night falls, the
vicarage begins to give up its chilling secrets, and century-old
tales of murder, revenge and body snatching fill the air. Also
included: The Body Snatcher - a short story by Robert Louis
Stevenson Medical student, Fettes, begins to grow suspicious about
the source of the corpses for his anatomy class. When the sinister
reality becomes clear, he is forced to make a decision that will
haunt him for the rest of his life
Can Amy and Josh work together to find the missing Mischief? Using
the world's largest known database of writing for and by children,
our experts have defined 300 ambitious words to help children
succeed at school. We've combined these with finelly levelled books
that help you develop support comprehension and fluency, while
inspiring and engaging your young readers.
Suitable for children age 7 and above with a reading age of 8 years
6 months to 8 years 11 months Part of the Rapid Reading
intervention series by Pearson, a catch-up intervention reading
scheme that has been proven to help children who are behind in
their reading to triple their rate of progress. Includes 2
assessment texts covering 7A and 7B (equivalent to white book band)
that can be used to determine where to place a child on the
programme and whether the child is ready to move to the next stage.
To be used in conjunction with the Teaching Guide. Design supports
readers with dyslexia Proven to help children who are behind in
their reading to catch up fast Ideal for home learning The texts
use characters that are familiar from other fiction stories at the
same Stage, giving children the confidence to read the stories.
Suitable for children age 7 and above with a reading age of 9 years
- 9 years 5 months Part of the Rapid Reading intervention series by
Pearson Rapid Stage: Stage 8 Level 8B (equivalent to lime book
band) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to help children
who are behind in their reading to catch up fast Ideal for home
learning Rapid Reading is a catch-up intervention reading scheme
that has been proven to help children who are behind in their
reading to triple their rate of progress. Each carefully-levelled
reading book has a dyslexia-friendly design and supports all
struggling learners, including those with SEND, to develop their
comprehension skills, reading fluency and confidence. Includes
'Before reading' notes to help children read with confidence and
'Quiz' questions to develop understanding. This book contains one
fiction text and one non-fiction text on a similar theme.
Read all about the insipirational Junko Tabei, the first woman to
climb Mount Everest. Using the world's largest known database of
writing for and by children, our experts have defined 300 ambitious
words to help children succeed at school. We've combined these with
finelly levelled books that help you develop support comprehension
and fluency, while inspiring and engaging your young readers.
Project X Hero Academy is a fully decodable and finely levelled
reading series set in a school for superheroes, designed to
captivate and motivate all young readers and turn them into reading
superheroes. Night Rescue is in Gold Book Band, Oxford Level 9, and
supports Letters and Sounds Phase 6. In this story, Hero Academy
has been taken over, and the Head is missing. Jin and Cam set out
to find the Head and restore order, but they'll have to battle
their way through the bunny-wunnies first! Each book can be used
for independent reading, but also contains inside cover notes that
include help on developing vocabulary and prompt questions that can
be used for guided reading and one-to-one sessions. Full guided
reading notes are provided in the corresponding handbook. There are
also a range of follow-up activities to support reading for
pleasure.
Fascinating facts about the Arctic and Antarctic. Using the world's
largest known database of writing for and by children, our experts
have defined 300 ambitious words to help children succeed at
school. We've combined these with finelly levelled books that help
you develop support comprehension and fluency, while inspiring and
engaging your young readers.
When the only way to get at a target is by using a child, MI5 bring
in special agents Tom and Zilla to help. Something is going on at
Greyfields nuclear power plant and Tom and Zilla need to find out
what. Can they sneak into a camp of anti-nuclear protesters and
foil the plans of a Russian spy? Bloomsbury High Low books
encourage and support reading practice by providing gripping,
age-appropriate stories for struggling and reluctant readers, those
with dyslexia, or those with English as an additional language.
Printed on tinted paper and with a dyslexia friendly font, Mission
Alert is aimed at readers aged 8+ and has a manageable length (72
pages) and reading age (7+). This collection of stories can be read
in any order. Produced in association with reading experts at
CatchUp, a charity which aims to address underachievement caused by
literacy and numeracy difficulties. Book band: Brown
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