Author: Anne-Marie Brownhill, Sonya Stoneman& Alison Rucco

Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2012

Format: Paperback

Suitable: Year 7

Description:

Essential English Skills Year7 for the Australian Curriculum has been revised to cover the language and literacy strands of the Australian Curriculum: English with a focus on introducing key language and literacy skills in Years 7&8 and consolidating and developing those skills in Years 9&10. Units in each workbook are organised by skill and cover grammar, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, reading, comprehension, writing and editing.

Description:

· Explicit teaching pages for each unit carefully explain the required skills, allowing students to work independently in class or at home.

· Three levels of graded exercises extend on from the proceeding level, giving every student an achievable starting point and the opportunity to extend their skills.

· A phonics approach to spelling helps students develop a secure grasp of the essential sound and spelling patterns

· A cognitive model for comprehension allows students to learn about certain language and text features as they are reading.

· Strong focus on vocabulary development and grammar basics ensure students can apply basic concepts to their own writing across disciplines as well as in the English classroom.

· Proofreading and editing tools encourage students to review their own work and equip them with the skills they need to develop their writing and language use.

· Writing challenges invite students to apply the concepts they have learnt in short written exercises.

· Interacting challenges provide opportunities for oral work and interactions with other students.

· New digital based exercises (Wiki Tasks, Website Explorer and Technology challenge ICT exercises) are fully integrated within the text to extend learning and encourage students to apply knowledge.

· The Australian Curriculum strands are explicitly identified allowing easy indication of the material that fits into the strands.