Price: $31.26 (Excluding GST)

Author: Jenny Thomas

Published: 2009

Publisher: Nelson Cengage Learning

Format: Paperback

Pages: 192

Suitable: Year 10

How to... Achieve in Year 10 English is designed to help students learn essential skills in English quickly and effectively. As with the Year 9 companion, this book works on the premise that the basics must be taught, no matter what system of assessment you are using.

Close reading skills introduced in Year 9 are developed, and student knowledge of essay writing is extended. New skills required at this level are also introduced.

Introduction
Let's re-cap...features of language
Group One: Parts of speech
Group Two: Punctuation
Group Three: Syntax
Group Four: Figures of speech
How to...recognise styles of language
How to...close read a written text
How to...close read a poem
How to...close read a visual text
How to...write a formal essay
How to...write a letter to the editor
How to...write a newspaper article
How to...study and write about a literary text
How to...improve your creative writing
How to...design and produce an effective static image
How to...produce and present a dramatic monologue
How to...write and present a successful speech
How to...research effectively
How to...use PowerPoint effectively
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