Dynamic English Skills For The Australian Curriculum Year 8 1 Year Subscription

The second edition of the popular Essential English Skills for the Australian Curriculum series has been updated for todays students. Providing support for differentiated learning and featuring flexible ICT tasks that encourage language and literacy development, the series is ideal for both classroom use and homework. The multilevel approach to key language and literacy skills caters to the different learning abilities in the classroom and assists teachers in matching tasks to the skill of their students. Three levels of carefully graded questions (Test yourself, Extend yourself and Challenge yourself) give every student an achievable starting point and the opportunity to enhance their skills.New text extracts and examples of classic and popular texts provide the very best support for todays students, while covering the requirements of the Australian Curriculum and the cross curricula priorities. Fully integrated tech challenges and online tasks encourage students to explore the impact of technology on their own language and literacy development. Each workbook includes a dedicated introduction to ICT in the classroom "BUsing Digital Technology for English skills" suggesting applications that can be used with the workbook.Solutions are available for teachers in downloadable PDF format. To access, teachers must activate the unique 16-character code provided by your Cambridge Education Resource Consultant in your Cambridge GO teacher account. Contact us for more details.

This dynamic new series of comprehensive student books is based on the Australian Curriculum for English. The books develop self-contained, 6-page Work Units that integrate Language, Literature and Literacy, the three strands of the Australian Curriculum for English. Each Unit contains varied activities and fill-in skills-based exercises for in-class completion or homework. A Learning Resource section, which is tailored to each year level and supplements the Work Units, presents practical guidelines for developing reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.

The English is... series uses a creative approach to learning to inspire students to embrace the English language in all its variations and develop key skills in reading, understanding and creating. It includes structured inquiry into the big ideas or concepts that support English, underpinned by the skills needed for literate citizenship. KEY FEATURES * Full coverage of the Australian Curriculum: English content descriptions allows students to achieve year level standards * The text is always at the centre of the learning * Differentiated activities provide all students with an entry point to the texts through a Getting started, Working through and Going further grading * Sub-unit structure allows for a dip-in, dip-out approach * Wordsmiths or mini-workshops drill down to teach key skills in a Tell me, Show me, Let me do it process * Ready to Read prepares less able readers to engage with the texts * Asian and Indigenous texts are featured along with classic, world, Australian and contemporary texts * 'Need to know' explains key terms at point of need so that students learn English's metalanguage * Language, Literature and Literacy links connect to the Australian Curriculum content descriptions * Wide variety of assessment options at the end of every unit with rubrics to guide students. FLEXISAVER KEY FEATURES * 30% cost saving * Flexible format enables insertion of students and teacher notes throughout * Lightweight option of only bringing the chapters required to school English is... English for the Australian Curriculum Year 9 Flexisaver and eBookPLUS is a shrink-wrapped, looseleaf student textbook a student binder accompanied by the eBookPLUS. Jacaranda FlexiSavers provide students with a flexible, cost-saving alternative to the student textbook on your booklist. FlexiSavers are priced at 70% of the RRP of a standard textbook. * Access from any digital device PC/MAC/iPad/Android Tablet. * Worksheets - Word documents designed for easy customisation and editing. * Interactivities and games to reinforce and enhance student learning. * eLessons - engaging video clips and supporting material. * Weblinks to relevant support material on the internet. * ProjectsPLUS - unique ICT-based projects that provide opportunities for students to demonstrate creativity, thinking skills and teamwork.