pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
Visit our new collection website www.collectionsforschool.co.uk
     
Email: Subscribe to news & offers:
Need assistance? Log In/Register


Item Details
Title: BEST OF BOTH
FACT AND FICTION TEXTS
By: English & Media Centre, Kate Oliver
Format: Paperback

List price: £12.50


We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for further information.

ISBN 10: 1906101035
ISBN 13: 9781906101039
Publisher: ENGLISH & MEDIA CENTRE
Pub. date: 1 July, 2008
Series: EMC KS3 English Series
Pages: 240
Description: A collection of thematically linked fact and fiction texts in the spirit of the new Programmes of Study for English, with activities.
Synopsis: Competence * Activities on each text, including imaginative approaches to reading, writing and speaking and listening. Creativity * Comparative tasks ranging across two or more texts to help students make connections. * Challenging activities demanding creative thinking skills and problem solving with opportunities for using the imagination in writing and speaking and listening activities. Cultural Understanding * Texts from and about different cultures with contextual background and activities to encourage pupils to explore the ways ideas, experiences and values are portrayed. Critical Understanding * Activities to engage students with the texts and thought-provoking ideas. Contents includes texts...: ...from different genres to engage boys (and girls) including Josh reflecting on his life choices in 'Just Like Your Father' by Jacqueline Wilson and Gary Rolfe telling his near-death experience in 'I Fell Through Arctic Ice'...to engage girls (and boys) such as the narrator of 'Note to Sixth Grade Self' battling the school bullies for the affections of Eric Cassio or National Curriculum recommended writer Nadine Gordimer telling the story of a refugee girl fleeing Mozambique in 'The Ultimate Safari'...to provoke interesting discussions, for example Xinran reflecting on inequalities in modern China in 'One Woman's Cup of Tea' and a soldier in Iraq, writing about a poignant personal experience in 'I Can't Forget the Girl in the Orange Dress'...for the full ability range from a Newsround story to one from the Daily Telegraph on the student-friendly issue of 'Playing Out', for example...from different genres such as a speech by Lord Coe, writer's tips for how to write a story, instructions from The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook, or an extract from Bill Bryson's hilarious autobiography The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid.
Key Stage: UK School Key Stage 3
Illustrations: b/w drawing & photos
Publication: UK
Imprint: English & Media Centre
Returns: Non-returnable
Some other items by this author:
"MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING"
"OF MICE AND MEN" (PB)
"WRITING FROM LIFE"
AN INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE FRAMEWORKS
ARCTIC ADVENTURE - REAL WORLD CONTEXTS FOR TALK AND WRITING
ARTHUR MILLER (PB)
CATERPILLAR
COCOON
DOING ADS
DOING CLOSE READING
DOING NEWS
DOING TV DRAMA
DOUBLE TAKE
DRAMATIC GENRES: STUDYING COMEDY
ENGLISH ALLSORTS
EXPLORING POETRY
GRAMMATICUS
INTRODUCING THE GOTHIC
INVESTIGATING SPOKEN LANGUAGE - EMC RESOURCES FOR GCSE
J.B.PRIESTLEY'S "AN INSPECTOR CALLS"
KEY STAGE 2 ENGLISH AND LITERACY PACK (HB)
KEY STAGE 3 ENGLISH
KLONDYKE KATE REVISITED (PB)
LANGUAGE (PB)
LANGUAGE A STUDENT HANDBOOK ON KEY TOPICS AND THEORIES
LANGUAGE A STUDENT HANDBOOK ON KEY TOPICS AND THEORIES
LANGUAGE WORKS
LITERARY SHORTS: ANTHOLOGY (PB)
LITERARY SHORTS: CREATIVE, CRITICAL AND COMPARATIVE APPROACHES AT KS3 (PB)
MATHILDA 2 - TALKING, READING, WRITING STUDY GUIDE
MATHILDA SPEAKING
MEDIA RELATE (PB)
PANIC ATTACKS (HB)
PICTURE POWER 3
POETRY PACK
PRE-1770 DRAMA
ROMEO AND JULIET: EMC STUDY GUIDE (CD)
SHAZKAZ AND OTHER STORIES (PB)
SPOTLIGHT ON LITERACY
STUDYING "ANITA AND ME"
STUDYING "COLD MOUNTAIN"
STUDYING "GREAT EXPECTATIONS" (PB)
STUDYING "OTHELLO"
STUDYING "RICHARD III"
STUDYING "SHERLOCK HOLMES" (PB)
STUDYING "SPIES"
STUDYING "THE WORLD'S WIFE"
STUDYING "WUTHERING HEIGHTS"
STUDYING ALL MY SONS
STUDYING AQA A LEVEL POETRY
STUDYING BLAKE'S SONGS
STUDYING NARRATIVE
STUDYING THE "GREAT GATSBY"
STUDYING THE ROAD
TALK ON THE BOX
TEXT READER CRITIC - INTRODUCING CONTEXTS AND INTERPRETATIONS (PB)
TEXTS IN THEIR TIMES - VICTORIAN AND MODERN
THE BEAUTIFUL GAME
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
THE DRAMA BOOK (PB)
THE FICTION BOOK
THE HUNGER GAMES - AN EMC STUDY GUIDE, WITH CD
THE LOCKING PLACE
THE MEDIA BOOK (PB)
THE MEDIA PACK
THE MODERN NOVEL
THE NON-FICTION BOOK (PB)
THE POETRY BOOK (PB)
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD STUDY GUIDE - 12 NEW EMC APPROACHES
TRAGEDY (PB)
TWELFTH NIGHT PACK FOR KS3/KS4 WITH DVD
WISE CHILDREN
WORLDFRIENDLY BOOKS - THE PUBLISHER'S INTERN (PB)

TOP SELLERS IN THIS CATEGORY
Oxford Playscripts: Frankenstein (Paperback)
By: Mary Shelley
Oxford University Press
Our Price : £10.49
more details
Macbeth (Paperback)
By: William Shakespeare, Linzy Brady (Editor), Dr. David James (Editor)
Cambridge University Press
Our Price : £7.88
more details
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
By: William Golding, Ian Gregor, Mark Kinkhead
Faber & Faber
Our Price : £7.29
more details
The Merchant of Venice (Paperback)
By: William Shakespeare, Robert Smith (Editor), Rex Gibson
Cambridge University Press
Our Price : £7.88
more details
Let's Sign BSL Flashcards (Cards)
By: Cath Smith, Cath Smith (Illus)
Co-Sign Communications
Our Price : £8.99
more details
BROWSE FOR BOOKS IN RELATED CATEGORIES
 CHILDREN'S AND EDUCATIONAL
 language & literature
 english (ie as school subject)


Information provided by www.pickabook.co.uk
SHOPPING BASKET
  
Your basket is empty
  Total Items: 0
 

NEW
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
By: SARA KHAN
A celebratory, inclusive and educational exploration of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr for both children that celebrate and children who want to understand and appreciate their peers who do.
add to basket

Learning
That''s My Story!: Drama for Confidence, Communication and C...
By: ADAM POWER-ANNAND
The ability to communicate is an essential life skill for all children, underpinning their confidence, personal and social wellbeing, and sense of self.
add to basket