This title contains over 144 photocopiable activity sheets for work at word, sentence and text level. It provides pupils with the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to write, speak and listen effectively and gives teachers specialist knowledge of text types and language strategies to improve students' writing skills in all areas. It ensures that connections are made across subject areas so that all students improve their literacy, and thus their performance in school. The title provides a grid which teachers can use to monitor and assess their work.

 

This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Oxford University Press .

Ray Barker has been closely involved with the National Literacy Strategy. Christine Moorcroft is a former teacher, lecturer and OFSTED inspector. They are the best-selling authors of Developing Literacy. Christine Moorcroft is a former primary school teacher, leacturer in primary education and OFSTED inspector.

This book has the following chapters: Part 1 Word level: spelling strategies - activity sheets 1-14; spelling rules - activity sheets 15-29; spelling and our language - activity sheets 30-49. Part 2 Sentence level: grammatical awareness - activity sheets 50-67; constructing sentences - activity sheets 68-82; punctuation - activity sheets 83-98. Part 3 Text level: making notes - activity sheets 99-110; writing - activity sheets 111-132; working with texts - activity sheets 133-144.