"A really useful resource for teaching SPAG. Glad I bought it." Rachel Henderson, Amazon customer. Help children master core English skills required for success at school and beyond. Matched to the curriculum, our acclaimed ScholasticEnglish Skills series is full of easy ways to teach the essentials. An ideal English toolkit for the primary years Gets children speaking, reading and writing confidently Tackles common problems that hold back progress Saves time with inspiring ready-made lesson ideas, activities and posters Includes detailed background knowledge and teacher notes The CD-ROM contains interactive activities for the whiteboard, perfect for starter or plenary activities A writing section in each chapter helps turn theory into practise This grammar and punctuation teacher's book covers complex sentences, connectives, active and passive language, text types, formal writing and much more. A linked pupil workbook is also available.

 

This book is part of a book series called Scholastic English Skills .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Scholastic .

John Nield is a senior examiner for a major awarding body. With many years teaching experience he now runs courses to help English departments across the country boost their results. Graham Fletcher is an Advanced Skills Teacher who has over 15 years experience as Head of English, examining and moderating. He is currently a Deputy Headteacher but still teaches English to GCSE students. With many years' experience moderating for Speaking and Listening Graham wrote this section of the textbook. Unsah Tabassum has over 10 years teaching experience, with over 6 years spent transforming English Departments and improving GCSE results. She is an examiner and Assistant Headteacher. Huw Thomas is headteacher of a Sheffield primary school. He is the series editor of Scholastic Literacy Centres and Writing Guides. His previous publications include Writing Guides: Scary Stories 7-9 and Pocket Guides: Understanding Texts.