A digital adaptation of existing best-selling HES Y8 Word and Sentence Level for whole class use with a whiteboard or data projector. - 120 interactive activities that drop into existing schemes of work. - Organised around Framework objectives allowing you to pick up on and reinforce teaching points relevant to a particular class. - Can be used at start of lesson or throughout. - Fulfils curriculum requirement to deliver English through ICT with tried and tested content that you can trust to work in the classroom. - Easy to navigate and to use.

 

This book is part of a book series called Hodder English .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

This book was published 2007 by Hodder Education .

Sue Hackman is a Key Stage 3 Literacy Pilot Director for the National Literacy Strategy. Karen Blake, a former Head of English and freelance educational consultant; author of Hodder English Gold support books and Grade Boosters for GCSE English for AQA A. Linda Hill, school inspector and adviser, including advising on interactive materials for English (also former Head of English). Author of teacher's resources for Hodder Literature. Nick Wells, Head of English, The George Ward School, Technology College. Sue Hackman, former Director of the National Strategy, is the main author of the original content. All the authors are experienced classroom practitioners. Linda Hill is a former Head of English and is now a freelance English consultant and OFSTED inspector; Zoe Livingstone is an English adviser for Slough LA; Saira Sawtell is a AST and Head of English at Budmouth Technology College, and was the regional winner in the 2006 Outstanding New Teacher category; Anita Spires is an English consultant at Slough LA; Pat Woolfe is a former Head of English and now an English consultant for Oldham LEA.

This book has the following chapters: SENTENCE LEVEL Complex sentences 5 activities Variety of sentence structure 6 activities Punctuation 6 activities Shifts of tense 4 activities Conditional meanings 3 activities Paragraphing and cohesion 13 activities Conventions of non-fiction 10 activities Variations of text types 5 activities Informal to formal 4 activities Standard English to dialect 3 activities Degrees of formality 4 activities Change over time 4 activities Compare languages 4 activities WORD LEVEL High-frequency spellings 7 activities Revision of rules 7 activities Cracking new and difficult spellings 4 activities Words across the curriculum 16 activities Strategies to improve spelling 13 activities Vocabulary 7 activities Key terms for analysing language 10 activities Versatile vocabulary 12 activities