Introduces students to a wide range of texts including literary classics, modern literature, personal and factual text (biographies, autobiographies, magazines, newspaper articles, cartoons, photographs, brochures, advertisements).

Features short and long extracts in every chapter, allowing students to study texts within a class period, or to do an in-depth study of a specific genre.

Encourages students to improve their writing skills, to develop their own responses to the texts, to create their own texts and to use reference resources, including the Internet.

Establishes learning objectives at the outset of each chapter.

Appeals to Junior Certificate students through its layout, colourful design and use of cartoons and photographs.

Prepares students for the transition to the Leaving Certificate programme.

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 348 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Gill .

Marie Dunne teaches in Loreto Secondary School, Bray, Co. Wicklow. She has been an examiner for many years. Rex Sadler and Tom Hayllar are experienced teachers and authors of numerous acclaimed English textbooks.

This book has the following chapters: Preface Chapter 1 Sentences and Punctuation Chapter 2 Using Better Words Chapter 3 How to Improve Your Writing Chapter 4 Around the World - Non-Fiction Chapter 5 For Your Information - Non-Fiction Chapter 6 Autobiography and Biography - Non-Fiction Chapter 7 The Power of Persuasion Chapter 8 Media Studies Chapter 9 The Poet's Studio Chapter 10 Short Story Experiences Chapter 11 The Novel Experience Chapter 12 Drama Acknowledgements Index