Help your students make good progress in Key Stage 3 English with our popular series, now updated for the new curriculum. The Aiming for series provides targeted support for all ability levels to help every student move forward from their achievement at Key Stage 2 towards GCSE success. This revised edition of Aiming for Level 3 Writing offers student-friendly explanations and activities to build, develop and extend students literacy skills, showing them precisely what they need to do to progress. Whether you're looking for a one-off lesson, snappy starters or a longer programme of study, these flexible resources are designed to fit around the needs of your teaching and your classes. Now refreshed to reflect the text types and skills in the new Key Stage 3 curriculum, the Writing and Grammar books also offer comprehensive coverage of the grammar objectives set out in the appendix to the Key Stage 2 English Programme of Study. This Aiming for book is the perfect starting point for students arriving at secondary school with a secure Level 5 or a low Level 6 in writing. It will help you to target areas of underperformance, with a chapter on each writing skill written at the right level by experienced teachers and consultantsdevelop the essential writing and grammar skills, with clear, accessible explanations, inspiring examples and lively follow-up activitiesbuild confidence in grammar to improve students writing by exploring the effects of other writers choicesmotivate and engage students, with exciting stimulus texts, fresh approaches to learning and a clear, colourful layoutembed Assessment for Learning in your day-to-day teaching, with clear learning objectives, criteria for self and peer assessment on every double-page, and end of chapter checklists to help students understand how to progressgather evidence for periodic assessments, with the Apply your skills tasks designed to build writing stamina and independenceplan ahead without the stress, with ready-to-use double-page lessons and a teacher guide at the back of the booksupport the transition to Key Stage 3 by reinforcing and building on the writing skills taught at Key Stage 2.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Aiming For .

This book has been graded for interest at 11 years.

There are 96 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2014 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Natalie Packer is an educational consultant who has worked as a Senior Adviser for the National Strategies, supporting the implementation of the Achievement for All project to improve outcomes for students with SEN, and as a Local Authority Adviser for Special Educational Needs and School Improvement. She has developed and delivered national training on a wide range of issues, including SEN, teaching and learning, and involving parents in education. She has primary headship experience and was a SENCO for a number of years. By Christopher Martin, Gareth Calway, Keith West, Robert Francis, Ian Kirby and Caroline Bentley-Davis