An easy-to-use resource for teaching essential reading skills to the whole class using an interactive whiteboard. The book accompanies the i-read 5 CD-ROM. It can be used for group and independent reading away from the interactive whiteboard. Series Editor Pie Corbett has specially commissioned whole non-fiction texts for i-read from a host of popular authors, to provide children with a vibrant read. The collection covers a range of genres, including recounts, non-chronological reports and persuasive writing.

 

This book features in the following series: I Read, I-Read .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2006 by Cambridge University Press .

Pie Corbett is a freelance writer and poet. He was worked as an English Inspector in Gloucestershire, as an OFSTED Inspector, and has run training nationally for the NLS.

This book has the following chapters: Recounts by Ruth Thompson: The Disastrous Expedition of Burke and Wills; Scott's South Pole Diary; Non-chronological reports by Teresa Saunders: Travel Guide Book - Egypt; Land of Contrasts; Pyramids and the Sphinx; Tombs and Temples; Carvings and Trade; What did you think of the guide book?; Koalas; Koalas in Crisis; Food and Feeding Habits; Life in the Trees; In Harmony with People; Persuasive writing by Gill Matthews: The Extreme Sports Centre; Come Zorbing; Let's Go Fly a Kite!; Bored? You Won't Be!; Rescue Me, I'm a Teacher!; Letter from Michelle; Letter from Charli; Letter from Mike.