This is a New Windmills Collection of sixteen stories by great contemporary writers. "Brave New Words" is a fabulous collection of texts by many of the nation's favourite children's writers. The authors include Anne Fine, Bill Bryson, Roald Dahl, Jacqueline Wilson, Alan Gibbons, and Robert Swindells. It is based on the new national curriculum list of recommended contemporary writers, this collection is designed to help students move up from Level 4 to Level 5. The variety, in both pace and genre, of the fun, lively, relevant texts help to engage students. This collection introduces students to the concept of genre through four sections: humour, history, diaries and sport. Each genre is accompanied by an eight lesson scheme of work and assessment task.

 

This book is part of a book series called New Windmills Collection Ks3 .

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

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Pearson Education Limited .

This book has the following chapters:

Humour
The Gnomecoming Party Anne Fine
More bits of an autobiography I may not write Morris Gleitzman
School Days Bill Bryson
Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat Roald Dahl

History
A Place on the Piano Eva Ibbotson
The Daughter Jacqueline Wilson
The Princess Spy Jamila Gavin
Real Tears Celia Rees

Diaries
Worth It Malorie Blackman
The Princess Diaries Meg Cabot
Julie and Me and Michael Owen Makes Three Alan Gibbons
Double Thirteen Eleanor Updale

Sport
Left Foot Forward Jan Mark
The Jump Anthony Masters
Head Race Michelle Magorian
Going Up Robert Swindells