Exam board: ISEB Level: 13+ CE and KS3 Subject: English First teaching: September 2021 First exams: November 2022Support your pupils in developing enhanced comprehension and writing skills across a wide range of challenging, diverse and engaging themes and genres with Common Entrance English 13+ for ISEB CE and KS3. This new resource will help your pupils achieve their full potential in the ISEB 13+ CE exams and other Independent School exams at 13+. Expand your pupils' reading preferences: 10 thematically-arranged chapters with topics including Growing Up, Our Planet, Loud and Proud, and Different People, Different Perspectives. Encourage independent research and learning: Research panels throughout pose questions that encourage pupils to deepen their understanding of a topic or issue independently. Plus, Wider Reading boxes offer suggestions for additional independent reading. Develop your pupils' appreciation of drama: Greater emphasis on drama skills including role play, character development, thought tracking, directing a short extract, using stage directions, and drafting a short script extract. Prepare for Paper 2 with end-of-chapter writing tasks: Help your pupils to structure and develop their writing in a variety of genres with directed writing tasks at the end of every chapter. Improve exam results: New Exam Skills chapter covers Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Planning and Writing your Responses, and Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar - with sample answers and tips for improving.Accompanying answers available as a paid-for PDF download at galorepark.co.uk (ISBN: 9781398321687)."e;I have received the new KS3 CE book and I have to say, kudos to Elly Lacey and the team; it's tremendous. The first chapter focusing on queer authors is an audacious and welcome move. Fantastic work and thank you for being representational and inclusive!"e; Head of Years 3 and 4 & Head of English, Wetherby Preparatory School
Exam board: ISEB
Level: 13+ CE and KS3
Subject: English
First teaching: September 2021
First exams: November 2022
Support your pupils in developing a love of reading and enhanced comprehension skills across a wide range of challenging, diverse and engaging themes with the new English series for Common Entrance and Key Stage 3. This new resource will help your pupils achieve their full potential in the ISEB 13+ CE exams and other Independent School exams at 13+.
- Expand your pupils' reading preferences: 10 thematically-arranged chapters with topics including: Growing Up, Our Planet, and Journeying.
- Boost proficiency in Speaking and Listening: Extensive activities to practice in discussion and group tasks.
- Encourage pupils to take responsibility for their learning: Research panels throughout pose questions that encourage pupils to deepen their understanding of a topic or issue independently. Plus, Wider Reading boxes offer suggestions for additional independent reading.
- Collaborative reviewing: Regular peer-review tasks to help pupils prepare for the longer writing task in Paper 2 with regular book review sharing opportunities to develop skills in thinking and speaking about literature as well as responding to others' views.
- Develop your pupils' appreciation of drama: Greater emphasis on drama skills including: role play, character-development, thought-tracking, directing a short extract, using stage directions, and drafting a short script extract.
- Improve exam results: New Exam Skills chapter covers Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Planning and Writing your Responses, and Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar - with sample answers and tips for improving.
Accompanying answers available as a paid-for PDF download at galorepark.co.uk (ISBN: 9781398321687).
