Student Handbook for English
James Durran and Jim Stewart
- Invaluable support for KS3 and GCSE
- Handy A5 format
- Linked to the National Literacy Strategy
- Inspection copies available
The essential student guide to English for KS3 and beyond
Informed by The National Literacy Strategy, this handbook is an invaluable resource for students, from the time they enter school until the end of their GCSE course. Using reminders, checklists, definitions and ‘toolkits’, it provides wide-ranging reference material that can be used at home or in class, to reinforce key aspects of knowledge and understanding.
Written by two heads of English and delivered through accessible text and lively cartoons, the Student Handbook for English will engage students at all levels.
Contents include
- Toolkits for Reading
- Toolkits for Writing
- Drafting and Redrafting
- Punctuation
- Presentations
- Technical Terms
Firm grounding in basic skills
The toolkits for reading and writing encourage students to structure their work and think carefully about the different ways language is used. Suitable for all abilities, the Student Handbook for English is a helpful companion to any English course.
Discounts on class sets
Being produced specifically for student use and for distribution through schools means that there are large discounts available for class sets as well as free handbooks on larger orders. Handbooks can be sold on to students at well below the cover price. Schools are therefore able to provide their students with high-quality, course-related material at a much lower cost than a standard textbook.
Note that this product is also available as part of KS3 English and Drama Network Resources.
Contents
Introduction
1 Toolkits for Reading
- Reading any text
- Quoting from texts
- Reading for information or ideas
- Reading a poem
- Reading a poem in more depth
- Reading a short story
- Reading a character
- Reading a persuasive text
- Reading an advertisement
- Reading a news report
- Keeping a reading journal
- Reading an image
2 Toolkits for Writing
- Writing a discussion
- Writing to explain
- Writing instructions
- Writing to persuade or to argue
- Writing a short story
- Writing in role as a character
- Writing a formal letter
- Writing a newspaper report
- Making a newspaper front page
- Making a book cover
- Making a cartoon strip
- Making a storyboard
3 Drafting and Redrafting
- The stages of writing
- Notemaking
- Planning
- Drafting
- Editing, redrafting and checking
- Using a computer
4 Punctuation
- Apostrophes
- Brackets
- Capital letters
- Colons
- Commas
- Paragraphs
- Semi-colons
- Speech marks
5 Presentations
6 Technical Terms
Pricing
| Quantity | Price each | Free copies |
|---|---|---|
| 1-19 | 3.95 | |
| 20-59 | 3.25 | |
| 60-99 | 2.95 | |
| 100-149 | 2.25 | |
| 150-199 | 1.95 | |
| 200+ | 1.95 | 5 |



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