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Learning for Life and Work in Close-up Year 9

This is the second in a series of 3 books written for Learning for Life and Work Key Stage 3. It covers the 3 main strands, Personal Development, Citizenship and Employability at a level appropriate for Year 9 students. Written in a clear and engaging style, it is suitable for a broad range of abilities, making complex issues accessible.

Learning For Life And Work: NI Key Stage 3

Letts 101 Red Hot Science Starters (PDF)

Start your lessons with a bang! Letts Red Hot Starters contains a bank of snappy, interactive starter activities. Each starter consists of a simple, effective activity involving minimal preparation, answers and suggestions for differentiation.

Level Up Maths: Levels 3-4 (PDF)

Fun activities appeal to lower attainers. Colourful presentation engages pupils. Write-on format to save you time and resources.

Level Up Maths: Levels 4-6 (PDF)

Levelled and sub-levelled questions provide clear differentiation and progression with a bright and innovative design that enhances the pupil experience.

Level Up Maths: Levels 5-7 (PDF)

Levelled key points and practice questions provide explicit differentiation. High impact images put maths in an exciting context. Stimulating, fun and exciting activities provide a memorable learning experience. Extended activities give pupils plenty of opportunities for problem solving and peer discussion.

Level Up Maths: Pupil Book (Level 6-8) (PDF)

Levelled key points and practice questions provide explicit differentiation. High impact images put maths in an exciting context. Stimulating, fun and exciting activities provide a memorable learning experience. Extended activities give pupils plenty of opportunities for problem solving and peer discussion. SAT-style questions at the end of every Unit ensure pupils are fully prepared.

Like a Charm

Edinburgh is a city filled with magical creatures. No one can see them... except Ramya Knox. As she is pulled into her family's world of secrets and spells, Ramya sets out to discover the truth about the Hidden Folk with only three words of warning from her grandfather: Beware the Sirens. Plunged into an adventure that will change everything, Ramya is about to learn that there is more to her powers than she ever imagined.

Listos! 1 Pupil Book

This text provides an introduction to Spanish for pupils in Years 7 and 8, using two-page units with grammar explanations, end-of-chapter checklists and revision tests.

The Literacy Kit: student book (PDF)

Structured activities in the students' books enable students to work independently or in groups. Carefully planned units each contain: introductions to the features of different text types; text models; comprehension activities; language analysis including grammar; plenty of writing practice and extended writing activities; and speaking and listening opportunities.

The Literacy Kit - Imagine, Explore, Entertain: student book

Structured activities in the students' books enable students to work independently or in groups. Carefully planned units each contain: introductions to the features of different text types; text models; comprehension activities; language analysis including grammar; plenty of writing practice and extended writing activities; and speaking and listening opportunities.

The Literacy Kit - Inform, Explain, Describe: student book (PDF)

The Literacy Kit is an innovative range of resources to support the introduction of the National Literacy Strategy at Key Stage 3, or for use in any literacy lesson. Used together, the components make up a complete literacy course. Components can also be used separately with existing schemes of work, providing a thorough yet flexible package. Inform, Explain, Describe presents information texts, recounts, explanation texts, instructions, and descriptive texts. Each book is organized into carefully planned units which help students fulfill the objectives for all three years of Key Stage 3, and allows for differentiation across the Key Stage.

The Literacy Kit - Inform, Explain, Describe: student book

The Literacy Kit is an innovative range of resources to support the introduction of the National Literacy Strategy at Key Stage 3, or for use in any literacy lesson. Used together, the components make up a complete literacy course. Components can also be used separately with existing schemes of work, providing a thorough yet flexible package. Inform, Explain, Describe presents information texts, recounts, explanation texts, instructions, and descriptive texts. Each book is organized into carefully planned units which help students fulfill the objectives for all three years of Key Stage 3, and allows for differentiation across the Key Stage.

Literacy Objectives: Pupil's Book 3 (PDF)

Organised around the writing purposes of the key stage 3 Framework for English, Literary Objectives provides a skills-based approach that is easy to integrate into any scheme of work. *Bridges the gap between reading and writing, providing excellent models for pupils to use in their writing. *Develops pupils' confidence in each writing purpose drawing out word, sentence and text level features in a structured way. *Supports pupils in structuring their writing with planning and writing frames. *Time-saving planning and teaching materials help you plan quickly and efficiently with detailed medium term plans, short term plans, guided reading and writing planners, annotated texts, plain texts on OHTs and writing frames on OHTs. All of these teaching materials are editable on CD-ROM. *Raises pupils' attainment with specific preparation and marking materials for the new format SATs.

Literacy Objectives: Pupil's Book 3 (PDF)

Organised around the writing purposes of the key stage 3 Framework for English, Literary Objectives provides a skills-based approach that is easy to integrate into any scheme of work. *Bridges the gap between reading and writing, providing excellent models for pupils to use in their writing. *Develops pupils' confidence in each writing purpose drawing out word, sentence and text level features in a structured way. *Supports pupils in structuring their writing with planning and writing frames. *Time-saving planning and teaching materials help you plan quickly and efficiently with detailed medium term plans, short term plans, guided reading and writing planners, annotated texts, plain texts on OHTs and writing frames on OHTs. All of these teaching materials are editable on CD-ROM. *Raises pupils' attainment with specific preparation and marking materials for the new format SATs.

Literacy Through Texts: Bk. 1

* Literacy Through Texts Pupils' Book: * Motivate and intrigue pupils with an exceptional variety of texts ranging from Chaucer to The Empire Strikes Back and Bridget Jones. * Encourage and support extended reading with substantial extracts and whole texts. * Literacy Through Texts Teacher's Files: * Make shared reading sessions more visually stimulating with unique full-colour OHTs. * Support lower-attaining pupils with a wealth of motivating worksheets. * Extend higher-attaining pupils with the breadth and depth of texts and stimulating worksheets. * Plan lessons simply with easy-to-use starter, plenary, extension, drama and ICT activities. * Raise pupil attainment with specific preparation and marking material for the Optional Tests and SATs.

Literacy Through Texts: Bk. 1

* Literacy Through Texts Pupils' Book: * Motivate and intrigue pupils with an exceptional variety of texts ranging from Chaucer to The Empire Strikes Back and Bridget Jones. * Encourage and support extended reading with substantial extracts and whole texts. * Literacy Through Texts Teacher's Files: * Make shared reading sessions more visually stimulating with unique full-colour OHTs. * Support lower-attaining pupils with a wealth of motivating worksheets. * Extend higher-attaining pupils with the breadth and depth of texts and stimulating worksheets. * Plan lessons simply with easy-to-use starter, plenary, extension, drama and ICT activities. * Raise pupil attainment with specific preparation and marking material for the Optional Tests and SATs.

Literacy Through Texts: Bk. 2

Literacy Through Texts 2 provides a flexible topic-based approach to the Framework Objectives for Year 8 that is organised around motivating texts. is easy to integrate into your scheme of work includes a range of fiction and non-fiction texts and extracts that will engage pupils and encourage them in their reading provides a balance of interesting skills work - speaking, listening, writing and ICT contains word, sentence and text level work in context provides a supportive glossary of terminology that reinforces learning contains review sections that help pupils to consolidate what they have learned.

Livewire Shakespeare: Macbeth (PDF)

These highly illustrated books provide lower ability pupils or pupils with special educational needs access to the true text of Shakespeare's plays

Livewire Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet: Student's Book (PDF)

These highly illustrated books provide lower ability pupils or pupils with special educational needs access to the true text of Shakespeare's plays. It offers the complete story of the play through plot summaries integrated with illustrations, extracts from key scenes and annotation.nbsp;

Living Faiths: Buddhism, Student Book (PDF)

The Living Faiths series encourages students to actively engage with religious education by looking into how faiths are practised and lived in people's daily lives. This Student Book covers Buddhism through unique real-life case studies of young people and their families, making RE relevant to KS3 RE Students today. This Student Book uses an enquiry-led approach to help students relate to religion through engaging activities, end-of-chapter assessment tasks, andlinks to rich audio-visual content.

Living Faiths: Student Book (PDF)

The Living Faiths series encourages students to actively engage with RE by looking into how faiths are practised and lived in people's daily lives. This Student Book covers Islam through unique real-life case studies of young people and their families, making RE relevant to KS3 RE Students today. This Student Book uses an enquiry-led approach to help students relate to RE through engaging activities, end-of-chapter assessment tasks, and links to rich audio-visual content.

Living Faiths: Christianity, Student Book (PDF)

The Living Faiths series encourages students to actively engage with religious education by looking into how faiths are practised and lived in people's daily lives. This Student Book covers Christianity through unique real-life case studies of young people and their families, making RE relevant to KS3 RE Students today. This Student Book uses an enquiry-led approach to help students relate to religion through engaging activities, end-of-chapter assessment tasks, andlinks to rich audio-visual content.

Living Through History: The Roman Empire (PDF)

Living Through History is a complete Key Stage 3 course which brings out the exciting events in history. The course is available in two different editions, Core and Foundation. Every core title in the series has a parallel Foundation edition. Each Evaluation Pack includes the Assessment and Resource Pack and a free compendium volume student book. The resource packs include a variety of tasks which students should find interesting and enjoyable. They also include differentiated exercises to provide support for less able students and challenging work for more able students. Assessment exercises for the compulsory study units aim to help teachers monitor progress through NC levels.

Llechi

Mae Gwenno wedi cael ei lladd. Gwenno berffaith, glyfar, brydferth - hi oedd yn boblogaidd efo'r swots a'r bobol cŵl. Darganfuwyd ei chorff yn y chwarel, a bellach mae'r cops dros bob man ym Methesda, a phawb yn ceisio dod o hyd iddi. Ond does ganddyn nhw fawr o obaith, dim â hwythau'n gwybod y nesaf peth i ddim am sut ferch oedd hi go iawn. [Gwenno is dead - perfect, clever, beautiful Gwenno, who is popular with both swots and cool people. Her body was found in the slate mine, the police are everywhere around Bethesda, and everyone is looking for her. But they have no hope of finding her, as they have no idea what she was really like.]