Downloadable pdf: Achieve! Interactive Instant Lessons - English Book 3

Written by experienced English teachers, Achieve! Interactive Instant Lessons - English Book 3 bridges the gap for those students who missed literacy and language basics during primary school. Literacy skills are developed through the examination of 10 selected text types and associated interactive activities. With explicit instructions and the opportunity to complete classwork using technology, students will feel confident completing the activities on the mature-look pages.

Each text type displayed onscreen is fully illustrated and set in the style as it would appear in the real world:

• Everyday technology – a poster
• Overpopulation – a radio interview
• Privacy in the 21st century – an editorial
• Clown school – an invitation
• My trip to the podiatrist – a short story
• Music acts that changed the world – a 'Top 5' list
• Energy drinks – a formal health report
• How to create stencil art – a procedural text
• Medieval siege – an annotated diagram
• Change – a diamante poem

The folder contains:

• Colour screenshots of the 10 unit text examples
• An illustrated glossary
• Photocopiable student worksheets

The CD-ROM contains:

• Interactive PDF worksheets for IWBs and laptops
• Photocopiable versions of worksheets
• An illustrated glossary

Activities integrate Levels 1–4 primary literacy content with relevant text types to suit the interests of Years 7–10 secondary school students. Activities include:

• Pre-reading – introducing key words, difficult words or difficult language
• Post-reading – comprehension tasks to test understanding
• Phonological knowledge – revision of common consonant blends, plus more!
• Visual knowledge – syllables and word families, plus more!
• Morphemic knowledge – using comparative adjectives and conjugating verbs, plus more!
• Etymological knowledge – prefixes, compound words and eponyms, plus more!
• Spelling basics – synonyms, antonyms and homophones, plus more!
• Punctuation – semicolons, colons and dashes, plus more!
• Grammar – uncountable nouns, conjunctions and active voice, plus more!
• Writing – planning an interview and writing a letter to the editor, plus more!

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Cameron Ling is a teacher and author, who has taught English in various overseas countries as well as Australia. He is also a qualified teacher of Spanish and Humanities. Cameron has taught and tutored both adults and high school students. Recently he has worked at a government high school for new migrants, teaching English as a Second Language through an integrated curriculum. A passionate and creative writer, Cameron has had poetry, essays and articles published. He has also completed two novels of literary fiction.