English Is ... English for the Australian Curriculum Year 8 & eBookPLUS

The English is ... series offers an exciting and authoritative approach to the Australian Curriculum: English. Each unit is structured to inquire into the ?big ideas? or concepts that underpin English, leading students through a set of differentiated activities towards the knowledge, understanding and skills that will create literate citizens of the twenty-first century.

FEATURES

• Full coverage of the Australian Curriculum: English content descriptions allows students to achieve year level standards.
• The text is always at the centre of the learning.
• Differentiated activities provide all students with an entry point to the texts through a Getting started, Working through and Going further grading.
• Sub-unit structure allows for a dip-in, dip-out approach.
• Wordsmiths or mini-workshops drill down to teach key skills in a Tell me, Show me, Let me do it process.
• Ready to Read prepares less able readers to engage with the texts.
• Asian and Indigenous texts are featured along with classic, contemporary, world and Australian texts.
• Need to know explains key terms at point of need so that students learn English?s metalanguage.
• Language, Literature and Literacy links connect to the Australian Curriculum content descriptions.
• Wide variety of assessment options are available at the end of every unit with rubrics to guide students.

Your eBookPLUS features an electronic version of the textbook and includes:

• an entertaining new video series, written by Robert Greenberg (Round the Twist) and produced
  specifi cally to teach students the big ideas of the Australian Curriculum: English
• ?You be the writer? interactivities that provide students with hands-on opportunities to explore the craft of writing
• ProjectsPLUS ? a unique project management system featuring a research forum, media and templates that enable students to collaborate while creating ICT-based projects
• links to selected quests in Knowledge Quest: English 1 and Knowledge Quest: English 2 online
  games for subscribers to this separate resource
• editable worksheets for every chapter and weblinks to relevant English content online
• rubrics for all assessment tasks.

eGuidePLUS provides teachers with:

• the full version of the student eBookPLUS
• answer versions of worksheets
• teachers? notes on operating a diff erentiated classroom
• notes on assessment tasks
• Australian Curriculum: English coverage grids.