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Dynamic English Skills for the Australian Curriculum: A multilevel approach Year 7

Dynamic English Skills for the Australian Curriculum: A multilevel approach Year 7
AUTHOR(S):
Deborah Simpson / Sonya Stoneman / Alison Rucco / Anne-Marie Brownhill
REGION:
Australia
LEVELS:
Year 7
SUBJECT AREA:
English / Australian Curriculum
ISBN:
9781108734752
PUBLICATION DATE:
02/08/2016
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Dynamic English Skills for the Australian Curriculum is a unique interactive online resource that combines the teaching content of the popular skills-based Essential English Skills for the Australian Curriculum Second Edition with interactive activities, a range of rich digital learning experiences and a powerful Learning Management System.

Dynamic English Skills for the Australian Curriculum offers:

  • explicit teaching pages with detailed explanations of key concepts that make use of visual learning techniques to support independent learning in the classroom or at home.
  • a multilevel approach to key language and literacy skills, caters to the different learning abilities in the classroom and assists teachers in matching tasks to the skill of their students.
  • auto-marked questions that allow students and their teachers to check their learning as they progress through the course. Open-ended teacher-marked questions are also included for areas where higher-order thinking is required (suggested answers included in the Teacher Edition).
  • fully integrated offline and online tasks, plus Scorcher, that encourage students to further extend their own language and literacy development.
  • a powerful Learning Management System for teachers that combines task management tools, a test generator, readymade tests and comprehensive student and whole-class reporting tools.

www.cambridge.edu.au/dynamicenglish

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About the authors

How to use this book

Using Digital Technology for English skills

Acknowledgements

LANGUAGE

PART 1 Grammar and punctuation

Unit 1 Nouns

Unit 2 Pronouns

Unit 3 Verbs and verb tenses

Unit 4 The verb to be

Unit 5 Adjectives

Unit 6 Adjectives of comparison

Unit 7 Adverbs

Unit 8 Conjunctions

Unit 9 Prepositions and phrases

Unit 10 Sentences

Unit 11 Agreement of subject and verb

Unit 12 Punctuation

Unit 13 More about punctuation

PART 2 Spelling

Unit 14 Vowels and consonants

Unit 15 Silent final e

Unit 16 Building on silent final e words

Unit 17 Building on short vowel words

Unit 18 Double consonants

Unit 19 Hard and soft c and g

Unit 20 Forming plurals

Unit 21 Tricky plurals

Unit 22 Building on final y

Unit 23 The ie/ei rule

PART 3 Vocabulary

Unit 24 Syllables

Unit 25 Homophones and homonyms

Unit 26 How to use a dictionary

Unit 27 Synonyms and antonyms

Unit 28 Vocabulary about books

Unit 29 Vocabulary to describe people and their emotions

Unit 30 The evolution of language

LITERACY

PART 4 Reading, writing and comprehension

Unit 31 Facts

Unit 32 Paragraphs

Unit 33 Narrative

Unit 34 Tables

Unit 35 Distinguishing fact and opinion

Unit 36 Explanations

Unit 37 Similarities and differences

Unit 38 Sequence

Unit 39 Cause and effect

Unit 40 Poetry

Unit 41 Argument

PART 5 Editing and writing

Unit 42 Proofreading

Unit 43 Different audiences

Unit 44 Different purposes

Unit 45 Tense

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Dynamic English Skills for the Australian Curriculum is a unique interactive online resource that combines the teaching content of the popular skills-based Essential English Skills for the Australian Curriculum Second Edition with interactive activities, a range of rich digital learning experiences and a powerful Learning Management System.

www.cambridge.edu.au/dynamicenglish

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Deborah Simpson

Deborah Simpson has many years experience teaching in NSW schools. She has been English Head of Department, taught Secondary English method to pre-service teachers in NSW universities and been involved in curriculum and syllabus development. She currently teaches English at Loreto Kirribilli.

Sonya Stoneman

Sonya Stoneman is an experienced author of English texts and former English teacher who specialised for 14 years in Learning Support and the application of systematic phonics teaching to literacy problems.

Alison Rucco

Alison Rucco has decades of teaching experience in both state and private schools, teaching English at all levels from primary to Year 12. She is also a long-time marker of Year 12 and Australia-wide standardised tests, and is a highly experienced author of English texts.

Anne-Marie Brownhill

Anne-Marie Brownhill is an experienced teacher who is passionate about English and using technology in the classroom. She currently teaches English and Drama at Melbourne High School. Anne-Marie has been part of the Essential English Skills author team since 2011 and in 2012 travelled to London as part of an action research team for the International Boys’ Schools Coalition. When she is not teaching and writing she sings with the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic.

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