The second edition of the popular Essential English Skills for the Australian Curriculum series has been updated for today’s students. Providing support for differentiated learning and featuring flexible ICT tasks that encourage language and literacy development, the series is ideal for both classroom use and homework.
- The 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. Three levels of carefully graded questions (Test yourself, Extend yourself and Challenge yourself) give every student an achievable starting point and the opportunity to enhance their skills.
- New text extracts and examples of classic and popular texts provide the very best support for today’s students, while covering the requirements of the Australian Curriculum and the cross curricula priorities.
- Fully integrated tech challenges and online tasks encourage students to explore the impact of technology on their own language and literacy development. Each workbook includes a dedicated introduction to ICT in the classroom (“Using Digital Technology for English skills”) suggesting applications that can be used with the workbook.
- Solutions are available for teachers in downloadable PDF format. To access, teachers must activate the unique 16-character code provided by your Cambridge Education Resource Consultant in your Cambridge GO teacher account. Contact us for more details.
If you are looking for a digital option covering English skills, Dynamic English Skills for the Australian Curriculum (available separately) provides a digital solution with interactive activities, a range of rich digital content and a powerful Learning Management System.
Table of contents
About the authors
How to use this workbook
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Language
PART 1 Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling and Vocabulary
Unit 1 Grammar: Parts of Speech
Unit 2 Grammar: common errors
Unit 3 Spelling: Homophones
Unit 4 Spelling: silent letters
Unit 5 Spelling: prefixes
Unit 6 Spelling: suffixes
Unit 7 Punctuation
Unit 8 Vocabulary: Jobs and careers
Unit 9 Vocabulary: science and mathematics
Unit 10 Vocabulary: countries and people
Literacy
PART 2 Reading and comprehension
Unit 11 Reading a dictionary and thesaurus
Unit 12 Reading poetry
Unit 13 Reading descriptions
Unit 14 Reading instructions
Unit 15 Reading informative texts: newspaper articles
Unit 16 Reading informative texts: magazine articles
Unit 17 Reading arguments
Unit 18 Reading essays
Unit 19 Reading visual texts: cartoons
Unit 20 Reading visual texts: advertisements
Unit 21 Reading visual texts: graphic novels
Unit 22 Reading visual texts: film
Unit 23 Reading values and beliefs
PART 3 Writing and editing
Unit 24 Writing summaries
Unit 25 Writing poetry
Unit 26 Descriptive writing
Unit 27 Instructional writing
Unit 28 Writing news and information
Unit 29 Writing magazine articles
Unit 30 Writing advertisements
Unit 31 Persuasive writing
Unit 32 Writing arguments
Unit 33 Writing presentations
Unit 34 Writing essays
Unit 35 Evaluative writing
Unit 36 Proofreading
Unit 37 Referencing
The second edition of the popular Essential English Skills for the Australian Curriculum series has been updated for today’s students. Providing support for differentiated learning and featuring flexible ICT tasks that encourage language and literacy development, the series is ideal for both classroom use and homework.
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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.
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.
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.
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