Self-assessment sections to help students identify strengths and areas for improvement.
Scaffolding to support student progress.
Texts covered:
The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A Passage to Africa by George Alagiah
The Explorer’s Daughter by Kari Herbert
Explorers or Boys Messing About? by Steven Morris
Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
Young and Dyslexic? You’ve Got It Going On by Benjamin Zephaniah
A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat by Emma Levine
Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan by Jamie Zeppa
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
Key featuresClear explanations of language and structural techniques.
Opportunities to analyse key extracts with supporting quotations.
Designed to build confidence and improve exam performance.