National English Skills 9 - Workbook

Part of the series National English Skills 9.

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Workbook (Print & eBook)

This rich and innovative full-colour workbook comprises skills-based units that address all strands of the Australian Curriculum - Language, Literature and Literacy. Written by some of Australia’s leading authors, this lively, student-friendly book provides eighteen skills-based units covering a wide range of popular topics

The topics:

• build comprehension strategies, spelling and vocabulary development, and an understanding of grammar and language
• focuses on the concepts of culture, identity and context
• provide high-interest literary, non-literary and media texts for appreciation, understanding and analysis
• explore the structures and language features of diverse texts, including persuasive and visual texts
• offer opportunities for students to apply their skills to create written, spoken and multimodal texts
• address the cross-curriculum priorities outlined in the curriculum

Interactive eBook

The workbook comes with 15 months access to an interactive eBook version at Macmillan's digital home: onestopdigital.com.au

Contents

1. Intertextuality
2. Context
3. Words and images
4. Success with words
5. Persuasion and argument
6. A new country for a new life
7. So you want to be a writer?
8. Issues and perspectives
9. Media texts
10. Up close and personal
11. Appreciating short stories
12. Exploring poetry
13. English rules
14. Genre
15. Reviewing
16. Drama

Back-of-the-book dictionary