Insight Issues: For & Against

Insight Issues: For & Against 2nd edition provides middle years English students with clear and accessible explanations of key concepts, and with scaffolded activities to hone their abilities to analyse as well as create persuasive texts. The second edition of this popular workbook has been fully updated to provide even better preparation for this crucial aspect of senior years English study. All-new media texts on a range of contemporary and engaging issues show how arguments on both sides of an issue can be constructed, encouraging students to approach complex issues from more than one perspective.

THE BOOK FEATURES:

• Targeted work units, based on a range of stimulating and engaging persuasive texts
• A scaffolded approach aimed at developing students’ understanding of and ability to use metalanguage associated with persuasive text analysis
• The progressive development of core knowledge and skills
• Cloze activities, models, word banks and other practical tools to hone students’ analytical and writing skills
• A wide range of stimulating individual, small group and class activities.