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Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary English

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Cover of Lower Secondary English Student's Book: Stage 9

The Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary English series offers a skills-building approach to the Lower Secondary English curriculum framework (0861) from 2020. The Stage 9 Student's Book supports students to develop their skills in reading, writing and speaking and listening, showing all students how to progress.

This series is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the new curriculum framework 0861 from 2020.

  • Focused on improving skills - the book provides full coverage of the Stage 9 Cambridge Lower Secondary English curriculum framework, with clear outcomes in each chapter.
  • Organised by purpose - each chapter shows students how to speak, write and comment on texts created for one key purpose or pair of purposes. A clear learning sequence builds from students exploring texts, through scaffolded writing and speaking and listening activities, towards a series of meaningful final tasks.
  • Stage 9 covers describing, entertaining, arguing, narrating, analysing and comparing, and interpreting.
  • The final chapter of the book allows students to test their understanding and apply the skills they have learned across Stage 9, by responding to reading and writing questions on two longer texts.
  • Supports progression - clear models and examples are included throughout to show students how to improve, while self-assessment tasks at the end of each chapter help students to reflect on their progress.
  • Rich, varied and engaging text extracts - fresh international fiction, poetry, drama and non-fiction texts represent the different forms and purposes required at each stage of the curriculum. Extracts of increasing length and challenge have been chosen to build students' reading stamina across the stage.
  • The clear lesson-by-lesson approach allows teachers to easily use the resources in the classroom and build them into their own schemes of work.
  • Prepares students for a seamless transition to Cambridge IGCSE (TM) English (First Language).

Cover of Lower Secondary English Student's Book: Stage 8

The Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary English series offers a skills-building approach to the Lower Secondary English curriculum framework (0861) from 2020. The Stage 8
Student's Book supports students to develop their skills in reading, writing and speaking and listening, showing all students how to progress.

This series is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the new curriculum framework 0861 from 2020.

  • Focused on improving skills - the book provides full coverage of the Stage 8 Cambridge Lower Secondary English curriculum framework, with clear outcomes in each chapter.
  • Organised by purpose - each chapter shows students how to speak, write and comment on texts created for one key purpose or pair of purposes. A clear learning sequence builds from students exploring texts, through scaffolded writing and speaking and listening activities, towards a series of meaningful final tasks.
  • Stage 8 covers describing, explaining, persuading and arguing, narrating, exploring and discussing, and commenting and comparing.
  • The final chapter of the book allows students to test their understanding and apply the skills they have learned across Stage 8, by responding to reading and writing questions on two longer texts.
  • Supports progression - clear models and examples are included throughout to show students how to improve, while self-assessment tasks at the end of each chapter help students to reflect on their progress.
  • Rich, varied and engaging text extracts - fresh international fiction, poetry, drama and non-fiction texts represent the different forms and purposes required at each stage of the curriculum. Extracts of increasing length and challenge have been chosen to build students' reading stamina across the stage.
  • The clear lesson-by-lesson approach allows teachers to easily use the resources in the classroom and build them into their own schemes of work.
  • Prepares students for a seamless transition to Stage 9.

Cover of Lower Secondary English Teacher’s Guide: Stage 7

Show students how to make progress towards Cambridge Lower Secondary and IGCSE success with these skills-focused resources. Series edited by Julia Burchell and Mike Gould, this book offers rich, engaging and comprehensive coverage of the Cambridge Secondary 1 curriculum at Stage 7, with expert teacher support.

  • Focused on improving skills – full coverage of the Cambridge Secondary 1 curriculum with clear learning outcomes in each lesson plan
  • Organised by writing type – lesson plans will cover reading, writing, speaking and listening and grammar and punctuation and build towards a purposeful final task aligned with the assessment outcomes and mark scheme criteria.
  • Supports progression – shows students how to improve via modelling, differentiated and scaffolded activities, and end-of-chapter self-assessment tasks and checklists
  • A clear lesson-by-lesson approach – allows teachers easily to use the resources in the classroom and to dip in to support their own schemes of work
  • The most comprehensive teacher support – full schemes of work and detailed, differentiated lesson plans that share the best aspects of UK practice with international teachers, including those who are not primarily EFL or ESL teachers by training
  • Provides support as part of a set of resources for the Cambridge Lower Secondary English curriculum framework from 2018

Cover of Lower Secondary English Teacher’s Guide: Stage 8

Show students how to make progress towards Cambridge Lower Secondary and IGCSE success with these skills-focused resources. Series edited by Julia Burchell and Mike Gould, this book offers rich, engaging and comprehensive coverage of the Cambridge Secondary 1 curriculum at Stage 8, with expert teacher support.

  • Focused on improving skills – full coverage of the Cambridge Secondary 1 curriculum with clear learning outcomes in each lesson plan
  • Organised by writing type – lesson plans will cover reading, writing, speaking and listening and grammar and punctuation and build towards a purposeful final task aligned with the assessment outcomes and mark scheme criteria.
  • Supports progression – shows students how to improve via modelling, differentiated and scaffolded activities, and end-of-chapter self-assessment tasks and checklists
  • A clear lesson-by-lesson approach – allows teachers easily to use the resources in the classroom and to dip in to support their own schemes of work
  • The most comprehensive teacher support – full schemes of work and detailed, differentiated lesson plans that share the best aspects of UK practice with international teachers, including those who are not primarily EFL or ESL teachers by training
  • Provides support as part of a set of resources for the Cambridge Lower Secondary English curriculum framework from 2018

Cover of Lower Secondary English Student's Book: Stage 7

The Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary English series offers a skills-building approach to the Lower Secondary English curriculum framework (0861) from 2020. The Stage 7 Student's Book supports students to develop their skills in reading, writing and speaking and listening, showing all students how to progress.

This series is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the new curriculum framework 0861 from 2020.

  • Focused on improving skills - the book provides full coverage of the Stage 7 Cambridge Lower Secondary English curriculum framework, with clear outcomes in each chapter.
  • Organised by text purpose - each chapter shows students how to speak, write and comment on texts created for one key purpose or pair of purposes. A clear learning sequence builds from students exploring texts, through scaffolded writing and speaking and listening activities, towards a series of meaningful final tasks.
  • Stage 7 introduces describing, informing, persuading and advising, narrating, reviewing and discussing, and exploring and commenting.
  • The final chapter of the book allows students to test their understanding and apply the skills they have learned across Stage 7, by responding to reading and writing questions on two longer texts.
  • Supports progression - clear models and examples are included throughout to show students how to improve, while self-assessment tasks at the end of each chapter help students to reflect on their progress.
  • Rich, varied and engaging text extracts - fresh international fiction, poetry, drama and non-fiction texts represent the different forms and purposes required at each stage of the curriculum. Extracts of increasing length and challenge have been chosen to build students' reading stamina across the stage.
  • The clear lesson-by-lesson approach allows teachers to easily use the resources in the classroom and build them into their own schemes of work.
  • Prepares students for a seamless transition to Stage 8.

Cover of Lower Secondary English Teacher's Guide: Stage 9

The Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary English series offers a skills-building approach to the Cambridge Lower Secondary English curriculum framework (0861) from 2020. The Stage 9 Teacher's Guide provides comprehensive, practical support with lesson plans, worksheets and PowerPoints for every unit of the Student's Book.

This series is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the new curriculum framework 0861 from 2020.

  • Plan for progression with a full scheme of work for each stage. Chapter overviews show where every text form or genre and learning objective from the curriculum framework has been covered.
  • Start teaching straightaway with ready-made lesson plans, worksheets and PowerPoints for each two- or four-page unit in the Student's Book.
  • Detailed, differentiated lesson plans share best practice, whether you are teaching Lower Secondary for the first time or an experienced teacher of the curriculum.
  • The clear lesson-by-lesson approach allows you to use the resources with ease in the classroom and to build them into your own schemes of work.
  • Fully differentiated lesson plans suggest how all learners can be supported to make progress through 'Extra support' and 'Extra challenge' suggestions and worksheets to scaffold or extend the Student's Book activities.
  • Personalise the course and adapt the resources to the needs of your classes with the editable Word and PowerPoint files that can be downloaded from the Collins website:

www.collins.co.uk/cambridge-international-downloads