Livewires
9 total works
"Livewire Investigates Volcanoes" explains the science of volcanoes as well as covers the history of famous volcanoes around the world.
Ever dreamt of becoming a famous DJ? Read on to find out what you need to get started and how to get on to the DJ circuit.
Avalanches are one of nature's most powerful and deadly forces. How can we predict when an avalanche is going to start and is there anything we can do to stop them?
The texts in this series are aimed at teenagers and adults with reading ages below ten, or adult students learning English as a foreign language. They are assessed by the Basic Skills Agency for content, structure and layout, and are designed specifically to sustain students' interest with storylines and...Read more
The texts in this series are aimed at teenagers and adults with reading ages below ten, or adult students learning English as a foreign language. They are assessed by the Basic Skills Agency for content, structure and layout, and are designed specifically to sustain students' interest with storylines and illustrations. Written by special needs teachers, the "Investigates" books offer accounts of careers, hobbies, sports, extreme sports, disasters, mysteries and animals, and are designed for those with reading ages between six and nine years.
To ensure accessibility Hodder & Stoughton has worked with The Basic Skills Agency on "Livewire", a series of reading books with a teenage or adult interest level for those with a reading age below 10. Livewire Investigates is a series of thrilling accounts of dream careers, sports and extreme...Read more
To ensure accessibility Hodder & Stoughton has worked with The Basic Skills Agency on "Livewire", a series of reading books with a teenage or adult interest level for those with a reading age below 10. Livewire Investigates is a series of thrilling accounts of dream careers, sports and extreme sports, disasters and catastrophes and strange mysteries. Imagine a wave as high as a ten-storey building. You are thinking of a tidal wave. Tidal waves destory everything in their path. How do people escape the power of these killer waves?
To ensure accessibility and readability, Hodder & Stoughton have worked with The Basic Skills Agency on "Livewire" - a series of reading material with a teenage or adult interest level for those with a reading age of 10 or below, or for adult students learning English as a second...Read more
To ensure accessibility and readability, Hodder & Stoughton have worked with The Basic Skills Agency on "Livewire" - a series of reading material with a teenage or adult interest level for those with a reading age of 10 or below, or for adult students learning English as a second or foreign language. It offers teenagers and adults appropriate fiction and non-fiction which is graded at reading ages 6-7, 7-8, 8-9, and 9-10. The books aim to engage the interest of the reader in a motivating and non-patronizing way, and lead him or her towards the attainment of a higher reading level. "Livewire Real Lives" is in the non-fiction part of the series and provides illustrated biographies in the categories of sport, film, music, politics and history, and may be used in the Literacy Hour to bridge the gap between NC levels 2/3 and level 4. It is designed to be accessible in layout and content and offers facts and photographs to sustain the interest of the beginner reader. All "Livewire" books are written by experienced and qualified special needs teachers.