Livewires
9 total works
Stimulating and accessible, the titles in the LIVEWIRE series have been produced in association with The Basic Skills Agency to ensure a non-patronising approach towards the requirements of readers with special needs. They provide teenagers/adult interest level fiction and non-fiction for those with reading ages below 10, or adult students learning English as a second language. Each book is graded at one of the following reading ages: 6-7, 7-8, 8-9 or 9-10. All LIVEWIRE books are written by qualified Special Needs teachers, and are expertly assessed and subtly colour-coded for the appropriate reading age. The books in the LIVEWIRE REAL LIVES strand contain fascinating stories of popular music stars, famous historical figures, Hollywood actors, TV personalities and top sports people.
Written by experienced special needs teachers, and fully assessed by The Basic Skills Agency to ensure accessibility in both layout and content, the "Livewire: Real Lives" series features personalities from sport, film and music, politics and history. The Livewire Real Lives series provides stimulating reading materials with a teenage/adult interest level for those with reading ages below ten or for adult students learning English as a foreign language. Facts and photographs sustain the interest of the beginner reader. The books are subtly colour-coded for the appropriate 'reading age' and have superb photographs throughout. Michael Schumacher wanted to be a racing driver from his early years. Go-karting at the age of four, was the start of his career behind the wheel! Find out how Michael pursued his dream and how he has become the World Champion several times.
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. Everybody hates the referee, the players, the fans and even the managers. Games can be won and lost on a referee's decision. Have you got what it takes to be a referee?
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 "Real Lives" books are biographies of stars from sport, film, music, politics and history, and are aimed at those with reading ages between six and ten years.