Phoenix English Skills
Reading and Writing
by John & Jenny Barwick
Reading and Writing is one of four workbooks in the Phoenix English Skills series for junior secondary students. It features sets of reading, writing and comprehension exercises and activities dealing with:
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narrative - novel
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narrative - short story
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poetry - ballad
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review
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factual description
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information report
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journal
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procedure
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factual recount
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literary recount
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exposition
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explanation
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discussion
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real life - table
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real life- fact file
Each section is introduced with a brief explanation and revision, followed by exercises ranging in degree of difficulty from basic revision to challenging. All exercises have answers in a separate section.
It can be used for:
Ø classroom exercises
Ø homework
Ø assessment
Ø extra work
Ø revision
Other titles in the Phoenix English Skills (click on title) series are:
Teacher Resource Book 1 (Year 7)
Teacher Resource Book 2 (Year 8)
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Reading and Writing Contents
1 Gold Town Narrative novel
2 The Stranger on the Stairs Narrative short story
3 The Streets of Forbes Poetry (ballad)
4 Latest Release Doomed to Success Review
5 Sumo Wrestlers Factual description 1
6 Canberra Factual description 2
7 Cities Information report
8 John McDouall Stuart Finds Central Mount Stuart Journal
9 How to Make a Barometer Procedure
10 Thunderstorm Terror Factual recount
11 Hunted Literary recount
12 Killer Cats, Rabid Rabbits and Treacherous Toads Exposition 1
13 Junk Food, or just Good Food? Exposition 2
14 How Coal is Made Explanation
15 Should Charity Begin at Home? Discussion 1
16 Is Tourism Good for Australia? Discussion 2
17 Some of Australia's Worst Shipping Disasters Real life 1- table
18 Temperature Extremes in Australia Real life 2 - table
19 Olympic Volunteer Fact File Real life 3 -fact file
20 Communication in Australia Real life 4 -fact file
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