English Is ... English for the Australian Curriculum Year 9 & eBookPLUS

English Is ... English for the Australian Curriculum Year 9 & eBookPLUS offers a creative approach to learning, inspiring students to embrace the English language in all its variations while developing key skills in reading, understanding, and creating. The series includes structured inquiry into the big ideas or concepts that support English, underpinned by the skills needed for literate citizenship.

Key Features:

• Full coverage of the Australian Curriculum: English content descriptions allows students to achieve year-level standards.
• The text is always at the centre of the learning.
• Differentiated activities provide all students with an entry point to the texts through a 'Getting started,' 'Working through,' and 'Going further' grading.
• A sub-unit structure allows for a dip-in, dip-out approach.
• 'Wordsmiths' or mini-workshops drill down to teach key skills in a 'Tell me, Show me, Let me do it' process.
• 'Ready to Read' prepares less able readers to engage with the texts.
• Asian and Indigenous texts are featured along with classic, world, Australian, and contemporary texts.
• 'Need to know' explains key terms at the point of need, allowing students to learn English's metalanguage.
• Language, Literature, and Literacy links connect to the Australian Curriculum content descriptions.
• A wide variety of assessment options are available at the end of every unit, with rubrics to guide students.

English Is ... English for the Australian Curriculum Year 9 & eBookPLUS is a hard-copy of the student text, accompanied by eBookPLUS, providing an enriched learning experience that aligns with curriculum standards.