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A lively new series that puts a collection of stimulating & entertaining reading comprehension exercises at your fingertips. Multiple-choice questions are followed by open-ended activities requiring either an imaginative or reflective response or independent research. The passages are illustrated & encompass a wide range of genres including:
- fiction
- poetry
- dialogue
- letters
- charts & tables
- recipes
- news reports
- Book One (1-85503-362-3) features a press report of a UFO sighting & a letter of complaint: exercises designed for children in Year 3. Book Two (1-85503-363-1) features fascinating & varied topics designed for children in year 4. * Supporting the National Literacy Strategy at Key Stage 2 the photocopiable exercises in each book are grouped & graded within four main skill areas: Getting the main idea
- Making inferences
- Noting & recalling details
- Using context clues
- * With teacher's notes & separate answer pages for easy checking this series shows the way to develop & hone crucial comprehension skills.











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This is a series of 25 comprehension exercises designed to give pupils practice in studying & understanding different forms of written passages & in solving questions raised from their reading. These exercises are intended as a continuation of the Reading Comprehension exercises for Key Stage 1. The passages provide a wide range of reading experience through extracts from children's fiction both classic & modern factual passages poetry newspapers television listings adverts menus & leaflets. The passages also introduce a variety of creative writing opportunities. They are arranged in the following categories: units 1- 10 are aimed at level 4 of the national curriculum units 11
- 18 are aimed at the top of level 4 moving into level 5 units 19
- 25 are aimed at level 5.

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This series of 10 comprehension exercises is designed to give pupils practice in reading & understanding a variety of written passages & in answering questions based on their reading. It aims to act as a bridge between the work done in the Reading Comprehension Key Stage 1 pack & the more advanced work in the Key Stage 2 pack. The passages offer a variety of reading experience from childrens fiction through poems to factual passages. The ten units are divided into three levels: units 1
- 6 are aimed at reading level 2 of the national curriculum units 7
- 9 are aimed at level 3a unit 10 is aimed at level 4.

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This is a series of 24 photocopiable comprehension exercises giving children systematic practice in tackling multiple choice questions & helping to develop reading with understanding. The passages include a variety of stories factual passages invitations & posters all of which are delightfully illustrated. They have been divided into three different reading ability levels: units 1
- 8 are aimed at reading level 2c of the national curriculum units 9
- 16 are aimed at level 2a units 17
- 24 are aimed at level 3.


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The six books in this series provide a range of worksheets display materials & teachers notes designed to help teachers deliver the reading element of the Literacy Strategy. They cover an extensive range of text genres ranging from Myths & fables to evaluating press releases! Each activity can be used for individual or shared reading & provides excellent practice for the National Tests. The exercises are differentiated allowing teachers to meet pupils individual needs. ...
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A group of friends a few bottles of wine & a good book. What could be better? The women who form the Reading Group are as varied as the books they choose to read: Designer-clad Nicole has the perfect domestic set-up
- apart from a serially unfaithful husb&. Her best friend Harriets husband is perfect; but Harriet just doesnt love him any more. Clare is desperate for a baby
- & is wrecking her marriage in the process while Cressida is terrified shes pregnant. Susan is watching her mothers sad slow decline comforted by her family; Polly wants to marry again but will Jack cope with hers? Can they find the answers in the pages of a good book?

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This second edition of the landmark textbook Reading Images builds on its reputation as the first systematic & comprehensive account of the grammar of visual design. Drawing on an enormous range of examples from childrens drawings to textbook illustrations photo-journalism to fine art as well as three-dimensional forms such as sculpture & toys the authors examine the ways in which images communicate meaning. Features of this fully updated second edition include: new material on moving images & on colour a discussion of how images & their uses have changed through time websites & web-based images ideas on the future of visual communication. Reading Images focuses on the structures or grammar of visual design
- colour perspective framing & composition
- provides the reader with an invaluable tool-kit for reading images & makes it a must for anyone interested in communication the media & the arts.

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Opening at the Hay Festival & ending with the prospect of a spring wedding Sue Gees novel is a lively story of tangled relationships & the sustaining powers of good books loyal friends & conversation. Friends since university with busy working lives behind them Dido & Georgia have long been looking forward to carefree days of books & conversation when each finds herself caught up in unexpected domestic drama. Dido for the first time has cause to question her marriage; widowed Georgia feels certain her husband will return to her. Meanwhile an eccentric country cousin goes wildly off the rails children are unhappy in love & perfect health is all at once in question. ...
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This compact handbook enables users to quickly & accurately read Latin epitaphs in churches no matter what their knowledge of the language is. John Parker has reproduced the text of 52 church memorials in Latin & this edition is illustrated with photographs of eight of the epitaphs providing explanatory captions that help contextualize each inscription. With an introduction that discusses the conventions of lettering abbreviations Latinized personal names & stock phrases found on these memorial stones Reading Latin Epitaphs "is not only a volume for ecclesiastical scholars or historians but an excellent tool for travelers & architecture enthusiasts as well. Giving readers all the tools they need to decipher these texts Parker has included a very brief Latin grammar that lays out the basics of the language in a clear & concise fashion & notes on Roman numerals & dates. A glossary of all the words found in the included epitaphs as well as additional words often found in inscriptions rounds out this indispensible guide." ...
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Even the best software can not teach your child to read. You need books & the most important tool of all
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Reading Greek

First published in 1978 Reading Greek has become a best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students and adults. It combines the best of modern and traditional language-learning techniques and is used widely in schools summer schools and universities across the world. It has also been translated into several foreign languages. This volume provides full grammatical support together with numerous exercises at different levels. For the second edition the presentations of grammar have been substantially revised to meet the needs of todays students and the volume has been completely redesigned with the use of colour. Greek-English and English-Greek vocabularies are provided as well as a substantial reference grammar and language surveys. The accompanying Text and
Vocabulary volume contains a narrative adapted entirely from ancient authors in order to encourage students rapidly to develop their reading skills simultaneously receiving a good introduction to Greek culture.
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First published in 1978 Reading Greek has become a best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students & adults. It combines the best of modern & traditional language-learning techniques & is used widely in schools summer schools & universities across the world. It has also been translated into several foreign languages. This volume provides full grammatical support together with numerous exercises at different levels. For the second edition the presentations of grammar have been substantially revised to meet the needs of todays students & the volume has been completely redesigned with the use of colour. Greek-English & English-Greek vocabularies are provided as well as a substantial reference grammar & language surveys. The accompanying Text & Vocabulary volume contains a narrative adapted entirely from ancient authors in order to encourage students rapidly to develop their reading skills simultaneously receiving a good introduction to Greek culture.

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