This book offers student-friendly explanations and activities to build, develop and extend students’ literacy skills, showing them precisely what they need to do to progress. This Aiming for book is the perfect starting point for students arriving at secondary school with a secure Level 4 or a low Level 5 in writing. It will help you to: target areas of under performance, with a chapter on each writing skill written at the right level by experienced teachers and consultants -- develop the essential writing and grammar skills, with clear, accessible explanations, inspiring examples and lively follow-up activities -- build confidence in grammar to improve students writing by exploring the effects of other writers choices -- motivate and engage students, with exciting stimulus texts, fresh approaches to learning and a clear, colourful layout -- embed Assessment for Learning in your day-to-day teaching, with clear learning objectives, criteria for self and peer assessment on every double-page, and end of chapter checklists to help students understand how to progress -- gather evidence for periodic assessments, with the ‘Apply your skills’ tasks designed to build writing stamina and independence -- plan ahead without the stress, with ready-to-use double-page lessons and a teacher guide at the back of the book -- support the transition to Key Stage 3 by reinforcing and building on the writing skills taught at Key Stage 2.
