Language to Inform, Describe and Explain Teacher's Portfolio (Literacy in Context) Book

Literacy in Context is an up-to-date, flexible and affordable programme for teaching about grammar and English language at Key Stage 3. The course adopts the methodology of the National Literacy Strategy Framework for Teaching English and promotes a unique six-step approach to learning about language. The author team comprises experienced, well-respected names in English teaching as well as practising classroom teachers. All the materials have practical application in the classroom, with the language features very clearly defined and practised in context. The course provides text types specified by the revised curriculum, and tailor-made resources including lesson plans, writing frames, assessment models for target setting and text extracts for reading and analysis. The comprehensive support offered by Literacy in Context gives both experienced and newly qualified teachers confidence to deliver the National Literacy Strategy alongside the demands of the National Curriculum 2000.