Hodder English Interactive Starters for Year 8 CD-ROM

Summary:
A digital adaptation of existing best-selling HES Y8 Word and Sentence Level for whole class use with a whiteboard or data projector.

- 120 interactive activities that drop into existing schemes of work.
- Organised around Framework objectives allowing you to pick up on and reinforce teaching points relevant to a particular class.
- Can be used at start of lesson or throughout.
- Fulfils curriculum requirement to deliver English through ICT with tried and tested content that you can trust to work in the classroom.
- Easy to navigate and to use.

• Fulfils curriculum requirement to work with ICT in the delivery of English.
• Easy to navigate and use, so can be used by those without a great deal of whiteboard experience or confidence with ICT.
• Flexibility to fit into existing schemes of work. Great for picking up on and reinforcing teaching points relevant to the needs of a particular class.
• Original material written by Sue Hackman, Alan Howe and Patrick Scott.

Table of Contents:
SENTENCE LEVEL
Complex sentences
5 activities
Variety of sentence structure
6 activities
Punctuation
6 activities
Shifts of tense
4 activities
Conditional meanings
3 activities
Paragraphing and cohesion
13 activities
Conventions of non-fiction
10 activities
Variations of text types
5 activities
Informal to formal
4 activities
Standard English to dialect
3 activities
Degrees of formality
4 activities
Change over time
4 activities
Compare languages
4 activities
WORD LEVEL
High-frequency spellings
7 activities
Revision of rules
7 activities
Cracking new and difficult spellings
4 activities
Words across the curriculum
16 activities
Strategies to improve spelling
13 activities
Vocabulary
7 activities
Key terms for analysing language
10 activities
Versatile vocabulary
12 activities

About the Author(s):
Karen Blake, a former Head of English and freelance educational consultant; author of Hodder English Gold support books and Grade Boosters for GCSE English for AQA A.

Linda Hill, school inspector and adviser, including advising on interactive materials for English (also former Head of English). Author of teacher's resources for Hodder Literature.

Nick Wells, Head of English, The George Ward School, Technology College.

Sue Hackman, former Director of the National Strategy, is the main author of the original content.

Readership:
Pupils (via teacher mediation)