Lower Secondary English Student’s Book: Stage 9

Show students how to make progress towards Cambridge Lower Secondary and IGCSE success with these skills-focused resources. Series edited by Julia Burchell and Mike Gould, this book offers rich, engaging and comprehensive coverage of the Cambridge Secondary 1 curriculum at Stage 9, with differentiation to support all your learners. Focused on improving skills – full coverage of the Cambridge Secondary 1 curriculum with clear learning outcomes in each chapterOrganised by writing type – each chapter will cover reading, writing, speaking and listening and grammar and punctuation in clearly titled sections, which build towards a purposeful final task aligned with the assessment outcomes and mark scheme criteria.Supports progression – shows students how to improve via modelling, scaffolded activities and end-of-chapter self-assessment tasks and checklists, and prepares them for a seamless transition to Cambridge IGCSE EFLRich, varied and engaging text extracts – up-to-date, international literature and non-fiction texts represent the different forms and purposes required at each stage of the curriculumA clear lesson-by-lesson approach – allows teachers easily to use the resources in the classroom and to dip in to support their own schemes of workThis title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to provide support as a part of a set of resources for the Cambridge Lower Secondary English curriculum framework from 2018.

Mike Gould is a former Head of English and an experienced author who has written over 150 books and other resources for teachers and students, including GCSE and IGCSE textbooks and digital support material. He has also been a Senior Lecturer in English and Education, teaching the history of the English language, creative writing and how to apply new technologies to the English classroom.