Jacaranda English 8 is a brand-new writeable textbook, which has been built from the ground up using feedback from Australian teachers of English. Suitable for all curricula, this resource has been designed to help students of all abilities build essential English skills – giving them what they need to succeed in later years.
Features:
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Suitable for all curricula, with curriculum documents mapping the content to the Victorian Curriculum, Australian Curriculum, NSW Australian curriculum and the WA Curriculum.
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Clear and concise content to support all reading abilities.
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Available in learnON, Jacaranda's powerful digital learning platform. In learnON, you get greater visibility into student progress and performance, allowing you to easily tailor lesson plans and create custom tests.
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Access to teachON*, a one-stop-shop for teacher support material. It includes practical teaching advice and lesson plans, designed to save time and provide inspiration and support for teachers.
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Colour-coded, scaffolded activities and worksheets at three levels of difficulty for easy differentiation within each class.
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A range of multimedia to improve engagement and understanding including; videos, audio files, interactivities and weblinks.
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Topic-based projects to enable students to practise skills, share ideas and collaborate.
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SkillBuilders in our proven Tell me, Show me, Let me do it format that allow students to learn and practise key English skills in an engaging and accessible way.
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Resource summaries provide a birds-eye view of everything available to support teaching and learning for each topic.
For teachers, learnON includes additional teacher resources such as quarantined questions and answers, curriculum grids and work programs.
* Your JacPLUS account needs to be registered as a teacher account to access teacher resources.
Contents
Topic 1: Why learn English?
Unit 1 Reading
Topic 2: Reading for you
Topic 3: Reading for inference
Topic 4: Visual literature
Unit 2: Viewing and Listening
Topic 5: New and traditional media
Topic 6: Videogames
Topic 7: Viewing for inference
Unit 3: Language
Topic 8: Metalanguage
Topic 9: Spelling and punctuation
Unit 4: Writing
Topic 10: How to write sentences
Topic 11: How to write paragraphs
Topic 12: How to write essays
Topic 13: Storytelling
Topic 14: Drafting, editing and proofreading
Unit 5: Speaking and debating
Topic 15: Constructing an argument
Topic 16: Speaking and listening to others
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