National English Skills 8

This full-colour workbook is part a major series that addresses all three strands of the Australian Curriculum – Language, Literature and Literacy.
Written by some of Australia’s leading authors this lively and student-friendly book provides a rich and innovative English course with eighteen skills-based units covering a wide range of popular topics.

Key features
• builds comprehension strategies, spelling and vocabulary development, and an understanding of grammar and language
• focuses on the concepts of culture, identity and context throughout
• provides high-interest literary, non-literary and media texts for appreciation, understanding and analysis
• explores the structures and language features of all kinds of texts, including persuasive and visual texts
• offers opportunities for students to apply their skills to create their own written, spoken and multimodal texts
• addresses the cross-curriculum priorities outlined in the curriculum