Texts in Action 1

This successful English workbook provides a vast array of activities for junior secondary students.
It incorporates an introductory unit that highlights why we study texts in English.

Key features
• activities incorporate recent curriculum developments and provides a work overviewing of different types of texts
• the high-interest content that made the first editions so successful has been retained

Texts in Action 1 covers popular topics and the material is organised into short, self-contained sections, making it suitable for regular classroom use or homework tasks.

The core units are divided into short, self-contained sections on:
* literary or factual texts
* language
* skill power
* writing and speaking

Contents
1 Introducing texts
2 Autobiography
3 Myths and legends
4 Short stories
5 Informing
6 Friendly persuasion
7 Diaries
8 Fantasy
9 Explaining
10 Mummies and tombs
11 The beach