Cambridge Collections
Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 4
Cambridge Collections is a new series of fiction, non-fiction and themed anthologies. Eash volume contains a wide range of high-quality texts, and is designed to introduce students to a variety of genres, issues, styles and voices - and to encourage their enjoyment of reading.
Each anthology includes texts of varying length and sophistication, allowing it to be used flexibly with different age groups. A lively range of activities is integrated with the texts to ensure easy access to teaching ideas and resources. A teachers' resource CD-ROM - including a wealth of printable, editable support material as well as images and audio clips - is available to accompany each book in the series.
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Key Features
- A wide variety of high quality texts encourages all students to read more, and helps to develop key reading skills.
- Each anthology covers the whole of Key Stage 3 enabling teachers to use the books with a range of groups of different ages and abilities.
- Emphasis on complete short stories and whole non-fiction texts to help students build 'reading stamina'; encourage wider reading for pleasure; and provide the opportunity for analysis and evaluation at whole-text level.
- Each anthology includes photographs and specially comissioned illustrations to engage students' interest as well as providing valuable stimulus or contextual material.
- A wide variety of lively activities (including speaking and listening) are included for individual, pair, group and whole class work.
- All activities are integrated with the texts to enable easy use in class.
- Activities include opportunities for comparing a range of texts to develop a key higher-order reading skill, and provides invaluable preparation for the Year 9 SATs.
- Multimedia support materials include editable, differentiated worksheets for all texts enabling teachers to tailor the materials to suit the precise needs of their class.
- Multimedia support materials include colour photographs and audio clips - for use with computer or an interactive whiteboard - to bring texts to life and provide valuable stimulus and contextual material.
- A great value price of £5.95 per anthology and £49.50 per CD-ROM makes this an affordable resource.
Components
| Who we are | 9780521703154 |
| Who we are - Teachers' Resource CD-ROM | 9780521703161 |
| Ideas, insights and arguments | 9780521703239 |
| Ideas, insights and arguments - Teachers' Resource CD-ROM | 9780521703246 |
| Victorian literature | 9780521703178 |
| Victorian literature - Teachers' Resource CD-ROM | 9780521703185 |
| In the mix | 9780521703192 |
| In the mix - Teachers' Resource CD-ROM | 9780521703208 |
| Outsiders | 9780521703253 |
| Outsiders - Teachers' Resource CD-ROM | 9780521703260 |
| Turning the corner | 9780521703215 |
| Turning the corner - Teachers' Resource CD-ROM | 9780521703222 |
| Happy families? | 9780521730860 |
| Happy families? - Teachers' Resource CD-ROM | 9780521732383 |
| Exits and entrances | 9780521730853 |
| Exits and entrances - Teachers' Resource CD-ROM | 9780521732420 |
| Opening eyes | 9780521730846 |
| Urban voices | 9780521730839 |
| Urban voices - Teachers' Resource CD-ROM | 9780521732376 |
| The living planet | 9780521747646 |
| The living planet - Teachers' Resource CD-ROM | 9780521747677 |
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Reviews
“Cambridge Collections are rich resources in the post-SATs world which enable teachers and curriculum designers to go full steam ahead around the Government's four C's curriculum.” Brian Lay, Head of English, St.Andrews Catholic School,Surrey
“The supporting teachers' resource CD-ROMs are easy to use and again, the range of activities is comprehensive.” NATE Classroom
“... an excellent collection of writing that brings Victorian literature alive and has the power to inspire students in their own writing.” Beth Tattershall, Drama Teacher, St Bede's School, Surrey, talking about Victorian literature
“The series certainly ticks all the boxes and as the range of texts is so eclectic, so varied in sophistication and challenge, the flexibility of this resource is second to none.” NATE Classroom
