Support your students in Key Stage 3 English by helping them develop their reading skills in a clear and organised way.
The Aiming for series provides targeted support for all ability levels to help every student move forward from their achievement at Key Stage 2 towards GCSE success.
Aiming for Reading Book 2 is most suitable for Year 7 and offers student-friendly explanations and activities to build, develop and extend students’ literacy skills, showing them precisely what they need to do to progress.
Whether you're looking for a one-off lesson, snappy starters or a longer KS3 programme of study, these flexible resources are designed to fit around the needs of your teaching and your classes.
This book features lessons on summary and synthesis, literary non-fiction, and Shakespeare, covering a variety of text types and skills.
It will help you to:
This is Book 9 in the Aiming for Series. See all Aiming for books here.
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Alan Gibbons trained as a teacher and through working with young people discovered his literary voice. He started writing fiction for his pupils and published his first novel in 1993.
Alan has also appeared on the BBC education programme Writer's Block, the Blue Peter Book Awards, radio 4's Front Row, and is a regular contributor to TES, Junior E
Steve Eddy teaches at Monmouth School and lectures in the English Department of the University of Wales, Newport. He is the author of numerous study guides, including books on Shakespeare, Thomas Hardy, the Brontes and Wordsworth, and classroom textbooks for KS3, GCSE and A-level.
More about Steve EddyNajoud Ensaff is an experienced teacher, a former head of department and an educational writer. She has taught English and drama in top state and independent schools. She has published over 20 educational books and has examined at GCSE.
More about Najoud EnsaffMike Gould is a former Head of English and a university Lecturer in English and Education, who has written over 150 books for students and teachers in the UK and overseas. He advises schools and other organisations on educational policy, resources and projects related to language, literacy and assessment. He has written print-based and digital materials
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