National English Skills Australian Curriculum 10 Student Book

This rich and innovative full-colour workbook comprises skills-based units that address all strands of the Australian Curriculum – Language, Literature and Literacy.

Written by some of Australia's leading authors, this lively, student-friendly book provides eighteen skills-based units covering a wide range of popular topics.

The topics:

• build comprehension strategies, spelling and vocabulary development, and an understanding of grammar and language
• focuses on the concepts of culture, identity and context
• provide high-interest literary, non-literary and media texts for appreciation, understanding and analysis
• explore the structures and language features of diverse texts, including persuasive and visual texts
• offer opportunities for students to apply their skills to create written, spoken and multimodal texts
• address the cross-curriculum priorities outlined in the curriculum.

Teacher book
This outstanding workbook is supported by a teacher book providing answers to all exercises.

Contents

1. 1. Related texts
   2. The amazing English language
   3. Cultural experiences
   4. Graphic texts
   5. Improving your word skills
   6. Persuasive texts
   7. Humour
   8. Different voices
   9. Language techniques
   10. The craft of the novel
   11. Poets around the world
   12. Exploring short stories
   13. Texts in context
   14. Using and misusing language
   15. Shakespeare

Back-of-the-book dictionary