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• How to use this series; How to use this book; Exam skills; PART 1: READING; Unit 1: Reading skills and strategies; 1.1 An introduction to reading skills; 1.2 Reading strategies; 1.3 Types of text; Unit 2: Reading for comprehension; 2.1 Focusing on vocabulary; 2.2 Putting reading strategies into practice; 2.3 Using your own words; 2.4 Explicit and implicit meaning; Exam practice 1; Unit 3: Summary writing; 3.1 Reading for ideas; 3.2 Remodelling the text; 3.3 Developing a coherent summary; Exam practice 2; Unit 4: Analysing and explaining writers' effects; 4.1 Understanding meaning and effects; 4.2 Language chosen for deliberate effect; 4.3 Exploring figurative language; 4.4 Explaining how writers achieve effects and influence readers; Unit 5: Extended response to reading; 5.1 Conventions of text types; 3.2 Remodelling the text; 3.3 Developing a coherent summary; Exam practice 2; Unit 4: Analysing and explaining writers' effects; 4.1 Understanding meaning and effects; 4.2 Language chosen for deliberate effect; 4.3 Exploring figurative language; 4.4 Explaining how writers achieve effects and influence readers; Unit 5: Extended response to reading; 5.1 Conventions of text types; 5.2 Evaluating and using ideas from a text; 5.3 Developing ideas; Exam practice 3; PART 2: WRITING; Unit 7: Writing skills; 7.1 Content and style; 7.2 Text structures; 7.3 Word and sentence choices; Unit 8: Directed writing; 8.1 Evaluating views; 8.2 Responding to a task; 8.3 Presenting your views; 8.4 Writing letters and reports; 8.5 Writing a speech; Exam practice 4; Unit 9: Descriptive writing; 9.1 Describing places; 9.2 Describing details; 9.3 Using the senses; 9.4 Describing events; 9.5 Describing people; 9.6 Improving descriptive writing; Unit 10: Narrative writing; 10.1 Story elements and ideas; 10.2 Story openings; 10.3 Characterisation; 10.4 Improving narrative structure; 10.5 Refining your storytelling; 10.6 Endings; Exam practice 5.

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• How to use this series; How to use this book; Exam skills; PART 1: READING; Unit 1: Reading skills and strategies; 1.1 An introduction to reading skills; 1.2 Reading strategies; 1.3 Types of text; Unit 2: Reading for comprehension; 2.1 Focusing on vocabulary; 2.2 Putting reading strategies into practice; 2.3 Using your own words; 2.4 Explicit and implicit meaning; Exam practice 1; Unit 3: Summary writing; 3.1 Reading for ideas; 3.2 Remodelling the text; 3.3 Developing a coherent summary; Exam practice 2; Unit 4: Analysing and explaining writers' effects; 4.1 Understanding meaning and effects; 4.2 Language chosen for deliberate effect; 4.3 Exploring figurative language; 4.4 Explaining how writers achieve effects and influence readers; Unit 5: Extended response to reading; 5.1 Conventions of text types; 3.2 Remodelling the text; 3.3 Developing a coherent summary; Exam practice 2; Unit 4: Analysing and explaining writers' effects; 4.1 Understanding meaning and effects; 4.2 Language chosen for deliberate effect; 4.3 Exploring figurative language; 4.4 Explaining how writers achieve effects and influence readers; Unit 5: Extended response to reading; 5.1 Conventions of text types; 5.2 Evaluating and using ideas from a text; 5.3 Developing ideas; Exam practice 3; PART 2: WRITING; Unit 7: Writing skills; 7.1 Content and style; 7.2 Text structures; 7.3 Word and sentence choices; Unit 8: Directed writing; 8.1 Evaluating views; 8.2 Responding to a task; 8.3 Presenting your views; 8.4 Writing letters and reports; 8.5 Writing a speech; Exam practice 4; Unit 9: Descriptive writing; 9.1 Describing places; 9.2 Describing details; 9.3 Using the senses; 9.4 Describing events; 9.5 Describing people; 9.6 Improving descriptive writing; Unit 10: Narrative writing; 10.1 Story elements and ideas; 10.2 Story openings; 10.3 Characterisation; 10.4 Improving narrative structure; 10.5 Refining your storytelling; 10.6 Endings; Exam practice 5.

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• How to use this series; How to use this book; Exam skills; PART 1: READING; Unit 1: Reading skills and strategies; 1.1 An introduction to reading skills; 1.2 Reading strategies; 1.3 Types of text; Unit 2: Reading for comprehension; 2.1 Focusing on vocabulary; 2.2 Putting reading strategies into practice; 2.3 Using your own words; 2.4 Explicit and implicit meaning; Exam practice 1; Unit 3: Summary writing; 3.1 Reading for ideas; 3.2 Remodelling the text; 3.3 Developing a coherent summary; Exam practice 2; Unit 4: Analysing and explaining writers' effects; 4.1 Understanding meaning and effects; 4.2 Language chosen for deliberate effect; 4.3 Exploring figurative language; 4.4 Explaining how writers achieve effects and influence readers; Unit 5: Extended response to reading; 5.1 Conventions of text types; 3.2 Remodelling the text; 3.3 Developing a coherent summary; Exam practice 2; Unit 4: Analysing and explaining writers' effects; 4.1 Understanding meaning and effects; 4.2 Language chosen for deliberate effect; 4.3 Exploring figurative language; 4.4 Explaining how writers achieve effects and influence readers; Unit 5: Extended response to reading; 5.1 Conventions of text types; 5.2 Evaluating and using ideas from a text; 5.3 Developing ideas; Exam practice 3; PART 2: WRITING; Unit 7: Writing skills; 7.1 Content and style; 7.2 Text structures; 7.3 Word and sentence choices; Unit 8: Directed writing; 8.1 Evaluating views; 8.2 Responding to a task; 8.3 Presenting your views; 8.4 Writing letters and reports; 8.5 Writing a speech; Exam practice 4; Unit 9: Descriptive writing; 9.1 Describing places; 9.2 Describing details; 9.3 Using the senses; 9.4 Describing events; 9.5 Describing people; 9.6 Improving descriptive writing; Unit 10: Narrative writing; 10.1 Story elements and ideas; 10.2 Story openings; 10.3 Characterisation; 10.4 Improving narrative structure; 10.5 Refining your storytelling; 10.6 Endings; Exam practice 5.