Progress in Writing and Grammar

<p>Support your students in Key Stage 3 English by helping them to access the KS3 curriculum and develop their writing and grammar skills in a clear and organised way.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Aiming for Writing Book 1 is most suitable for those students who need more support to access KS3 and who may be below age-related expectations. It offers student-friendly explanations and activities to build, develop and extend students' literacy skills, showing them precisely what they need to do to progress.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>It includes the text types and skills in the Key Stage 3 curriculum and offers comprehensive coverage of the grammar objectives set out in the appendix to the Key Stage 2 English Programme of Study.</p> <p>It will help you to:</p> <ul> <li>target areas of underperformance, with a chapter on each writing skill written at the right level by experienced teachers and consultants</li> <li>develop the essential writing and grammar skills, with clear, accessible explanations, inspiring examples and lively follow-up activities</li> <li>build confidence in grammar to improve students' writing by exploring the effects of other writers' choices</li> <li>motivate and engage students, with exciting stimulus texts, fresh approaches to learning and a clear, colourful layout</li> <li>embed Assessment for Learning in your day-to-day teaching, with clear learning objectives, criteria for self and peer assessment on every double-page, and end of chapter checklists to help students understand how to progress</li> <li>gather evidence for periodic assessments, with the 'Apply your skills' tasks designed to build writing stamina and independence</li> <li>plan ahead without the stress, with ready-to-use double-page lessons and a teacher guide at the back of the book</li> <li>support the transition to Key Stage 3 by reinforcing and building on the writing skills taught at Key Stage 2.</li> </ul>