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The Story with Language

Using story-based activities to develop language skills

Motivate your pupils to use language more effectively with The Story with Language, Reading, Writing and Editing series. Each book features short stories with associated activities that provide pupils with opportunities to practise and develop a range of English skills. The series is useful for collaborative or individual use or for homework. By helping your pupils to better understand how language works, you will be helping them to produce work that has greater clarity and impact.

Ages: 9-14 | Pages: 52 | Code: 5211 | ISBN: 9781877478772

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Marie Langley

Marie Langley’s experience in education includes 19 years teaching in secondary and area (Years 1 to 13) schools, 10 years as head of an English department, and seven years as a deputy principal. Her published works include a thesis for a Master of Teaching and Learning degree, magazine articles, short stories, poetry, picture books, a junior novel and numerous educational resource texts. She currently lives and works in Golden Bay in the top north-west corner of the South Island of New Zealand.

Contents

Introduction4
How to use this resource book
1. Gone Fishing5
Work on your ... synonyms, antonyms and homonyms
2. Are We There Yet?9
Work on your ... tenses
3. First Touch12
Work on your ... vocabulary
4. Under My Bed17
Work on your ... singular, plural and collective nouns
5. The Execution21
Work on your ... prefixes and suffixes
6. Watch It25
Work on your ... abbreviations and contractions
7. The Guest29
Work on your ... word families
8. Be Careful!33
Work on your ... spelling
9. Christmas Helper36
Work on your ... literal and figurative language
10. The Best Part39
Practise your ... language skills
Activity answers45