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Focus on Comprehension

Focus on Comprehension offers three levels of differentiated activities designed to help children develop a wide range of comprehension skills. Already a popular solution for SATs comprehension practice, this programme follows the range of texts and objectives required by the National Literacy Strategy Framework for Teaching.

Pupil Books

Each book contains 22 units, all structured in the same way to facilitate planning.

Pages are appealing to children and incoporate differenatiation.
'Thinking Back', 'Thinking About It' and 'Thinking It Through' sections cover all three levels of comprehension.
Each covers a range of fiction and non-fiction text types.

Teacher's Books

These comrehensive and practical guides are invaluable in offering additional support.

They include a range of further teaching ideas for additional activities in comprehension and writing composition.
The books offer practical advice and suggestions for activities and assessment.
They include accompanying photocopiable activities for each unit.

Focus on Writing Composition

Focus on Writing Composition is an easy-to-use course, providing differentiated writing activities set in the context of enjoyable and stimulating fiction and non-fiction extracts. The activities fulfil the objectives of the NLS and will also help schools meet the statutory requirements of the curricula of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Developing writing skills within a well-defined structure

Encourages children to write with increasing understanding, confidence, fluency and creativity.
Compliments any existing programme by offering good modelas for writing.
Includes Pupils Books with 22 units and supportive Teacher's Books.