Jacaranda English 8 learnON & Print

Jacaranda English 8 is a brand-new writeable textbook, which has been built from the ground up using feedback from Australian teachers of English. Suitable for all curricula, this resource has been designed to help students of all abilities build essential English skills – giving them what they need to succeed in later years.

Features

• Suitable for all curricula, with curriculum documents mapping the content to the Victorian Curriculum, Australian Curriculum, NSW Australian curriculum and the WA Curriculum
• Clear and concise content to support all reading abilities
• Available in learnON, Jacaranda's powerful digital learning platform. In learnON, you get greater visibility into student progress and performance, allowing you to easily tailor lesson plans and create custom tests
• Access to teachON*, a one-stop-shop for teacher support material. It includes practical teaching advice and lesson plans, designed to save time and provide inspiration and support for teachers
• Colour-coded, scaffolded activities and worksheets at three levels of difficulty for easy differentiation within each class
• A range of multimedia to improve engagement and understanding including; videos, audio files, interactivities and weblinks
• Topic-based projects to enable students to practise skills, share ideas and collaborate
• SkillBuilders in our proven Tell me, Show me, Let me do it format that allow students to learn and practise key English skills in an engaging and accessible way
• Resource summaries provide a birds-eye view of everything available to support teaching and learning for each topic

For teachers, learnON includes additional teacher resources such as quarantined questions and answers, curriculum grids and work programs.

* Your JacPLUS account needs to be registered as a teacher account to access teacher resources.

Contents

• Topic 1: Why learn English?
• Unit 1 Reading
• Topic 2: Reading for you
• Topic 3: Reading for inference
• Topic 4: Visual literature
• Unit 2: Viewing and Listening
• Topic 5: New and traditional media
• Topic 6: Videogames
• Topic 7: Viewing for inference
• Unit 3: Language
• Topic 8: Metalanguage
• Topic 9: Spelling and punctuation
• Unit 4: Writing
• Topic 10: How to write sentences
• Topic 11: How to write paragraphs
• Topic 12: How to write essays
• Topic 13: Storytelling
• Topic 14: Drafting, editing and proofreading
• Unit 5: Speaking and debating
• Topic 15: Constructing an argument
• Topic 16: Speaking and listening to others