Inside Stories

Features:

Text types include:

• Reports
• Recounts
• Procedural Text
• Poetry
• Personal writing such as diaries, letters, and e-mails
• Visual literacy texts such as maps
• Plays

Each Big Book Pack contains:

Big Book with E-Book

• Each E-Book supports and extends the use of the Big Book through a wide variety of activities that can be completed on screen.
• Every section of the Big Book is included in the E-Book.
• E-Book activities include: editing text from the Big Book; creating new versions of the tale; writing responses to texts, such as a reply to a letter or a summary of factual text.
• E-Book activities are open-ended and ideal for collaborative, teacher-led work such as shared and modeled writing.
• The back page and inside back cover of each Big Book provide teacher support for: shared reading and writing; identifying specific text features; developing thinking skills and critical literacy by comparing and contrasting the different sections of the book; and providing a range of follow-up activities.

6-pack of student books

CD-ROM with teacher notes

• Interactive versions of the stories
• A wealth of highly engaging activities focusing on key skills and strategies
• Audio support and continual feedback
• Off-screen activities to build on work done at computer