
Football Fame: The Rio Ferdinand Story
Level 2 Reader
Richard Tippett(Author)
Collins Educational (Publisher)
Published on 20. April 2001
Other
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48 pages
978-0-00-711665-2 (ISBN)
Description
Collins Soundbites is a revolutionary series of readers for 11-14 year olds with poor literacy skills. Football Fame has a reading age of 7-8 and around 35 words per page. It tells the true story of Rio Ferdinand's rise to fame and goes on to introduce students to some basic PE concepts. This pack contains six copies.
Soundbites is a graded series of readers aimed at reluctant readers in Key Stage 3, with accompanying teaching resources.
Soundbites has three progressive stages of readers. Football Fame is a stage 2 title with a reading age of 7-8) and around 35 words per page. Six different level 1 books are available in a pack (0003230848).
The book includes narrative-style text about the rise to fame of Rio Ferdinand, as well as basic PE concepts.
A variety of text types are used, such as autobiographies, biographies, journals, diaries, letters (personal and formal), travel writing, leaflets, reports, reviews, adverts, newspaper/magazine articles, tables.
Specialised, difficult or technical vocabulary is explained on the page, plus a one-page glossary at the end.
The topics covered address the KS3 English and PE curricula.
Photocopiable teaching resources, containing a range of literacy-boosting activities, are available in the Soundbites Bumper Pack (ISBN 0 00 323086 4) or individually (0007116926).
Soundbites is a graded series of readers aimed at reluctant readers in Key Stage 3, with accompanying teaching resources.
Soundbites has three progressive stages of readers. Football Fame is a stage 2 title with a reading age of 7-8) and around 35 words per page. Six different level 1 books are available in a pack (0003230848).
The book includes narrative-style text about the rise to fame of Rio Ferdinand, as well as basic PE concepts.
A variety of text types are used, such as autobiographies, biographies, journals, diaries, letters (personal and formal), travel writing, leaflets, reports, reviews, adverts, newspaper/magazine articles, tables.
Specialised, difficult or technical vocabulary is explained on the page, plus a one-page glossary at the end.
The topics covered address the KS3 English and PE curricula.
Photocopiable teaching resources, containing a range of literacy-boosting activities, are available in the Soundbites Bumper Pack (ISBN 0 00 323086 4) or individually (0007116926).
Reviews / Votes
'sure to be a welcome addition to any school's library of materials to support the development of literacy in weaker readers... [the] books blend fiction and non-fiction interestingly and attractively... should appeal to both girls and boys.'TES
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Interest Age: From 11 to 14 years
Illustrations
40 col illus
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
442 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-711665-2 (9780007116652)
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The series editor, John Foster, is author of numerous successful resources for schools, as well as a best-selling poet. His other series with Collins include English Direct, Issues, Lifelines, Viewpoints, Your Life and Studywise.