English, English Language, Insight, Insight English Skills Series, Secondary, Secondary English, Study Guides, Subject, Teacher’s Resources, Writing Skills, Year, Year 11
English Year 11 (Print & Digital)
$44.95
English Year 11: VCE Units 1 & 2
by Robert Beardwood with Leon Furze and Ben White
English Year 11: VCE Units 1 & 2 is a comprehensive textbook for the revised Study Design for VCE English, to be implemented at Year 11 in 2023. It includes detailed guidelines for each Area of Study, including strategies for analysis, practical approaches to developing written pieces, and sample responses.
There is an extensive section on the new Area of Study, Crafting texts, showing students how to develop ideas, draw on techniques used in mentor texts and create polished pieces of writing. The book’s practical approach is emphasised by the use of mind maps, flow charts, step-by-step processes and numerous activities.
The book features:
- Clear definitions and explanations for all key knowledge and vocabulary
- Activities that put knowledge into practice and build skills at every stage
- Sentence starters, model paragraphs and word banks to help students develop stronger written pieces
- Guidelines for writing personal and analytical responses to texts for Area of Study 1: Reading and exploring texts
- A variety of text excerpts to demonstrate the structures, language features and conventions of text types used in Area of Study 2: Crafting texts
- Strategies and activities to explore ideas and develop written pieces for five key ideas, including suggested mentor texts and annotated excerpts
- A range of media texts covering recent issues for Area of Study 2: Exploring argument
- Sample responses for all assessment tasks.
English, English Language, Insight, Insight English Skills Series, Secondary, Secondary English, Study Guides, Subject, Teacher’s Resources, Writing Skills, Year, Year 11
English Year 11 (Print & Digital)
$44.95
English Year 11: VCE Units 1 & 2
by Robert Beardwood with Leon Furze and Ben White
English Year 11: VCE Units 1 & 2 is a comprehensive textbook for the revised Study Design for VCE English, to be implemented at Year 11 in 2023. It includes detailed guidelines for each Area of Study, including strategies for analysis, practical approaches to developing written pieces, and sample responses.
There is an extensive section on the new Area of Study, Crafting texts, showing students how to develop ideas, draw on techniques used in mentor texts and create polished pieces of writing. The book’s practical approach is emphasised by the use of mind maps, flow charts, step-by-step processes and numerous activities.
The book features:
- Clear definitions and explanations for all key knowledge and vocabulary
- Activities that put knowledge into practice and build skills at every stage
- Sentence starters, model paragraphs and word banks to help students develop stronger written pieces
- Guidelines for writing personal and analytical responses to texts for Area of Study 1: Reading and exploring texts
- A variety of text excerpts to demonstrate the structures, language features and conventions of text types used in Area of Study 2: Crafting texts
- Strategies and activities to explore ideas and develop written pieces for five key ideas, including suggested mentor texts and annotated excerpts
- A range of media texts covering recent issues for Area of Study 2: Exploring argument
- Sample responses for all assessment tasks.
English Year 12 – Units 3 & 4
$49.95
Insight’s English Year 12: VCE Units 3 & 4 is a comprehensive and practical guide to the new VCE English/EAL Study Design, which will be implemented at Year 12 in 2024. It covers all key knowledge and skills, and also includes step-by-step guidelines for completing all assessment tasks.
English Year 12: VCE Units 3 & 4 provides clear, accessible definitions, explanations and examples of the central concepts and terms in each area of study, building and consolidating students’ understanding. Numerous individual and group activities, word banks, sentence starters and step-by-step processes enable students to apply their knowledge and develop skills and confidence in every area of the course.
The book features:
- Strategies for analysing topics and developing strong analytical responses to texts
- Explorations of the four key ideas in the Framework of Ideas
- Guidelines for drawing on mentor texts in order to create effective and cohesive written pieces
- Practical writing tips and tools to aid students in producing original texts in different forms
- A wide range of media texts, including audio and audiovisual texts, on current local, national and international issues
- Annotated high-level sample responses for all assessment tasks
- A bonus digital chapter (available in early 2024) on the new end-of-year exam
- A variety of supplementary digital resources, including video tutorials, extra activities, online texts for analysis and additional sample responses.
English Year 12 – Units 3 & 4
$49.95
Insight’s English Year 12: VCE Units 3 & 4 is a comprehensive and practical guide to the new VCE English/EAL Study Design, which will be implemented at Year 12 in 2024. It covers all key knowledge and skills, and also includes step-by-step guidelines for completing all assessment tasks.
English Year 12: VCE Units 3 & 4 provides clear, accessible definitions, explanations and examples of the central concepts and terms in each area of study, building and consolidating students’ understanding. Numerous individual and group activities, word banks, sentence starters and step-by-step processes enable students to apply their knowledge and develop skills and confidence in every area of the course.
The book features:
- Strategies for analysing topics and developing strong analytical responses to texts
- Explorations of the four key ideas in the Framework of Ideas
- Guidelines for drawing on mentor texts in order to create effective and cohesive written pieces
- Practical writing tips and tools to aid students in producing original texts in different forms
- A wide range of media texts, including audio and audiovisual texts, on current local, national and international issues
- Annotated high-level sample responses for all assessment tasks
- A bonus digital chapter (available in early 2024) on the new end-of-year exam
- A variety of supplementary digital resources, including video tutorials, extra activities, online texts for analysis and additional sample responses.
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English, Insight, Insight Text Guides, Secondary, Secondary English, Study Guides, Teacher's Resources, Text Guide, Year, Year 10, Year 11, Year 12, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9
Insight – Stolen
Original price was: $24.95.$22.50Current price is: $22.50.
Insight Text Guides – Stolen is designed to help secondary English students understand and analyse the text. This comprehensive study guide to Jane Harrison's play contains detailed character and chapter analysis and explores genre, structure, themes and language. Essay questions and sample answers help to prepare students for creating written responses to the text.
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English, Insight, Insight Text Guides, Secondary, Secondary English, Study Guides, Teacher's Resources, Text Guide, Year, Year 10, Year 11, Year 12, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9
Insight – Stolen
Original price was: $24.95.$22.50Current price is: $22.50.
Insight Text Guides – Stolen is designed to help secondary English students understand and analyse the text. This comprehensive study guide to Jane Harrison's play contains detailed character and chapter analysis and explores genre, structure, themes and language. Essay questions and sample answers help to prepare students for creating written responses to the text.
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English, English Language, Insight, Insight English Skills Series, Secondary, Secondary English, Study Guides, Subject, Teacher’s Resources, Writing Skills, Year, Year 12
Insight English Year 12 (Clearance)
Original price was: $44.95.$22.50Current price is: $22.50.
Insight’s English Year 12 2nd edition is a comprehensive and practical guide to Units 3 and 4 of VCE English. The text now comes with a 100-page digital Bonus Book of extra content, providing students with new activities, templates for summarising and planning, additional media issues and persuasive texts, and sample responses for all SAC tasks.
English Year 12 2nd edition is an up-to-date, comprehensive and practical guide to Units 3 and 4 of VCE English for the 2017–2020 VCE Study Design. With definitions and explanations, models, step-by-step guidelines, annotated sample responses and numerous activities, this textbook develops students’ confidence in writing, analysing, and presenting a point of view, providing the tools for success in Year 12 English.
English Year 12 2nd edition features:
- Definitions and explanations of all key knowledge, including relevant metalanguage
- Numerous activities, word banks, sentence starters and model paragraphs to build skills progressively
- Strategies and guidelines for writing analytical, creative and comparative text responses
- Examples and annotated sample SAC responses for Area of Study 1, using texts on the 2019 English Text List
- A wide range of media texts on current issues for building confidence and skills in both analysing argument and presenting a point of view
- Guidelines for delivering an effective oral presentation and writing a statement of intention
- Examples and annotated sample SAC responses for Area of Study 2, using recent media texts and issues
- Clear explanations of all assessment tasks and a photocopiable assessment sheet for each SAC
- An exam chapter with revision strategies and tips for success.
- Sample responses for single-text analysis, creative responses and comparative analysis, using popular texts on the 2021 text list
- Sample responses for the analysis of argument and persuasive language, and the presentation of a point of view
- Templates to aid with summarising texts, planning responses and studying an issue
- Activities to build confidence with metalanguage and improve writing skills
- Media texts in a range of forms on topical and varied issues.
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English, English Language, Insight, Insight English Skills Series, Secondary, Secondary English, Study Guides, Subject, Teacher’s Resources, Writing Skills, Year, Year 12
Insight English Year 12 (Clearance)
Original price was: $44.95.$22.50Current price is: $22.50.
Insight’s English Year 12 2nd edition is a comprehensive and practical guide to Units 3 and 4 of VCE English. The text now comes with a 100-page digital Bonus Book of extra content, providing students with new activities, templates for summarising and planning, additional media issues and persuasive texts, and sample responses for all SAC tasks.
English Year 12 2nd edition is an up-to-date, comprehensive and practical guide to Units 3 and 4 of VCE English for the 2017–2020 VCE Study Design. With definitions and explanations, models, step-by-step guidelines, annotated sample responses and numerous activities, this textbook develops students’ confidence in writing, analysing, and presenting a point of view, providing the tools for success in Year 12 English.
English Year 12 2nd edition features:
- Definitions and explanations of all key knowledge, including relevant metalanguage
- Numerous activities, word banks, sentence starters and model paragraphs to build skills progressively
- Strategies and guidelines for writing analytical, creative and comparative text responses
- Examples and annotated sample SAC responses for Area of Study 1, using texts on the 2019 English Text List
- A wide range of media texts on current issues for building confidence and skills in both analysing argument and presenting a point of view
- Guidelines for delivering an effective oral presentation and writing a statement of intention
- Examples and annotated sample SAC responses for Area of Study 2, using recent media texts and issues
- Clear explanations of all assessment tasks and a photocopiable assessment sheet for each SAC
- An exam chapter with revision strategies and tips for success.
- Sample responses for single-text analysis, creative responses and comparative analysis, using popular texts on the 2021 text list
- Sample responses for the analysis of argument and persuasive language, and the presentation of a point of view
- Templates to aid with summarising texts, planning responses and studying an issue
- Activities to build confidence with metalanguage and improve writing skills
- Media texts in a range of forms on topical and varied issues.
English, ENGLISH - STUDYING PERSUASIVE LANGUAGE, Insight, Insight English Skills Series, Secondary, Secondary English, Study Guides, Subject, Teacher’s Resources, Writing Skills, Year, Year 8, Year 9
Insight For & Against (Y9-10) (Print & Digital)
$27.95
Aimed at students in Years 9 and 10, and providing excellent preparation for senior English studies, Insight Issues: For and Against focuses on understanding and analysing argument and persuasive language.
Each of the book’s eight units begins with two texts that present opposing points of view on an issue. A variety of exercises and activities develop students’ skills in writing analytically about argument and persuasive language, and in presenting their own point of view. Each unit focuses on a different aspect of persuasive texts and introduces metalanguage in an accessible and purposeful way.
FEATURES:
- Eight work units, based on a range of stimulating and engaging persuasive texts
- Scaffolded activities and exercises designed to progressively develop analytical and writing skills
- Extension questions and activities
- One unit focused on presenting a point of view, drawing on knowledge and skills developed throughout the book.
English, ENGLISH - STUDYING PERSUASIVE LANGUAGE, Insight, Insight English Skills Series, Secondary, Secondary English, Study Guides, Subject, Teacher’s Resources, Writing Skills, Year, Year 8, Year 9
Insight For & Against (Y9-10) (Print & Digital)
$27.95
Aimed at students in Years 9 and 10, and providing excellent preparation for senior English studies, Insight Issues: For and Against focuses on understanding and analysing argument and persuasive language.
Each of the book’s eight units begins with two texts that present opposing points of view on an issue. A variety of exercises and activities develop students’ skills in writing analytically about argument and persuasive language, and in presenting their own point of view. Each unit focuses on a different aspect of persuasive texts and introduces metalanguage in an accessible and purposeful way.
FEATURES:
- Eight work units, based on a range of stimulating and engaging persuasive texts
- Scaffolded activities and exercises designed to progressively develop analytical and writing skills
- Extension questions and activities
- One unit focused on presenting a point of view, drawing on knowledge and skills developed throughout the book.
English, English Language, Insight, Insight English Skills Series, Secondary, Secondary English, Study Guides, Subject, Teacher’s Resources, Writing Skills, Year, Year 7, Year 8
Insight Issues Junior Years (Y7- 8)
$27.95
Insight Issues: Junior Years is based on the highly successful Insight Issues: For and Against and aims to give junior secondary students an accessible introduction to argument and persuasive language.
With clear explanations and relevant examples, the book provides a strong foundation for understanding, analysing and producing persuasive texts throughout the secondary-school years.
THE BOOK FEATURES:
- Work units based on engaging texts about contemporary issues
- Scaffolded activities that develop students’ analytical and written skills progressively
- A variety of text-creation activities, supported by writing tools such as word and phrase banks, sentence starters, cloze exercises, templates and models.
English, English Language, Insight, Insight English Skills Series, Secondary, Secondary English, Study Guides, Subject, Teacher’s Resources, Writing Skills, Year, Year 7, Year 8
Insight Issues Junior Years (Y7- 8)
$27.95
Insight Issues: Junior Years is based on the highly successful Insight Issues: For and Against and aims to give junior secondary students an accessible introduction to argument and persuasive language.
With clear explanations and relevant examples, the book provides a strong foundation for understanding, analysing and producing persuasive texts throughout the secondary-school years.
THE BOOK FEATURES:
- Work units based on engaging texts about contemporary issues
- Scaffolded activities that develop students’ analytical and written skills progressively
- A variety of text-creation activities, supported by writing tools such as word and phrase banks, sentence starters, cloze exercises, templates and models.
English, Insight, Insight English Skills Series, Literature, Literature, Secondary, Study Guides, Subject, Year, Year 12
literature for Senior Students 6th ed
$49.95
The 6th edition of Literature for Senior Students has been updated for the revised VCE Literature Study Design, to be implemented in 2023. It combines a practical approach to various writing tasks, including step-by-step processes, preparation strategies and numerous activities, with a reference section explaining essential metalanguage and literary concepts.
The 6th edition contains updated text examples and sample responses, as well as new chapters on genre, Indigenous literature and the development of different interpretations of a text.
The book features:
- A comprehensive reference section, including definitions of key literary terms and techniques; an overview of literary theory; and a glossary and historical time line for quick reference
- Sample responses for all assessment tasks in Units 3 and 4, using texts on the 2023 VCE Literature Text List
- Guidelines, activities and models for a range of text responses, including close analysis of one or more passages, an analysis of a text and its transformation or adaptation into a different form, a creative response, and an interpretation that responds to a supplementary reading of the text.
English, Insight, Insight English Skills Series, Literature, Literature, Secondary, Study Guides, Subject, Year, Year 12
literature for Senior Students 6th ed
$49.95
The 6th edition of Literature for Senior Students has been updated for the revised VCE Literature Study Design, to be implemented in 2023. It combines a practical approach to various writing tasks, including step-by-step processes, preparation strategies and numerous activities, with a reference section explaining essential metalanguage and literary concepts.
The 6th edition contains updated text examples and sample responses, as well as new chapters on genre, Indigenous literature and the development of different interpretations of a text.
The book features:
- A comprehensive reference section, including definitions of key literary terms and techniques; an overview of literary theory; and a glossary and historical time line for quick reference
- Sample responses for all assessment tasks in Units 3 and 4, using texts on the 2023 VCE Literature Text List
- Guidelines, activities and models for a range of text responses, including close analysis of one or more passages, an analysis of a text and its transformation or adaptation into a different form, a creative response, and an interpretation that responds to a supplementary reading of the text.
English, Insight, Insight Text Guides, Secondary, Study Guides, Text Guide, Year, Year 10, Year 11, Year 12, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith – Insight
$24.95
Insight Text Guides take students into the deeper layers of meaning in a range of popular novels, plays, films, short-story collections and nonfiction texts. They are designed to develop detailed knowledge, in-depth understanding and genuine insight into each text.
The guides are written by practising English teachers, professional writers, reviewers and academics who are experts in their fields. Each guide presents a clear, comprehensive and accessible analysis.
There are over 150 titles in the Insight Text Guides series and new titles are published every year.
EACH TITLE FEATURES:
- An overview of the text for quick reference, including notes on the author’s life and work, a plot synopsis, a character map and brief character summaries
- Discussion of the historical, cultural and social contexts relevant to the text
- Close analysis of each chapter/scene/story, with chapter questions
- Detailed analysis of characters, themes and ideas
- Discussion of different responses to and interpretations of the text
- Guidelines on successful essay writing
- Essay topics, a sample analysis of a topic and a sample essay on the text.
English, Insight, Insight Text Guides, Secondary, Study Guides, Text Guide, Year, Year 10, Year 11, Year 12, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith – Insight
$24.95
Insight Text Guides take students into the deeper layers of meaning in a range of popular novels, plays, films, short-story collections and nonfiction texts. They are designed to develop detailed knowledge, in-depth understanding and genuine insight into each text.
The guides are written by practising English teachers, professional writers, reviewers and academics who are experts in their fields. Each guide presents a clear, comprehensive and accessible analysis.
There are over 150 titles in the Insight Text Guides series and new titles are published every year.
EACH TITLE FEATURES:
- An overview of the text for quick reference, including notes on the author’s life and work, a plot synopsis, a character map and brief character summaries
- Discussion of the historical, cultural and social contexts relevant to the text
- Close analysis of each chapter/scene/story, with chapter questions
- Detailed analysis of characters, themes and ideas
- Discussion of different responses to and interpretations of the text
- Guidelines on successful essay writing
- Essay topics, a sample analysis of a topic and a sample essay on the text.