The Stages 10 and 11 Cross-curricular Jackdaws series contains six titles, each focusing on a different curriculum area.
- Each book contains a contemporary story, a stimulating non-fiction section, and a myth or legend.
- Lively illustrations, including artwork and photographs to help understanding and motivate children.
- Guided Reading Cards are available to support teaching sessions.
- The inside back cover of each of the books details links to units in the appropriate QCA Scheme of Work
Bang the Drum focuses on Music, and includes a story from Jamaica and a Swahili legend
The Seaside focuses on Geography, and includes a Scottish legend
Fruits and Seeds focuses on Science, and includes stories from Malaya and South America
Fire! Fire! focuses on History, and includes a story set in 17th century London, and a Korean legend
Emergencies focuses on Citizenship, and includes interviews with people that help, and a Palestinian legend
Puzzling Shapes focuses on Maths, and includes a German legend, and some great non-fiction - buying ice cream and other puzzles.
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About the Author:
Kenna Bourke won the English Speaking Union's Duke of Edinburgh Book Competition in 1999 for her grammar series for young learners, The Grammar Lab. This award is given for the year's most innovative English language teaching publication. Susan Gates is a highly acclaimed author who has been
commended for the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, and has twice won the Sheffield Children's Book Award. Elspeth Graham has authored numerous titles in the Oxford Literacy Web series.
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 019919520X
- ISBN 13 9780199195206
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages6