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<p>Help your students make good progress in Key Stage 3 English with our popular series, now updated for the new curriculum.</p> <p>The Aiming for series provides targeted support for all ability levels to help every student move forward from their achievement at Key Stage 2 towards GCSE success.</p> <p>This revised edition of Aiming for Level 4 Reading offers student-friendly explanations and activities to build, develop and extend students’ literacy skills, showing them precisely what they need to do to progress.</p> <p>Whether you're looking for a one-off lesson, snappy starters or a longer programme of study, these flexible resources are designed to fit around the needs of your teaching and your classes.</p> <p>Now refreshed to reflect the text types and skills in the new Key Stage 3 curriculum, the Reading books include new lessons on summary and synthesis, literary non-fiction and Shakespeare.</p> <p>This Aiming for book is the perfect starting point for students arriving at secondary school with a secure Level 3 or a low Level 4 in reading. It will help you to</p> <ul> <li>target areas of underperformance, with a chapter on each key reading skill written at the right level by experienced teachers and consultants</li> <li>develop the essential reading and commentary skills with clear, accessible explanations, inspiring examples and lively follow-up activities</li> <li>build confidence in grammar analysis by exploring the effects of writers’ choices</li> <li>motivate and engage students, with exciting stimulus texts, fresh approaches to learning and a clear, colourful layout</li> <li>embed Assessment for Learning in your day-to-day teaching, with clear learning objectives, criteria for self and peer assessment on every double-page, and end of chapter checklists to help students understand how to progress</li> <li>gather evidence for periodic assessments, with the ‘Apply your skills’ tasks designed to build writing stamina and independence</li> <li>plan ahead wi