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I need more flexibility than a regular text book. What English resources can I use?

A: Our student books are designed as a resource for picking from.

Where a traditional textbook is centred around the chapter, locking you in to content you don't want to teach, Pearson English student books are designed for teachers to pick which text to utilise from the 380+ options, and questions and skills are linked directly with the text for maximum flexibility with teaching (rather than at the end of the chapter).

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No textbook is right for my school! I wish I could easily create an English book for my school. How can I?

A: Pearson Custom with additional exclusive topics.

You can now customise Pearson English by choosing the chapters you want in your own customised student book. Want a chapter on Media but not Poetry? Or you could exclude a Horror chapter and include a new custom chapter on NAPLAN Literacy. Or do you simply want a blended resource book that covers Years 9 and 10 together?

You can now put together a customised book that suits your school, with 6 new chapters exclusive to Pearson Custom: Researching, revising and editing (for Years 7-8), Researching, revising and editing (for Years 9-10), Macbeth, Asia-Pacific Voices, NAPLAN Literacy (year 7) and NAPLAN Literacy (Year 9).

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How can I quickly find texts and text types to teach with in the classroom?

A: Pearson Reader focuses on the text with 380+throughout the series.

Pearson English features an amazing range of texts covering traditional and non-traditional options. It features fiction and non-fiction texts, newspapers, letters, graphic novels, animation, manga, anime, poetry, short stories and plays are included, to name a few.

We've also developed unique Indigenous and Asia-Pacific literature sections.

We've been able to include content from well-known and popular authors as well as the classics to give you a broad and rich range of texts to choose from when you're teaching.

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How can I find time to create new lesson plans for the new curriculum?

A: You don't need to! There are loads of editable planning documents online.

We've created teaching plans for each of the student books for the whole year, and they're editable Word documents so you can customise for your school. In fact, we've also created Australian Curriculum audits (showing you the links from our texts to the curriculum, assessment rubrics, scaffolds and useful templates for flow charts, mind maps, storyboards, timelines and more.

You'll find all of these located online in Pearson Places when you adopt the series.

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I have students with English as a Second Language or Dialect in my class. How can you help me with that?

A: Take a look at the Teacher Companions.

The Teacher Companions feature the full student book pages with wrap-around teacher notes and strategies in context of the page. You'll find EAL/D Support sections to help you specifically address this in the class, with the topic you're teaching.

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How do I help teachers in my department new to teaching English?

A: The Teacher Companions give you invaluable strategies for teaching EVERY PAGE of the student books. Not to mention the answers.

Pearson English is a full service solution committed to saving teachers with planning time, and engaging students. Part of this is done with the Teacher Companions.

The Teacher Companions provide full student book pages, with teacher notes, teaching strategies, extension activities and more all shown in context of the page you're teaching. You'll also get answers for every question in the student book, reading program lists, curriculum checklists, support activities, spelling lists, web links and EAL/D Support.

Oh, and we've also got teaching plans and curriculum mapping documents online.

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I never learnt all the terms and rules for grammar! How can I meet the demands of teaching Grammar in the Australian Curriculum?

A: Working Grammar – a professional development resource for teachers.

We've created Working Grammar, a professional resource book for secondary English teachers seeking an introduction to, or a refresher on, teaching grammar for the Australian Curriculum for English.

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I need easy to access English and Grammar skills practice for students.

A: The Pearson English activity books can be used with or without the Pearson English student books.

They are designed as write-in resources to develop and consolidate students' knowledge and understanding of the English language and grammar, and successfully integrate and consolidate cumulative learning in the Language, Literature and Literacy strands.

Students are required to complete a variety of activities including comprehension, extended writing tasks and speech writing, all of which are aimed at improving students' literacy skills.

Of course, they're also perfect for homework activities.

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I have a mixed range of abilities in the classroom. How can I tailor my class for each student?

A: The student book questions are organised using Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Processes.

Questions are clearly labelled under the Bloom's headings Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analysing, Evaluating and Creating allowing you to easily target groups of questions for particular groups of students.

In addition, the design and layout, and range of texts available in Pearson English provide opportunities for even the pickiest of students to become interested.

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Our school needs a textbook and digital book package that works on any device.

A: We've just launched eBook 3.0 - an unparalleled digital program for Australian Schools.

eBook 3.0 is a new development from Pearson that provides you with the student book digitally online, or offline, for any device. It looks like the pages of the book, so you can easily direct students to page references without wasting time. And you can access it anywhere as you don't need an internet connection. When you are online, it's linked with loads of interactive activities designed specifically to engage students and enhance learning.

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Our school is ditching textbooks, we just want a fantastic digital course with built-in assessment!

A: Pearson Reader 2.0 - collaborate, assess, learn.

Pearson Reader 2.0 is for schools that want to stay ahead of the game, and give their students the best opportunities to learn digitally. You'll get all of the student book content online, with hundreds of linked activities. But the amazing part is that you get auto-correcting built-in assessment that students can complete, teachers can review and provide feedback, and you can watch as the results of your class stream in.

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