MainSails gives your students the inside knowledge on how language works, how to analyse it and how to apply it to a variety of situations. Each title features: a stimulating magazine-style format and innovative teaching elements; unique Think Tank elements encouraging interactio...n with the text; investigations of literary devices that are essential for effective writing; specific modelling of text types, including fantasy, mystery, reports, explanations and narratives. MainSails is ideal for: developing students' oral reading and comprehension skills; guided reading and reciprocal reading; supporting students as they develop their own writing style; explicitly teaching comprehension skills including summarising, sequencing, understanding inferences, and understanding cause and effect.
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