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Cambridge Checkpoint EnglishMarian Cox

Develop your learners’ reading, writing, speaking and listening skills through diverse topics – from fashion to conflict. This series follows the Cambridge Lower Secondary English curriculum framework and prepares students for the Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint English test. Coursebooks• Write a charity appeal letter for tigers or role-play a

court scene! Engaging activities develop your students’ English skills.

• Help to prepare your learners for the Checkpoint English test with full coverage of the learning objectives for each of the syllabus strands

• Each unit ends with an extended writing or presentation task, helping learners further develop their communication skills

These pages are from Cambridge Checkpoint English Coursebook 9

Key point boxes to explain and remind students of important learning points relating to curriculum skills.

Engaging activities to develop reading and writing skills.

A full range of stimulus materials, including a wide variety of text types, with fiction and non-fiction from around the world.

12 themed units designed to engage students at this age level in globally important topics and debates.

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Teacher’s resources• A selection of worksheets and handouts provide further

activities and differentiation

• PowerPoint presentations and PDFs of selected texts from the coursebooks you can project in class

• The teacher’s resource includes two practice progression tests in the style of the Cambridge Lower Secondary English Checkpoint test

• Essential teaching guidance and unit overviews

• Answers to the coursebook and workbook questions

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Coursebook 978-1-107-67023-5 978-1-107-69099-8 978-1-107-66748-8

Teacher’s Resource CD-ROM 978-1-107-60724-8 978-1-107-65122-7 978-1-107-65492-1

Workbook 978-1-107-64781-7 978-1-107-66315-2 978-1-107-65730-4

Checkpoint English includes topics which are often missed in standard textbooks. English expressions and idioms are usefully included to give a richer cultural

understanding of the language in an easy-to-understand format, with clear layout and up-to-date topics. The images help reinforce age-appropriate understanding.

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Workbooks • Write-in workbooks provide exercises to help your

students build on the skills learnt in the coursebook

Cambridge Grammar and Writing Skills* Fully mapped to Cambridge Checkpoint English, this series is packed with activities that give your learners more opportunities to practise creative writing and extended writing for a range of purposes.

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Cambridge Primary English

First language learners develop primary literary skills through fun topics, from mythical creatures to exotic locations. Endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the Cambridge Primary English curriculum framework, Stages 1–6.

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Cambridge School Anthologies

This series of texts inspires lower secondary students to explore literature through active and varied approaches.

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Cambridge Grammar and Writing Skills

Learner’s Book 9Mike Gould and Eoin Higgins

Whether it’s writing poetry, a speech or play scene, Cambridge Grammar and Writing Skills provides activities for learners to practise and extend their creative writing skills. Each unit focuses on a different text type, building con! dence in extended writing, while example texts show students a model to work to. They’ll write a play scene and an article about a cultural festival. Use of English activities give learners opportunities to practise grammar for different writing tasks. The series is the ideal support for our popular Global English and Checkpoint English resources. It suits ! rst and second language learners, providing valuable consolidation for ! rst language students and an opportunity for second language learners to extend their skills.

• Help your learners recognise the features of different text types • Improve students’ comprehension and analysis skills with model texts in each unit• Help learners check their work with the ‘Editor’s checklist’ - a useful list of

grammar, proofreading and editing tips• Help learner’s plan extended writing tasks with useful tools, like planning

scaffolds and mind maps• Introduce your learners to longer, more varied texts types than those found in

ESL materials, including ! ctional literature and poetry• Develop your learners’ ability to produce varied text types through activities

such as vocabulary, grammar and cohesion techniques

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