This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 1995 by Oxford University Press .

Geoff Barton is Deputy Headteacher at Thurston Upper School, Suffolk. He is an experienced author of school texts. Laurie Smith is a part-time Teacher and consultant at King's College, London and an experienced English examiner.

This book has the following chapters: TELLING THE TALE ; From Telling to Writing ; Rewriting Stories ; Other Worlds ; Language Study ; POEM AS STORY ; Poem as Picture ; Poem as Sound ; Poem as Pattern ; Language Study ; GIVING INFORMATION ; Persuading People ; Media Texts ; Autobiography ; Language Study ; INVENTING AND PERFORMING ; Reading and Performing ; Writing and Performing ; Language Study