Written especially for students who have the potential to get grades B, A, and A*, Top Grade English challenges and stretches in a framework that is still carefully tailored to exam syllabuses. It provides an ideal bridge to the skills and techniques which many of these students will encounter at A Level and in Highers.

 

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 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. Matthew Berry is an English teacher in Chelmsford. He has previously worked with dyslexic children, who were encouraged to learn about dictionaries and thesauruses using games.

This book has the following chapters: 1. Reading skills; 2. Original Writing; 3. Media 1: advertising; 4. Media 2: Speeches; 5. Shakespeare; 6. Comparative study: the short story; 7. Drama; 8. The novel; 9. Poetry; 10. Writing skills; Biography pages; Literary contexts