One of the Essential Skills series, a set of complete, customisable skills-based resources, aimed at teachers who need coverage of the new National Curriculum that fits into the way they currently teach, which doesn't require major capital outlay.

Year 7; Literary Heritage - 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes; Contemporary Writers - Face by Benjamin Zephaniah; Non-Fiction - 'Arctic Passion' by Andy Rouse (travel writing); Multi-Modal - Shakespearience leaflet and website; Drama - Beowulf by David Calcutt; Year 8; Literary Heritage - The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells; Contemporary Writers - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne; Non-Fiction - The Awesome Infusion by Brian Claridge (newspaper article); Multi-Modal - Comparing Websites; Drama - Frankestein by Philip Pullman; Year 9; Literary Heritage - Short Stories by Ambrose Bierce and Jean Rhys; Contemporary Writers - Poems by John Agard; Non-Fiction - Speeches by George W. Bush; Multi-Modal - Road Safety Advertisements; Drama Coram Boy adapted by Helen Edmundson