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Collins Soundbites is a revolutionary series of readers for Key Stages 3 and 4 students with poor literacy skills. It contains three levels of graded, progressive readers, on cross-curricular topics that are particularly suitable for boys. Pack 3 contains six different readers at level 3 (reading age 8-9, 40 words per page).Soundbites is a graded series of readers aimed at reluctant readers in Key Stage 3, with accompanying teaching resourcesSoundbites has three progressive stages of readers. Six readers are published in a pack at each level.Soundbites is the first series of readers for students with poor literacy that delivers the curriculum.Pack 3 contains six different readers at stage 1 (reading age 8-9, 40 words per page), with plenty of focused headings, photographs and graphics.Pack 3 contains a copy of each of the following books: Books at stage 3 are: A Refugees Story; Escape from Colditz; On the Set of Soap; original fiction; Dying for a Drug!; The Signalman.Two thirds of each book is narrative style textOne third of each book covers information, such as autobiographies, biographies, journals, diaries, letters (personal and formal), travel writing, leaflets, reports, reviews, adverts, newspaper/magazine articles, tablesSpecialised, difficult or technical vocabulary explained on the page, plus a one-page glossary at the endThe topics covered address the KS3 curriculum in different areas.Photocopiable teaching resources, containing a range of literacy-boosting activities, are available in the Soundbites Bumper Pack (ISBN 0 00 323086 4).