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Collins Soundbites is a revolutionary series of readers for 11-14 year olds with poor literacy skills. Dying for a Drug has a reading age of 8-9 and around 40 words per page. The book tells the true story of a girl who died after taking ecstasy and goes on to introduce students to some basic PSHE concepts. This pack contains six copies.Soundbites is a graded series of readers aimed at reluctant readers in Key Stage 3, with accompanying teaching resources.Soundbites has three progressive stages of readers. Dying for a Drug is a stage 3 title with a reading age of 8-9 and around 40 words per page. Six different level 1 books are available in a pack (0003230856).The book includes narrative-style text covering the true story of the death of a teenager from ecstasy, as well as basic English and PHSE concepts.A variety of text types are used, such as autobiographies, biographies, journals, diaries, letters (personal and formal), travel writing, leaflets, reports, reviews, adverts, newspaper/magazine articles, tables.Specialised, difficult or technical vocabulary is explained on the page, plus a one-page glossary at the end.The topics covered address the KS3 English and PHSE curricula.Photocopiable teaching resources, containing a range of literacy-boosting activities, are available in the Soundbites Bumper Pack (ISBN 0 00 323086 4) or individually (0007116926).