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Collins Soundbites is a revolutionary series of readers for 11-14 year olds with poor literacy skills. DJ has a reading age of 7-8 and around 35 words per page. The book describes a day in the life of a Radio 1 DJ and goes on to introduce students to some basic Media Studies 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. A Day in the Life of a DJ is a stage 2 title with a reading age of 7-8) and around 35 words per page. Six different level 1 books are available in a pack (0003230848).The book includes narrative-style text about Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills, as well as basic Media Studies 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/Media 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).