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Following the principles of the National Strategy Framework, the Hodder English Starters offer teaching guidance and flexible photocopiable worksheets providing 10 minute lesson-starter activities focused on Word Level or Sentence Level.

Separate Word Level and Sentence Level packs are available for Year 7 and Year 8, with a new pack for Year 9 containing both Word and Sentence Level. These resources offer a wealth of of ideas for consolidating skills and developing KS3 pupils' levels of literacy. There are over 70 lesson-starter activities in each pack. The activities adopt an interactive, explicit teaching approach for the whole class and can be selected to complement the focus of a lesson. The resources include photocopiable/OHT materials, and each starter provides clear, explicit explanations and step-by-step notes for the teacher to follow.

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Free downloadable Teacher's Resource for Hodder English Starters

This free teacher guidance material was written and adapted by Kevin Eames, Head of English at Wootton Bassett School, Wiltshire, from the original material by Frank Elliott, Head of English at Kelvin Hall School, Hull. Includes a mapping chart: Hodder English Starters to Strategy Framework, a brief summary of how best to introduce your lessons using Hodder English Starters. Here you will also find handy mapping charts showing how English Framework objectives are covered in each starter activity for Hodder English Starters: Sentence Level and Hodder English Starters: Word Level. Please click here to access.

Hodder English Starters: Word Level
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Hodder English Starters: Word Level Year 8
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Hodder English Starters: Word Level Year 8
  • ISBN: 0340 84652 6, £29.99
  • Includes lesson-starter activities on spelling and strategies to improve spelling; words across the curriculum; vocabulary and its uses; and analysing language.
Hodder English Starters: Sentence Level Year 8
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Hodder English Starters: Sentence Level Year 8
  • ISBN: 0340 84653 4, £40.00 
  • Includes lesson-starter activities on sentence structure and punctuation; tenses; conditional meanings; paragraphs; conventions of non-fiction; formality and informality; standard English and dialect.
Hodder English Starters: Word and Sentence Level Year 9
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Hodder English Starters: Word and Sentence Level Year 9
  • ISBN: 0340 85808 7, £50.00 
  • This comprehensive set of starter activities addresses all the Word Level and Sentence Level Objectives in the Framework of Objectives for English in Year 9. It also provides opportunities for revision of the points that are critical in the National Test, covering pupils' most frequently expressed concerns about the test and the most common reasons for falling below the Level 5 borderline.
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