ISBN: 9780717169580

Published: 2016

Fire and Ice 1 is an exciting textbook for students of first year English. It fires the imagination, making the English classroom an enjoyable and creative environment whilst also teaching that cool, intelligent, careful attention to clarity and accuracy builds confidence in spoken and written English. Written for the new Junior Cycle course, the Fire and Ice series has been carefully compiled to help you achieve all the objectives of the course. Fire and Ice 2 completes the series for second and third year students.

Key features of the book:

Rich and varied content is arranged into interesting and inspiring themes

Learning outcomes are referenced for teachers and translated into student-friendly spidergrams

Each lesson is framed by a skill-based learning intention,‘What I Will Learn’

Each collection builds the skills required to complete end-of-chapter oral and written tasks

The PIE strategy (point, illustrate, explain) helps in answering questions comprehensively

‘Mind Your Language’sections focus on the grammatical rudiments of English, supporting writing skills

Carefully chosen video and audio material is integrated into lessons and is accessible in your free eBook

Clear success criteria are provided for all summative tasks and many other tasks throughout the collections

There is a FREE eBOOK with this textbook! Your unique code is on the inside front cover.