Great Expectations 1 (Set) JC (Free eBook)

Great Expectations 1 is a first-year textbook for the new English course leading to the Junior Cycle Student Award (JCSA). Great Expectations 2 will complete the course. Features of Great Expectations 1 • Learning Expectations are stated at the beginning of each chapter • Tasks throughout the chapters are clearly laid out under recognisable headings (literacy, numeracy, drawing, research, writing, reading, etc.) • Differentiation to suit a range of abilities is at the core of the choice of material and accompanying tasks • Checklists and self-assessment tasks encourage assessment for learning • Grammar is integrated into each chapter and reinforced in the topics and tasks • Assessment is incorporated into each chapter leading to an end-of-chapter assessment • Pairwork and Groupwork are encouraged regularly and where appropriate • Peer assessment is encouraged with the swap copies signal • Oral Language tasks are integrated in a natural way throughout each chapter