Issues and Arguments, written by Andrea Hayes, is a comprehensive source book addressing this wide ranging area of study. Divided into high-interest sections, this book introduces and refines writing, speaking and reading skills necessary for active engagement with the complex world of issues and arguments.
Issues and Arguments covers such areas as:
- Visual arguments
- Spoken arguments
- Persuasive language
- Bias and prejudice
- Debates
- The media.
Issues and Arguments contains:
- comprehensive coverage of each topic, broken into magazine style 'articles'
- vivid design and layout
- individual and group activities
- ICT opportunities
- written, spoken, construction and presentation responses
- activities suited to a multiple intelligences approach
- self-assessment.
The Heinemann English Project is a series of lively and colourful topic books for Years 7-10 English. Each book is devoted to a theme, skill or approach at the heart of English in Australian classrooms.