Product reviews for Opening Doors to Famous Poetry and Prose

With the increasing emphasis on improving literacy skills within schools and colleges, this book certainly enables teachers to gain the skills, strategies and confidence to promote more effective learning and understanding. The author effectively promotes the use of well known poetry and prose to develop skills of posing questions, learner participation in discussion and promoting writing challenges at all levels. In an exciting use of “literature from the past” the author demonstrates clearly how to make really effective use of a range of texts in a stimulating way that is challenging and above all enjoyable for the learner. In addition the CD Rom adds to the range of resource material available. This book will be a valuable addition to the resource material and framework to improve teaching , learning and achievement for all English departments in schools and ciolleges.