Publisher's Synopsis
From Telling to Selling provides students and teachers with a wide range of stimulating non-fiction and non-literary extracts. The extracts are taken from the pre-twentieth-century and twentieth-century sources, come from a variety of cultures and meet both curriculum and GCSE syllabus requirements. The authors have provided a continuum - from information to persuasion - on which students can locate each genre and extract. This unique feature provides a clear frame work for student understanding. The continuum may also be used as an aid to revision and the identification of non-fiction extracts under exam conditions. The texts and the activities that follow them are differentiated, making the book suitable for mixed ability and streamed GCSE classes. In addition, the activities promote the development of a wide range of skills including information-handling, communication and close reading.
