A pupil book with nine units of work for Years 7-9 organised around three key areas of the language curriculum: Literature and Language; Standard English; Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation.

Each unit develops knowledge about language and how it works, encouraging exploration, reflection and metacognition. This is a much-needed intervention in the KS3 curriculum, ensuring a prominent place for rigorous language study that challenges pupils to be active, critical and creative in their own reading and writing. Key Aspects Develops pupils' understanding of how language works. Adds critical and creative depth to the language knowledge students bring from KS2. Adds substance to the light-touch language requirements of the KS3 National Curriculum. Draws on real-life examples of language in use in literature and the wider world. Encourages understanding of the choices available in all language use. Close language study develops broader skills of reading and writing. Includes video interviews with well-known writers from fiction and journalism.