Read & Respond Engage: Gorilla by Pam Dowson (author), Elspeth Graham (author), Jillian Powell (author), Nichola Rees (author), and Donna Thomson (author)

Jillian Powell is experienced in teaching and in writing for all age ranges and key stages of the National Curriculum from Early years through Key Stage 4. She has written both fiction and non-fiction for reading schemes as well as the trade (eg Ginn, Heinemann, Longman, Watts). She is the author of Writing Guides: Adventure Stories (9-11).

Nichola Rees

Nichola Rees is a drama teacher, actress and theatre dirrector. She founded the Nichola Rees Youth Academy with the aim of giving confidence and inspiring young lives in a positive way.

Donna Thomson

Donna Thomson is a primary literacy specialist, researcher and educational writer.

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Structure

Read & Respond

To get started with Read & Respond all you need to do is:

Choose a children’s book, from Owl Babies to Kensuke’s Kingdom, to study with your class
Order the corresponding Read & Respond Teacher Resource Book
Add a Read & Respond Interactive CD-ROM to really get your lessons buzzing!

Read & Respond Teacher Resource Titles

In-depth analysis of each book to get the whole class thinking about the story—and expressing their thoughts aloud and in writing. Within each Teacher Resource Book you’ll find:

Background information
Detailed chapter notes
Plot, character and setting activities
Shared reading section, with three extracts to read as a class
‘Talk about it’ section to get the children discussing feelings and ideas around the book
‘Get writing’ activities to help children structure and express their views about the book
Assessment activities*

Read & Respond Interactive

These multimedia CD-ROMs can be used as standalone products, or to expand upon the corresponding Read & Respond teacher’s book. Read & Respond Interactive is ideal for exploring cross-curricular themes and for inspiring reluctant readers.

Each CD-ROM contains:

Teaching notes, including lesson plans, differentiation, cross-curricular links and editable notes
An author interview or biography
Audio clips
Text extracts
Cross-curricular photos and video clips to help put the story into context
A word bank – linked to the text extracts – containing audio and text definitions
A selection of interactive whiteboard activities.