Cambridge Checkpoint English
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978-1-107-69099-8 ¨C Cambridge Checkpoint English
Marian Cox
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Marian Cox
Cambridge Checkpoint
English
Coursebook
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Marian Cox
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Contents
Introduction
iv
Unit 1 Fire
proverbs; letter; poem; informative text; magazine article; myth
1
Unit 2 Games and sports
informative text; instructions; news report; diary; match report
16
Unit 3 Water
proverbs; descriptive poems; haiku; short story extract; informative text;
reference book entries; magazine feature; brochure
31
Unit 4 The feast
verse extract; folk tale; drama extract; travel guide; blog
47
Unit 5 Other lives
autobiography; biography; informative text
64
Unit 6 The race
factual description; news report; news article; short story; fable; non-?ction account
77
Unit 7 Time and history
account; magazine article; poems; timetable; sonnet; drama extract
94
Unit 8 Exotic places
descriptive text; novel extracts; account; short story extract
111
Unit 9 Travel and transport
travel writing; advertisement; lea?et; review; magazine article; novel extract
128
Unit 10 Animal behaviour
informative texts; news report; descriptive poems
142
Unit 11 Music and dance
review; informative text; account; poem; plot synopsis
156
Unit 12 A load of nonsense
verse extracts; nonsense poems; rap poem; novel extract; short story extract
170
Acknowledgements
185
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Introduction
Welcome to Cambridge Checkpoint English Stage 8.
The Cambridge Checkpoint English course covers the Cambridge Secondary 1
English framework and is divided into three stages: 7, 8 and 9. This book covers all
you need to know for stage 8.
There are two more books in the series to cover stages 7 and 9, which have a
different focus. Together they will give you a ?rm foundation in English.
At the end of the year, your teacher may ask you to take a Progression test to
?nd out how well you have done. This book will help you to learn how to apply
your knowledge of language and your skills in reading and writing in order to do
well in the test. At the end of stage 9, you will be asked to do a Checkpoint test to
?nd out how much you have learnt over all three stages.
The framework¡¯s focus for stage 8 is Description and information, and the study
of accounts and short stories. The curriculum is presented in ?ction and non?ction content areas, and the skills are divided into Language (phonics, spelling
and vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), Reading, Writing, and Speaking and
Listening. There is no assessment of Speaking and Listening in the Progression
tests or the Checkpoint test, but these skills, practised as individual, pair, group
and class activities, are developed in all the units.
The topic for this book is Wider world. The content is about time and place,
people and the things they do.
This book has 12 units, each of which is a mixture of ?ction and non-?ction
passages and activities. There are no clear dividing lines between language and
literature, or between reading and writing skills. Skills learnt in one unit are often
used in other units. There is, however, some progression in the order in which the
skills are introduced, and how you will be revisiting the skills practised in stage 7.
Each unit starts with an introduction which will prepare you for what you will
learn in the unit, and a starter activity to get you thinking and talking. Each unit
contains several kinds of passage and asks you to practise several skills. Key points
explain rules and give information about aspects of reading and writing. Tip boxes
provide help with speci?c activities. The activities are separated into stages to give
you support. At the end of each unit you will be asked to do a piece of extended
writing to give you the opportunity to practise the kind of writing you will be
asked to do in the Checkpoint test. Other kinds of writing will be included in the
activities. You will also practise reading the kinds of passage which are included in
the Checkpoint test, and learn to read closely so that you notice the details of the
content and of the language.
There are many different types of verse and prose in this book, and your
knowledge of literature will be developed as well as your language skills. You
will discuss ideas and methods with other students as well as with your teacher.
These discussions are an important part of developing your language skills and
understanding of literature. The contents list on page iii tells you what kinds of
reading passage and writing activities are in each unit.
We hope the course will be enjoyable and will help you to feel con?dent about
responding to and using English in a variety of ways.
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