■ Branching Out! 1

Written by experienced authors and teachers, Branching Out! 1 comprehensively covers the new English Junior Cycle syllabus for First Years. This exciting and lively book fully addresses
the three strands of learning:

Strand 1: Oral Language
Strand 2: Reading
Strand 3: Writing

LINKS WITH PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM

• Builds on the oral, reading and writing skills from the primary school curriculum, enriching and extending those skills in preparation for Second and Third Year.

ADVANCES LEARNING

• Facilitates language development to enhance students’ cognitive skills and advances their learning and understanding.
• Contains stimulating and diverse oral language activities that students will genuinely enjoy, while meeting specific learning goals.
• Includes literary and non-literary texts (such as emails and web articles) that engage and challenge students through activities that are relevant to their lives and their world.

PROMOTES AN ‘I CAN’ CULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM

• Empowers students to take responsibility for assessing and improving their own oral, reading and written work.
• Develops creativity, and greater competence and confidence in the use of spelling, punctuation, sentence structure and paragraphing.
• Promotes the use of digital media tools in learning and communication.

ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING

• Provides regular opportunities for students to reflect on their work and their progress, and to identify what changes can be made to improve.

ONLINE RESOURCES

• Accompanied by age-appropriate online resources that parents, teachers and students can completely trust and rely on.