Why Choose Edco’s Touchstones 1
Edco’s bestselling Touchstones for Junior Cycle English returns in a fully revised Second Edition, offering the most comprehensive and dynamic English package on the market. This exciting new edition, by renowned English teacher Clare Madden, retains much-loved features and responds to the needs of your English classroom today.
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Boost Your Students’ Literacy
• Touchstones 1 (Second Edition) comes with a NEW, fully resourced, tried-and-tested Literacy Boost program that delivers results.
• It meets the mixed-ability challenges you face in the classroom and helps students struggling with literacy.
• The Literacy Boost program features simplified versions of texts and activities (including highly scaffolded writing tasks) in the textbook.
• These Literacy Boost versions appear in dedicated sections in the Student Activity Book and help your students to complete tasks and experience success.
Dive into Texts
• Touchstones 1 (Second Edition) allows you and your students to dive into texts and get started straight away on any genre.
• It features NEW ‘Drop into…’ sections for each genre in the textbook.
Cover Texts in One Class
• Touchstones 1 (Second Edition) includes NEW shorter texts that can be covered in one class, satisfying you and your students.
• Flash fiction (or very short stories) appear in the Fiction unit, as well as letters and diary entries in the Non-Fiction unit.
