Driver's Seat - Nonfiction - (Years 7-10)
This series is aimed at Years 7-10 boys and girls (12-15-year-olds) who need simple, high-interest nonfiction to encourage them to read.
Reading level: 9 – 10 years
Features:
- Narrative nonfiction, giving interesting facts and allowing students to “know stuff” the rest of the class don’t.
- Local settings, and characters mostly the age of the reader or a bit older.
- Topics include 4WD rallying, a quarry blast, surviving a mugging, military training, volunteering, hunting, and sports & technological challenges.
- Series includes two “pick-a-path” type books with themes of bush and sea safety.
- Short sentences, paragraphs and text blocks.
- Photo illustrations that mirror the text.
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Driver’s Seat Set of 15 Books Only +1 Set FREE!
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This series is aimed at Years 7-10 boys and girls (12-15-year-olds) who need simple, high-interest nonfiction to encourage them to read.
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Driver’s Seat Teacher’s Manual with Set of 15 Books + 1 Set FREE!
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Save 48%$315.00$165.00Add to cartComplete Driver’s Seat series set of all 16 books and Teacher’s Book.
This series is aimed at Years 7-10 boys and girls (12-15-year-olds) who need simple, high-interest nonfiction to encourage them to read.
Reading level: 9 – 10 yearsThe Teacher’s Guide (supplied as pdf), focuses on practical ideas for running a reluctant reader programme. It includes ideas for introducing, developing and consolidating the reading; and activities for shared, guided, and independent reading. There are also copymasters for running records, and cloze and sentence sequencing exercises for each story.
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Now There’s an Idea! (Driver’s Seat Teacher’s Book)
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$29.95Add to cartThe Teacher’s Guide (supplied as pdf), focuses on practical ideas for running a reluctant reader programme. It includes ideas for introducing, developing and consolidating the reading; and activities for shared, guided, and independent reading. There are also copymasters for running records, and cloze and sentence sequencing exercises for each story.
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3 Squadron (With Sample Page) (Out of Print)
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A helicopter exercise becomes a rescue situation. The story includes information on how a helicopter works and is flown.
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You’re the Skipper (Interactive story) +1 FREE!
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Save 50%$19.90$9.95Add to cartFollows a group of students who go out fishing. The reader makes decisions that determine the outcome.
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Lost in the Bush (Interactive story) +1 FREE!
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Save 50%$19.90$9.95Add to cartFour students become lost in the bush. Decisions the reader makes determine the outcome of the story.
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Damage Control +1 FREE!
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Save 50%$19.90$9.95Add to cartFollows two students through naval Damage Control School, learning to fight fire and staunch leaks.
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Deadwood Safari +1 FREE!
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Save 50%$19.90$9.95Add to cartAction at a 4WD rally: how the rally is run and scored, the obstacles, and driving tips.
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Finding Ajuna +1 FREE!
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Save 50%$19.90$9.95Add to cartTwo Kiwis go to Africa to find a child they sponsored. Deals with appropriate aid, and gives basic facts about HIV/AIDS.
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Go, You Beauty! +1 FREE!
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Save 50%$19.90$9.95Add to cartA young school leaver trains up a retired race-horse and enters it in the Castle Point Beach Race. Useful facts about owning a horse.
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Grudge Race in Greenland +1 FREE!
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Save 50%$19.90$9.95Add to cartTwo Kiwis take part in a cross-country ski race in Greenland, north of the Arctic Circle. Useful information on hypothermia.
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It’s a Dog’s Life! +1 FREE!
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Save 50%$19.90$9.95Add to cartWorking with the SPCA as a volunteer. Follows the story of a dog, from rescue to finding a home.
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Mugged! +1 FREE!
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Save 50%$19.90$9.95Add to cartPhotographed with the help of the police, the story follows two young people who get into difficulties in town.
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Second Chance +1 FREE!
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Save 50%$19.90$9.95Add to cartA teenage mum at a “Second Chance” school talks about her situation and the changes she’s making in her life.
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Solar Challenge +1 FREE!
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Save 50%$19.90$9.95Add to cartHigh school students build a solar car and enter it in the across-Australia Solar Challenge race.
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Space Station +1 FREE!
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Save 50%$19.90$9.95Add to cartLife aboard the Space Station. Includes simulations students can try for themselves.
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The Big Pig Hunt +1 FREE!
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Save 50%$19.90$9.95Add to cartA high school student and his father hunt possums and wild pigs. Emphasis on firearms safety and the environment.
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Well Done, Soldier! +1 FREE!
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Save 50%$19.90$9.95Add to cartFollows two school leavers through 12 weeks of basic army training, including night exercises, and the dreaded confidence course.
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What a Blast! +1 FREE!
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Save 50%$19.90$9.95Add to cartReaders follow a quarry master as he sets up and detonates a tonne of explosive.
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