LESSONS

• 1 LIBRARY CODES Introducing students to the basics of the Dewey system and library book coding.
• 3 KNOW YOUR BOOKS Signs that book covers offer the reader, such as genre, typeface, illustration, title and author.
• 5 TWO OF A KIND This page looks at the differences between autobiography and biography.
• 7 BUYING BY MAIL ORDER Students learn to 'read' the signs and extract information from a mail-order catalogue; then make an informed purchasing decision.
• STOP PRESS! Students investigate newspaper signs and different aspects of newspapers.
• 11 READ ALL ABOUT IT Students examine newspaper front pages and go on to produce their own front pages.
• 13 KNOW YOUR HEADLINES This page introduces students to newspaper headlines and what can be learnt from them.
• 15 GETTING YOUR ATTENTION This page examines the signs used in a newspaper report to gain a reader's attention. They do a matching exercise and write their own newspaper reports using similar signs.
• 17 GOING CLASSIFIED This page introduces students to signs in advertising, using the information in a newsagent's window advertisement.
• 19 READING ADVERTS This page helps students explore the signs using the information in press advertisements.
• 21 ESSENTIAL READING This page looks at the various signs associated with magazine front covers.
• 23 YOUR TV VIEWING Students explore the signs in television listings and use examples of television listings to plan the viewing for different individuals.
• 25 KNOW YOUR CARTOONS This page helps students to recognise the different signs that cartoon strips give us.
• 27 KNOW YOUR SOAPS Students examine the signs of a soap opera as a television style and go on to write their own soap opera scripts.
• 29 A VISIT TO THE THEATRE Examining the type of information young people need before they go to the theatre.
• 31 SIGNS AND SYMBOLS This page examines some common signs and symbols from our daily lives.
• 33 THE HIGHWAY CODE This page looks at traffic signs in The Highway Code. Students answer questions about a range of signs and then devise their own traffic signs.
• 35 A DAY AWAY Looking at the symbols on a map and how we interpret them. After a symbol matching exercise, students use the information to write a short description of an area.
• 37 GOING TO A CONCERT This page examines the components that make up a clear, informative pop concert poster.
• 39 GETTING THERE Looking at the variety of signs and symbols found in a bus station. Students produce their own simple guide to a bus station.
• 41 EATING OUT This page looks at what signs different restaurant menus use. Students are asked to create their own.
• 43 YOUR MONEY Students read and understand the signs found on bank statements and go on to design their own bank statement.
• 45 THEME PARK DAY Students look at the signs and symbols in a typical theme park, matching relevant signs with their meanings and producing their own theme park ride.
• 47 GOING AWAY Students interpret the signs in travel brochures and go on to produce a travel brochure page.
• 49 READ THE INSTRUCTIONS This page looks at a set of instructions and encourages students to write their own.
• 51 KEEP FIT Students consider the signs in a typical leisure centre.
• 53 GOING SHOPPING This page looks at the signs and symbols associated with shopping malls.
• 55 SIGNS ABOUT PEOPLE This page invites students to examine signs and symbols that represent or are linked to people. They then devise a shield of symbols to represent themselves.