Contents Introduction
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Unit 1 House and home acrostic poem; autobiography; informal letter; proverb; fable
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Unit 2 Tall tales cautionary tale; urban legend; mini-saga; horror/suspense story
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Unit 3 Favourite things song lyric; discursive text; recipe; menu; descriptive poetry; personal account
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Unit 4 School stories first-person narrative; figurative description; poem; semi-formal letter; diary
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Unit 5 Up in the air informative text; news report; advertisement; novel extracts; legend; talk
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Unit 6 Imaginary worlds fairy tale; plot synopsis; blurb; book review; fantasy/sci-fi story
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Unit 7 Down to earth magazine article; shape poem; autobiography; descriptive poem; novel extract; descriptive prose
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Unit 8 Hidden treasure plot synopsis; playscript; story continuation; quest story
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Unit 9 Meet the family monologue; personal account; fact list; news feature; lyrical poetry
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Unit 10 Mysteries and puzzles short story extract; ballad extract; narrative poem; factual account; mystery story
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Unit 11 Looking back memoirs; nostalgia poems; lyrical poem; rhythm poem; confession letters
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Unit 12 Secret lives fantasy novel extracts; fantasy poems; horror novel extract; song lyric
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Acknowledgements
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