The Achieve! series of English titles has been developed for teachers who require modifi ed, curriculum-focused activities for secondary school students. It is aimed at students who, because of poor literacy skills, struggle to read and comprehend regular classroom materials. The activity sheets are also suitable as supplementary material for regular classes. They may also provide useful revision in preparation for state or national literacy testing.

This downloadable PDF resource, Reading for Meaning 2, continues in the style of the first resource in this series. It includes a range of text types, such as instructional, persuasive, recount, narrative, scripts and poetry, for students to interpret and analyse. The activities focus on strategies to assist reading comprehension and outline key features of the different genres.

Students explore a range of interesting topics, including:

• Space holidays
• Body art
• Buying a car
• Skateboarding
• Human-powered vehicles
• and street art.