Cengage [Australia or New Zealand]

High-interest, low-levelled literacy

Fast Forward has been developed for students in middle and upper primary school who are experiencing difficulties with literacy. These students may be disengaged, from non-English speaking backgrounds, experiencing learning difficulties or simply require further reading practice. Whatever the reason, Fast Forward aims to engage and increase reading ability and confidence by appealing to the student’s interest level and reading level.

Benefits

Highly visual and engaging content: Each book features relevant and topical themes to ensure reading success. These include learning about different cultures, activities such as skateboarding, the weather and natural disasters, the human body, and many more topics.
Extensive teacher support: Teachers can access a range of extra support, including Teacher’s Guides and printable Student Activity Sheets.
Cross-curriculum links: Fast Forward supports the Australian Curriculum: Science and Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences strands.
Wide range of text types: Explore the key text types, including Narrative, Information Report, Recount, Procedure, Explanation, Exposition, Discussion and Description.

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Fast Forward in action

Magnets

Discover how Fast Forward can be used as intervention with one student. The book featured is Experimenting with Magnets, a Level 19 non-fiction report text.

Walking on the Moon

See how a small group of students navigate Fast Forward title Walking on the Moon, a Level 15 non-fiction recount text.