Books with author Joan Jackman

Collins Primary Focus: Comprehension Teacher’s Guide 1 supports Pupil Book 1 with comprehensive teaching notes for every unit: learning objectives, cross-curricular links, matched to APP, background information, ‘before you read’ suggestions, group and pair work ideas, speaking and listening activities, support and extension worksheets. • Introduces the teaching of comprehension skills in the context of broader literacy lessons • Matching charts for the UK and International curricula • Photocopiable class and individual record sheets to assist with assessment • Explains and presents differentiation opportunities

An infinite universe yields infinite possibilities, and not all realities are as laborious as the one we find ourselves trapped. In another set of dimensions, a world analogous to our own grinds the wheel of monotonous life, but to a different beat. In this parallel land, elves, dwarves, goblins, and halflings live just like you do, in mind-numbing tedium, desperate to make it though the working week and blow their wages on drugs, fags, and booze. Just like you. Just…like… you… Once upon a time, magic thrived in this wondrous world, a land of witches, warlocks, and wizards. Magic, in harmony with Mother Nature, powered the land, but magic has fallen out of fashion, shunned in favour of WiFi, flat-screen TVs, and instantly downloadable hardcore German megaporn in ultra-high definition. But technology comes at a price. With the inexorable march of progress, the world reaches breaking point. The icecaps melt, the forests disappear, and reality TV dominates. The end of the world is near and a hero is needed… Dan Smith, a nerd of the highest order, isn’t convinced he’s the Chosen One, nor is anyone else except one man, the mighty Gambledolf. The ancient wizard assembles a merry bunch of adventurers: an elf from the trees, a dwarf from the hills, and a centaur from a field to accompany Dan on a mighty quest. They adventure to the North to retrieve the Lost Sword of the Fairy King, a catalyst of magic that can reverse global warming and save the world. All that stands in their way are the forces of evil, for there’s likely a dark lord involved. There usually is.