Books with author Sue Hackman

The Hodder Reading Project Level 3-4 identifies blocks to progression and takes pupils from National Curriculum Level 3 to Level 4. It comprises the Teacher's Resource, Pupil's Book and 6 Readers. Reader 2, Level 3, Robinson Crusoe's Diary edited by Sue Hackman. An accessible introduction to the novel Robinson Crusoe with information about its author Daniel Defoe; a short account of Alexander Selkirk, the original 'Robinson Crusoe', whose real-life account of life on a desert island inspired the novel; revealing facts about Defoe's problems of having the manuscript accepted and then, finally, Robinson Crusoe's place in history as the first novel ever written. The introduction is followed by diary extracts from the novel which follow Robinson Crusoe's first few months on the island - coming to terms with being the only survivor, salvaging material from the wreck, his struggles with building his shelter, feeding himself, and surviving a fever.>

The Hodder Reading Project Level 4-5 identifies blocks to progression and takes pupils from National Curriculum Level 4 to Level 5. It comprises the Teacher's Resource, Pupil's Book and 6 Readers. Reader 5, At the Edge edited by Sue Hackman. From Aron Ralston's extraordinary story of having to cut off his own arm trapped by a boulder to Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay's conquest of Everest; from surviving nuclear attack in the 20th century to Sir Walter Ralegh's letter to his wife before his execution - amazing testimonies from sporting heroes, mountaineers, explorers, soldiers and ordinary people who have lived life close to the edge.