{"product_id":"9781785830143","title":"Opening Doors to Quality Writing","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eOpening Doors to Famous Poetry and Prose\u003c\/em\u003e, Bob Cox introduced teachers to engaging strategies which use literary heritage texts as the stimulus for excellent learning. This new companion book, \u003cem\u003eOpening Doors to Quality Writing\u003c\/em\u003e, for \u003cstrong\u003eages 10 to 13\u003c\/strong\u003e, puts the focus on pupils producing quality writing – developing their literacy skills and a love of reading in the process.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003eIn the course of his educational consultancy work, Bob has seen many teachers successfully use the scope and depth which literature can offer to inspire high standards, mastery learning and, above all, a love of language in its many forms. 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Night Encounter – \u003cem\u003eThe Woman in White\u003c\/em\u003e by Wilkie Collins \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e2. Spooky Scientists! – \u003cem\u003eThe Phantom Coach\u003c\/em\u003e by Amelia B. Edwards \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e3. The Strongest Looking Brute in Alaska – \u003cem\u003eThat Spot\u003c\/em\u003e by Jack London \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e4. Mr Knickerbocker's Notes – \u003cem\u003eRip Van Winkle\u003c\/em\u003e by Washington Irving \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e5. The Portrait of Doom – \u003cem\u003eTess of the D'Urbervilles\u003c\/em\u003e by Thomas Hardy \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e6. The Hell Hound – \u003cem\u003eThe Hound of the Baskervilles\u003c\/em\u003e by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e7. Sinister Spaces – \u003cem\u003eMetamorphosis\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Castle\u003c\/em\u003e by Franz Kafka \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e8. The Mirror and the Window – \u003cem\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/em\u003e by Emily Brontë \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Opening doors to poetry \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e9. All in This House is Mossing Over – From ‘Mementos' by Charlotte Brontë \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e10. Dancing the Skies – ‘High Flight' by John Gillespie Magee, Jr \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e11. 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