For Teachers and Parents

For Teachers and Parents

Whilst each title in the High Interest Series from Robinswood is meticulously developed, and designed and laid out with great care to really work with any reader, then extensively tested and refined in the classroom, you'd never know that it was anything but a regular book!

These books look just like the novels already in your classroom, library – or bookshelf at home. There is no 'stigma' attached to reading a Robinswood High Interest novel – no questions at the end of the chapter, no 'child-like' cartoon illustrations, no reading level indicators – absolutely everything suggests that these books have been designed to appeal to any potential reader. And feedback confirms that they do!

Reading Levels

Proven techniques include controlled reading levels every 100 words – a student who can read page one can read every page of the story – and adjusted layouts to eliminate most hyphens and distracting patterns of white. Importantly they look just like regular books – and their social message can benefit gifted as well as less able readers. (For more details, see Developing a High Interest Novel .)

All the High Interest novels have been tested under the Renaissance Learning Accelerated Reader Programme. The AR Quiz Number, Reading Level and AR Points are shown alongside each title with the corresponding Robinswood Reading Age and Interest Age details.

Theatre Scripts

To bring these wonderful stories to life with your teenage students, you may wish to download the following theatre scripts to use with your students:

 Against All Odds
 Avalanche
 Dark Ryder
 Ghost House
 Scarface
 Street Scene
 Student Narc
 Three Feet Under

Teachers' Handbooks

For each book there is a corresponding Teachers' Handbook. Click on the links below for details.

High Interest Series - Primary Handbooks
High Interest Series - Teenage Handbooks

About The Authors of The High Interest Series

A number of authors have contributed to the High Interest novels for Primary School age and Teenage students. For author biographies, click here.

Assessments

You can also download here the Teacher Assessment Checklist or the Student Self-Assessment worksheet (also printed in many of the Handbooks) for use in the classroom.