The tried and trusted approach with new features and content based on teacher feedback and the Junior Cycle examinations.

• NEW! More than 60% new material across the series – a mix of fresh content and popular favourites.
• NEW! Three brand-new themes in Kingdom 2, including a dedicated Poetry theme.
• NEW! Interact questions provide opportunities for active learning.
• NEW!Inviting Understand questions now provided with every text, making all texts
  accessible to students of all levels.
• NEW! Longer drama extracts in Kingdom 2 that can be used as studied drama texts.
• NEW! Increased scaffolding in both Portfolios, such as templates, success criteria, starter
  sentences and hints.
• NEW! Kingdom 2 Portfolio contains scaffolded exam-style questions matched to the most
  recent Junior Cycle examinations.
• NEW! Learning outcomes and aims provided at the beginning of each lesson, for ease of
  planning and assessment.

Both Portfolios support student learning, giving them opportunities to write in different genres, draft and redraft their work and answer questions on new and studied texts. The Kingdom 1 Grammar Primer features grammar exercises to reinforce and consolidate learning.

• NEW! Increased scaffolding for all Portfolio tasks – templates, success criteria, hints and checklists.
• NEW! Scaffolding for Kingdom 1 Explore questions cements the 3up answering strategy and gives students the skills to formulate answers.
• NEW! Scaffolded exam-style questions in Kingdom 2 prepare students for their written examination.

• Variety of poem and text recordings available on EducatePlus.ie.
• Downloadable, editable planning documents.
• Free eBook with every textbook purchase.

Aly Allsopp teaches English to all levels at Tallaght Community School, Dublin, where she is also the Literacy Coordinator. She has worked as an examiner with the State Examinations Commission. She holds a B Ed in English and Education, a Masters in Contemporary Literature from the University of Winchester and a Masters in Children’s and Young Adult Literature from Dublin City University.

Seanagh McCarthy teaches English and Economics to all levels at Dominican College Sion Hill, Dublin where she is also the Teaching and Learning Coordinator. She has worked as an examiner with the State Examinations Commission. She is currently a supervisor with the UCD School of Education. She holds a BA in English and Economics from University College Dublin, an MSc in Psychotherapy from IICP and a Masters in Management from UCD Michael Smurfit Business School.

Ciara Morris teaches English and French to all levels at Dominican College Sion Hill, Dublin, where she is also programme coordinator for both the Transition Year and LCVP programmes. She holds a BA in English and French and a Masters in Second Language Acquisition from University College Dublin.

They are also the team behind Louder Than Words and ACE English, also for Junior Cycle English.