Chrysalis is a textbook that comprehensively covers the entire three-year English Junior Cycle course.

The Chrysalis package includes a student textbook accompanied by a substantial portfolio book; there are also online resources and a Teacher’s Resource Book.

Key features of the student textbook include:

• Distinct focus on consolidating knowledge, developing understanding and honing skills.
• Chapters containing carefully curated thematic material. These themes include Growing Up; Celebrations; Challenges and Adventure; Conflict; Journeys; Borders; and more.
• Genre-specific course work fully covered: Poetry; Drama; Fiction; and Film.
• Language, grammar and punctuation chapters.
• Each chapter addresses the three key strands in the JC English specification: Oral, Reading and Writing.
• Dedicated chapter on exam skills, CBAs and the Written Assessment Task.
• Learning Intentions are written in student-friendly language and positioned at the beginning of each chapter.
• Opportunities for students to participate in self- and peer-assessment.
• Group work and collaborative learning activities are carefully scaffold and embedded into the text to build student confidence, creativity and class participation.
• Engaging material includes non-literary texts, multimodal texts, visual texts, speeches and a collection of poetry, media, drama, fiction and film texts.
• Relevant and inviting questions, discussion points and creative exercises with each text.
• Comprehensive Glossary containing explanations of important terms.

A free eBook is available with this textbook.

Class: Junior Cycle

Publisher: CJ Fallon

ISBN: 9780714428635