This exciting new edition of the bestselling English textbook Chrysalis comprehensively covers the entire three-year English Junior Cycle course.

Fully updated, Chrysalis – New Edition aims to develop each student’s knowledge, skills and understanding through engaging content and appropriate assessment tasks.

The Chrysalis package includes:

• Student textbook
• Student Workbook
• Teacher’s Resource Book
• Online resources
• Free eBook

Benefits for Teachers

• One book covering all three years of the Junior Cycle course.
• Provides a clear bridge between primary and post-primary English teaching.
• Suitable for mixed-ability classes at Ordinary and Higher Levels.
• All 39 Learning Outcomes are facilitated through imaginative and engaging activities to promote student knowledge, understanding and skills.
• Students’ Learning Intentions and Success Criteria are expertly aligned with the Learning Outcomes of the Junior Cycle English Specification.
• Careful balance of oral language, writing and reading activities that accommodate differentiation and promote knowledge development, enhance understanding and hone students’ creative and interpretive skills.
• Individual, pair and group activities provide numerous opportunities for teachers to develop each student’s voice, build confidence and nurture student well–being.
• Chrysalis – New Edition provides a solid foundation for the Leaving Certificate.

Student Textbook:

• Divided into three sections:
  • First Year – Starting Out – Chapters 1-5
  • Second Year – Moving On – Chapters 6-10
  • Third Year – Discovering More – Chapters 11-16
• Sixteen chapters containing appropriately chosen thematic material including: Writing About Myself, A World of Books, The World Around Us, Conflict, and Challenge & Adventure.
• Genre-specific course work is fully covered: Media & Communication, Poetry, Fiction, Drama and Film.
• Dedicated chapters on Exam Skills, CBA preparation and the Written Assessment Task.
• Comprehensive Glossary containing explanations of key terms.
• Each chapter covers the three key strands in the Junior Cycle English Specification – Oral Language, Reading and Writing.
• Distinct focus on consolidating knowledge, developing students’ understanding and honing their skills.
• Sequenced activities in each chapter develop students’ understanding of the audience for purpose of different texts and how writers shape language accordingly.
• Learning Intentions are written in student-friendly language and positioned at the beginning of each chapter.
• Multiple opportunities for students to participate in self- and peer-assessment.
• Group work and collaborative learning activities are not just an after-thought but carefully scaffolded and embedded into the text, building student confidence, creativity and class participation.
• Engaging and wide-ranging material including 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 develop students’ comprehension and communication skills.

Student Workbook:

A separate book accompanying the student textbook.

• Contains exercises that will enhance and consolidate students’ classroom learning and written expression.
• Dedicated Language, Grammar, Punctuation and Vocabulary chapter containing key terms and exercises where students can practise and develop their grammatical skills.
• Includes flexible worksheets that can be used for self- and peer- assessment by students and for summative assessment by teachers.
• Contains templates for key writing tasks, such as writing a film review, personal letter, etc.
• Builds over time into a collection of texts for student’s Written Assessment Task.

Teacher’s Resource Book:

Detailed Learning Outcomes for each chapter of the student textbook.

• Blank template scheme-of-work guide for each term and year to enhance and support teacher planning.
• Sample assessment sheets for both formative and summative assessment.
• Bank of exam-style questions for revision purposes.
• Solutions to grammar exercises, website links and resources are included.

About the Authors

Each Chrysalis – New Edition author is a dedicated teacher and published author with years of classroom experience.
Edmond Behan is an English Methods Lecturer at Maynooth University and a Professional Placement Supervisor of PME student teachers at UCD School of Education.
John Sheil is an experienced English Advising Examiner and has been mentoring PME teachers for over 20 years.
Genevieve Wallace is a highly experienced English teacher and holds a Masters Degree in English Literature.