Collins Big Cat - Spreading the Word: William Caxton and Tim Berners-Lee: Band 11/Lime

When William Caxton brought the printing press to England in 1475 he changed the lives of thousands of people, putting reading and education within their reach for the first time.

When Tim Berners-Lee invented the Internet over five hundred years later, he changed the world all over again.

• Lime/Band 11 books have longer sentence structures and a greater use of literary language.
• Text type – A dual biography.
• Curriculum links – History: ‘the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements. Some should be used to compare aspects of life in different periods [for example, … William Caxton and Tim Berners-Lee].
• Place the two lives in context with a visual timeline on pages 22–23.

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.

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