Rapid Plus

Manual
Getting the most from your
Rapid Plus Online Software
Welcome to the Rapid Plus Online Software!
Using this software students and teachers can access all the printed texts as ebooks, both at home and at school.
The first few pages of this booklet have been written by the Series Editor, Dee Reid, and explain how the software
can be used.
Contents
Admin
Using the Rapid Plus software
Using the Rapid Plus Online Software in school
3
The sequence of teaching and learning with
the software
4
Ideas for using the software
4
Other benefi ts of the software
5
How to interpret the student admin screen
18
How to create and edit student accounts
19
How to create and manage groups
20
How to create and edit teacher accounts
21
How to manage licences
22
Student experience
Teacher home page
How to log in as a student
23
How to log in as a teacher
6
Rapid Plus Online Software at home
24
How to navigate the Home screen
7
Advice about using the software at home
25
How to search for ebooks
8
How to navigate My ebooks
26
How to interpret the search results
9
How to launch and exit an ebook
27
How to allocate ebooks
10
How to navigate an ebook
28
How to view an ebook
12
How to answer quizzes
29
How to receive rewards
30
How to view completed ebooks
31
Minimum requirements
32
Acknowledgements
33
My Students
How to interpret class reports
13
How to interpret individual student reports
14
How to interpret quiz feedback
15
How to generate reports
16
How to monitor students
17
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Using the Rapid Plus software
Using the Rapid Plus Online Software
The Rapid Plus Online Software has been designed for very flexible use both in school and at home. It enables
students to practise literacy skills and consolidate learning in an engaging and stimulating way.
Using Rapid Plus software in school
Schools will have a variety of ways of organising support for students who
struggle with reading and the Rapid Plus Online Software can be slotted in to
any organisational model.
Withdrawing students from lessons
Some schools prefer to withdraw students from a complete lesson
(50 – 60 minutes). These students will need a carousel of activities during their
withdrawal time. For example:
15 minutes, individual tuition with a Teaching Assistant, using a Rapid Plus
text
15 minutes, small group reading supported by the Guided Reading notes in
the Rapid Plus Teaching Guide (e.g. teaching assistant and 3 – 4 students)
5 minutes working independently to complete the relevant photocopiable
activity from the Teaching Guide
15 minutes using the Rapid Plus Online Software (independent work)
This carousel model combines tasks where students need adult support and
tasks where students work independently. Thus it can maximise the use of
teaching assistant or SENCo time.
Teaching opportunities outside timetabled lessons
Some schools may use slots before school, tutor time, or lunch periods to
provide extra opportunities for struggling readers to develop their literacy
skills. These slightly shorter blocks of time can be used for any element of the
Rapid Plus programme but students are often highly motivated to spend this
time using the Rapid Plus Online Software.
The software is designed to be used independently by students. For instance,
SENCos, teachers and teaching assistants can easily access comprehensive
information about student performance without having to sit beside the
student as they complete the activities. This element of autonomy for the
student is an important part of confidence-building and helps them to build
self-discipline when working independently.
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Using the Rapid Plus software
The sequence of teaching and learning with Rapid Plus
(texts and software)
Generally, this is the recommended sequence of teaching and learning for
students when using the Rapid Plus books and software:
1. A supporting adult monitors the student’s oral reading either 1:1 or in a
small group.
2. A supporting adult assesses the student’s comprehension using the Quiz
page of the relevant Rapid Plus text.
3. The student works independently using a Rapid Plus photocopiable page to
practise word level skills, spelling and comprehension.
4. The student can then work independently using the Rapid Plus Online
Software.
Using the software
When students are using the software, the following approach is suggested:
1. The student listens to the whole text being read aloud (by pressing the
‘Read to me’ button). Hearing a text read aloud helps the student to
develop fluency and phrasing as they are provided with an excellent model
of fluent reading.
2. The student can also click on any individual word if they wish to hear it
read again at any point. In addition, the student can zoom in to take a
closer look at the pictures.
3. The student then completes the interactive activities by clicking on the
‘hotspots’ within the books. These can be found at the end of the books, on
the Quiz page. For fiction books in Stages 7-9, there are additional hotspots
for comprehension activities on the final pages of Chapters 1, 2 and 3.
Students press the ‘Read to me’ button
to hear the text read aloud and the
sentences highlighted.
The comprehension activities further challenge the student to reflect
upon their reading and to develop improved comprehension skills.
They are not identical to the comprehension activities elsewhere in the
resources.
The word knowledge activities appear in all books within Stages 3-6
and enable students to make links with word level work taught in the
classroom; for example, identifying adjectives or verbs, finding rhyming
words, finding synonyms or antonyms.
Author style activities appear in fiction books within Stages 7-9. These
are a progression from the word knowledge activities within the 3-6
books, and ask students to identify specific words which the author has
used to achieve a particular effect; for example, they might be asked to
identify two adjectives that describe the landscape.
Non-fiction activities appear in place of word knowledge activities
for non-fiction books in Stage 7-9. These activities enhance students’
knowledge of the texts through focusing on features such as subheadings, graphs, flow charts and labelling that appear in non-fiction
texts.
In the spelling activities students are challenged to spell useful high
frequency words using the ‘see, say, hear, remember, spell, check’
technique. In books for Stages 7-9, they are further challenged to spell
these words in the context of a sentence taken from the book they have
read, to enhance understanding of its meaning and usage.
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Using the Rapid Plus software
Other benefi ts of the software
Using the Rapid Plus software at home
The Rapid Plus software is online. This means that students can log in and
access their ebooks at home. They can carry on with one of their allocated
ebooks and try the activities. Or they can open any of the ebooks they have
already finished if they want another look. Whether students access the
software at home or at school, you will be able to keep track of how they are
getting on.
Feedback in the Rapid Plus software
The Rapid Plus software works as an independent activity because the
support within the software assists the student wherever they have needs.
For instance, if the student makes an error when attempting one of the
activities, the software is designed to give a gentle prompt to direct the
student to try again successfully. This level of support makes Rapid Plus
software suitable for all students, even those who are anxious about making
mistakes.
Using Rapid Plus software with EAL students
Students who have English as an additional language may well benefi t from
using the Read to Me component of the Rapid Plus software before they
read aloud the text 1:1 with a teaching assistant or in a Group/Guided reading
situation. This enables those students to have the benefi t of engaging with
the text in a non-threatening context and they can tune in to the vocabulary
and concepts of the text without facing the extra challenge of reading the
words. It also provides an excellent model of spoken English for them to
absorb. EAL students will also benefi t from the opportunity to click on any
individual word to hear it read.
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The teacher Home screens
The teacher home screens
How to log in as a teacher
1.
Go to www.rapid-plus.co.uk
2.
Enter your School ID (this is the four digit code that you received in your
registration email). You will only need to enter your School ID once and
from then on this field will automatically be populated when you next log
in on the same computer.
3.
Enter your username and password. If you are the first person to be
logging in at your school, your username and password will be provided
in the registration email (with the School ID). If you have been set up as a
new user by the school, your username and password will be given to you
by the person in the school who set up your account.
4.
Click Login.
If any login information is entered incorrectly, an error message will
appear prompting you to try again. If you have forgotten your login
details, please click Forgot login details? and follow the instructions.
(You will need to enter your email address to receive a reminder.)
5.
The teacher Home screen will now appear. You should now see your
name and School ID at the top of the screen.
6.
When you have finished using the Rapid Plus Online Software, click Log
out at the top of the screen.
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The teacher Home screens
How to navigate the Home screen
The Home screen is the first thing you will come to after logging in. This is where you can quickly and easily search
for ebooks to allocate to your students. This is also where you will see a news feed about the Rapid Plus Online
Software and any alerts about your licence and the students you monitor.
a
You can use Book Search to
search for ebooks according to a
particular Rapid Plus Stage. It is
important to remember that each
print book has been turned into
two separate ebooks: one for the
fiction text and one for the nonfiction text. You should allocate
these separately. The second
dropdown here allows you to
select just the fiction, non-fiction
or both types of ebook.
e
c
a
b
g
h
d
b
You can use Quick Search to
search for ebooks according to
key words, e.g. title, characters,
author.
c
Click Help for access to the
Manual for the software and
video walk-throughs.
d
You can access Rapid Plus’s
Terms and Conditions and
Privacy Policy by clicking on each
of these links.
e
If your account has been set up
by someone in your school, you
can change your username and
password in My profile. Please
note, you can only change the
username and password for the
original account you were sent in
the registration email by calling
the Customer Support helpline.
f
Click Contact us to open a form
where you can quickly send a
query to the Customer Support
Team.
f
g
The news feed will appear here
and will flag up any news about
the software that may be of
interest to you, for example if
new content is added to the
software.
h
The Welcome message gives you
some brief on-screen information
to help you get started with the
software.
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The teacher Home screens
How to search for ebooks
The Home screen allows you to find all the Rapid Plus ebooks. There are two ways to search for ebooks: using
either a Rapid Plus Stage search or a quick search.
Looking for ebooks by Rapid Plus Stage
1.
From the Home screen, choose your Rapid Plus Stage from the first
dropdown menu. You can choose either an entire Stage (e.g. ‘All Stage 4’)
or just one sub-stage (e.g. ‘Stage 4b’ only).
2.
Using the second dropdown, choose whether you want to search for ‘All
types’ of ebook (e.g. fiction and non-fiction) or just one or the other.
3.
Click Search to generate a list of ebooks matching your chosen criteria. To
change your search simply choose different dropdown menu options and
click Search again.
4.
To return to the original Home screen (i.e. with the Welcome message and
news feed) just click Clear search at the top right of the list of results.
Looking for ebooks using quick search
1.
Enter your search term in the text field on the right hand side of the Book
Search panel. This could be part of a text title, a character name or an
author name.
2.
Click Search to generate a list of ebook results matching your chosen
criteria.
3.
If your search returns no results, you will see an error message and you
will need to try again with a different search.
4.
You can carry out a new search whenever you are ready, or just click Clear
search.
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The teacher Home screens
How to interpret the search results
The Book Search function allows you to search for ebooks and learn more about them. Remember that each print
book exists as two separate ebooks: one for the fiction text and one for the non-fiction text. From this screen, you
can allocate ebooks to your students or just open an ebook to look at it yourself or to use it with students.
a
Click Show detail to see extra
information about an ebook, e.g.
description, length, word count
and a link to the text’s fiction/
non-fiction partner text.
b
a
c
e
g
b
Once you have selected one or
more ebooks by ticking their
boxes, the Allocate button will
become active. Click this to send
those ebooks to your students.
The button will be greyed out
until you have chosen an ebook.
c
Click an ebook title to launch
that ebook.
d
Tick the boxes to select ebooks
individually, or tick the box at the
very top of the column to select
them all.
d
f
e
You can see the Rapid Plus
reading Stage (e.g. ‘3a’) in the
first lozenge and the National
Curriculum reading level
associated with that Stage in the
second lozenge.
g
This dropdown shows you
whether the ebook has already
been allocated to any students.
The student disappears from the
list when they have completed
the ebook.
f
The Linked ebook gives the title
of the partner fiction/non-fiction
text that sits alongside the text
you are looking at in the print
book. You can launch the linked
ebook by clicking on the title. This
is only shown if Show detail has
been clicked for an ebook.
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The teacher Home screens
How to allocate ebooks
The Allocate button allows you to give students access to selected ebooks via their own Rapid Plus login details.
You can allocate up to a maximum of 8 ebooks per student. This means that you can allocate all the ebooks in
any one stage to a student in one go, e.g. you may want a student to have access to all the Stage 3a ebooks.
1.
NOTE: Before you can allocate ebooks it is important to make sure
that the students you want to use the ebooks have been added to the
software (see page 19) and also that they will know how to log in and use
the software (see pages 23-24).
2.
Select the ebooks that you want to allocate by ticking the boxes on the
left hand side of each title in the Book Search screen.
3.
Click Allocate. A pop-up like the ones below will appear. If you had
selected just one ebook, it will look like the first screen shown below. If
you had selected two or more ebooks, it will include some additional
information, as shown by the second screen below.
a
Select which students you want
to view from the Allocate to
dropdown. If any groups have
been added, they will be shown
here.
b
The table shows the students
you can allocate the ebook to.
By default, all the students in
your school who use the software
will be listed. Choosing from
the Allocate to dropdown can
narrow this list down.
c
The Current column indicates
how many ebooks each student
currently has allocated to them.
The Previously read on column
indicates whether that particular
student has already seen that
ebook and when.
d
d
b
a
c
If you had selected more than
one ebook to allocate, you will
also be prompted to choose
whether you want to allocate all
the ebooks in one go or whether
you would like to allocate each
ebook one at a time, so you can
choose different students for
each ebook.
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The teacher Home screens
4.
Select the students you want to allocate the ebook(s) to by ticking the
boxes. You can select individual students by ticking individual tick boxes.
Alternatively, you can select the tick box at the very top of the column to
select all the students on that current list.
5.
Click the Allocate button at the bottom of the pop-up when you have
ticked the required students.
6.
You will then see a pop-up that confirms whether the allocations were
actioned. This may look like the example below.
a
The top table lists all the
successful allocations from the
previous screen. If you had
allocated more than one ebook
to students from that screen then
the titles of those ebooks will be
listed in the dropdowns.
a
b
c
b
In the Current allocations
column you can also see here
how many ebooks each student
now has allocated to them.
c
The bottom table lists any allocations that were not successful. The
reason is listed so you can see why. There are two possible reasons why an
allocation may be unsuccessful:
• The student already has that ebook in their My ebooks area. Note that
the software would not stop you allocating an ebook to a student if
they have already had it but have finished it. (This is useful because you
may want them to read it again and have another go.)
• The student already has 8 ebooks in their My ebooks area. No student
can have more than 8 ebooks in this area at any one time. You will
need to de-allocate another ebook if you want to go ahead and
allocate the new ebook (see page 14).
7.
Click Finish to return to the Book Search screen, or OK to return to the
Allocate screen if there are ebooks you had selected that still need to be
allocated.
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The teacher Home screens
How to view an ebook from the teacher area
If you launch an ebook from the teacher area of the software, you will have access to all the features that a
student has (see pages 28-29) plus some additional ones.
a
Click this button to hide all Rapid
Plus quiz activity hotspots. You
may want to hide them if they
prove distracting when using
the ebook (for instance, if you
are viewing the ebook with a
student).
b
Click to open the annotation
tools. Note that you cannot save
your annotations. More details
below.
a
b
c
Colour palette.
d
c
d
e
f
g
h
Cursor allows you to de-select
the annotation options.
e
Pencil for annotating or
underlining the text.
f
Highlighter for annotating or
highlighting the text or pictures.
g
Eraser to remove annotations.
Click the eraser on your pencil or
highlighter lines to remove them.
h
Click the cross to exit the
annotation tools. You can also
drag and drop this annotation
palette around the page so it
does not obstruct where you
want to annotate.
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My Students
My Students
How to interpret class reports
Click on the ‘My Students’ tab at the top of the screen to access the software’s useful monitoring and reporting
features. These allow you to see how many ebooks students have read, how many quizzes they have completed,
and how successfully they have been completing those quizzes.
a
a
Click on the My Students tab at
the top of the screen to access
this information.
c
b
The students are listed in
alphabetical order, by last name.
You can access more detailed
information about each student
by clicking on that student’s
name. This is also where you
would go to de-allocate an
ebook from a student (i.e.
remove it from the student’s
My ebooks area).
d
You can see the number of
ebooks a student currently has
allocated to them.
e
Details are provided of the most
recent ebook the student has
opened. Click the title to launch
that ebook. The date that ebook
was last viewed can be a useful
means of checking when a
student last used the software.
The Rapid Plus Stage of that
ebook is also given.
e
d
f
j
By default, the dropdowns are
set to list all the students in your
school who use the software. You
can narrow the list down, either
by cohort or by group, using
the dropdown lists. This allows
you to see just the details of the
students you are working with.
c
b
g
h
i
f
i
You can see how the student
has performed with the quizzes
in the last viewed ebook. The
information provided will depend
on how far the student got with
that ebook. See page 15 for
information about quiz feedback.
Select a number of students
and then click Print to create a
printable report for the selected
students. You will then be
prompted to define the period
to be covered by that report
(information will only be given
about ebooks read in that
period). You can easily select all
the students shown on the screen
by ticking the tick box at the top
of the column on the far right.
See page 16 for more information
about this report.
g
If not already set up, you can
easily create a new group of
students. Do this by selecting
students using the tick boxes and
clicking Create group. You will
need to give the group a name.
That group will then be shown in
all the group dropdowns across
the software. Note that you can
create groups on this screen but
you cannot amend them. For more
information about how to amend
the groups, see page 20.
j
Find out more about the Read
to me function, prompts and
rewards on page 14.
h
Find out about monitoring
students on page 17.
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My Students
How to interpret individual student reports
To access reporting details about an individual student, go to the ‘My Students’ screen and click on the
student’s name.
a
You can use the dropdown menu
to toggle between students.
a b
g
b
The top table is where you can
see all the ebooks that a student
currently has in their My ebooks
area. You can see if they have
made a start with each ebook
and how they are getting on.
d
e
h
k
f
c
To remove an ebook from a
student’s My ebook area simply
tick it and then click Remove
ebook.
d
This tells you how many ebooks
the student has completed in
total since starting using the
Rapid Plus Online Software.
e
This tells you how many
reward stickers the student has
earned since starting to use
the software. You may wish to
link the number of stickers that
a student earns to your own
school’s reward policy. For each
sticker a student earns, they also
get a joke. For more information
about rewards, see page 30.
f
For both current and completed
ebooks, you can see a record of
how students have performed
with their quizzes. There is one
cell for each quiz in the ebook.
For help understanding the quiz
feedback, see page 15.
c
i
j
g
The Prompts column of the
tables gives you details about
how many words the student
clicked on to hear in each ebook.
Click on the numbers in the
column to see a list of the actual
words clicked on in that ebook.
This can be helpful for identifying
common areas of difficulty for
the student.
h
You can generate a graph
style report on the student’s
performance in each quiz type
across a Rapid Plus Stage by
clicking on the graph icon. You
can print the graph displayed.
i
You can also see the student’s
own feedback on completed
ebooks in the feedback column.
This uses a star system where 3
stars means the student liked the
ebook. You may want to discuss
what the star buttons mean with
students so you can use them
in the most useful way for your
students.
j
Click Print to create a report
for the selected student. You
will then be prompted to define
the period to be covered by the
report (information will only be
given about ebooks read in that
period). See page 16 for more
information about this report.
k
It is possible to switch the Read
to Me functionality on or off for
a student at any point, either
through this individual student
report screen (use the tick box
at the top of the page) or on
the Admin tab. The Read to
Me column shows whether the
student had access to the Read to
Me at the time of reading each
book.
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My Students
How to interpret quiz feedback
For every ebook a student reads, the software keeps a record of how they
have performed with the quiz activities. This allows you to identify if they are
struggling with a particular type of activity.
There is one cell for each quiz in the ebook. They are labelled as follows to
indicate the focus of each quiz:
= Literal comprehension (there will be four of these in each of the fiction books in Stages 7-9)
= Inferential comprehension
= Word knowledge (books in Stages 3-6 only)
= Author style activity (fiction books in Stages 7-9 only)
= Non-fiction activities (non-fiction books in Stages 7-9 only)
= Spelling quiz
Students get three goes at each quiz. So if they get it wrong on their first or
second go, they can have another try.
As your students complete each quiz, the white cell changes colour to indicate
the student’s performance:
Green = correct after 1st attempt
Orange = correct after 2nd or 3rd attempt
Red = incorrect after 3rd attempt
Look at the example from a book in Stages 3-6 below:
This information shows that the student performed as follows:
They got the literal comprehension quiz correct on their first attempt.
They got the inferential comprehension quiz correct on their second or
third attempt.
They got the word knowledge quiz correct on their first attempt.
They did not get the spelling quiz correct and used up all three attempts.
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My Students
How to generate reports
There are two types of report that you can generate from the My Students area of the software. One provides a
summary of how a group of students have been using the software across a given period. The other provides a
summary for any individual student.
Group report
1.
This is accessed from the My Students summary screen.
2.
Select students to include in the report using the tick boxes. Alternatively click the tick box at the top of the column
to select all the students shown in the list.
3.
Click Print report.
4.
Define a start date and an end date for the report. Information will only be given about ebooks read in the period
between those two dates.
5.
The report is generated as shown below. The report can be customised by adding in comments.
Individual student report
1.
This is accessed by clicking on an individual student’s name from the My Students summary screen.
2.
Click Print.
3.
Define a start date and an end date for the report. Information will only be given about ebooks read in the period
between those two dates.
4.
The report is generated as shown below. The report can be customised by adding in comments.
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My Students
How to monitor students
Monitoring students is a totally optional feature of the software. It allows you to receive alerts about the students
you are monitoring. It also means you can very easily view information about just those students.
How to select students you want to monitor
The easiest way to choose students to monitor is from the My Students screen.
a
The Monitored column tells
you which students you are
monitoring. By default, it is set
to ‘no’, i.e. unless you state
otherwise, you will not be
monitoring any students.
a
b
b
c
How to select students for other teachers to monitor
You may wish to go through all the staff who use the software and assign
them to monitor particular students. For information on how to do this,
see page 21. This is useful if you have a large number of students using the
software with different members of staff responsible for groups of them.
The advantages of monitoring students
It is quite possible to use the software without ever monitoring any students.
It is a totally optional feature. However, it may be a useful feature if there are
a large number of students in your school who use the software and if you
only work with a small number of them.
By monitoring students you have the following advantages:
To select students to monitor,
use the tick boxes and then click
Monitor selected. (The button
is greyed out until you have
selected at least one student.)
The Monitored column for those
students should then change
from ‘no’ to ‘yes’.
c
If at a later point you decide you
want to stop monitoring one or
more students you had selected,
just tick them and then click the
Don’t monitor selected button.
The monitored column for those
students should then change
from ‘yes’ to ‘no’.
You will receive alerts when any of those students run out of ebooks.
You will receive alerts when any of those students have not read an ebook
(i.e. not used the prompt or Read to Me functionality or completed any
quizzes) for more than two weeks
You can choose the ‘Students I monitor’ option from the group dropdown
menus as a convenient way of accessing information about just those
students.
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The Admin screens
The Admin screens
How to interpret the Student Admin screen
The Student Admin screen allows you to set up Rapid Plus accounts for students and to amend the details of those
accounts. You can create as many accounts for students in your school as you need; there is no limit.
a
d
c
b
f
h
e
j
a
Within the Admin tab there are
four sub-tabs. Make sure you are
looking at the one you need!
b
Use the dropdown menus to filter
the list of students to show just
a particular cohort or group.
By default, all the students who
have an account are listed. If
you monitor students (see page
17) you can just select ‘Students
I monitor’ from the ‘Groups’
dropdown.
c
The Quick Search allows you to
enter part of a student’s name to
look for that student.
d
Click Add student to create a new
student account.
g
i
e
All the login details (i.e. usernames
and passwords) are displayed
here. Click on the student’s name
to edit these details.
f
The Monitored by column lists
any adults monitoring each
student. See page 17 for details
about monitoring students; if the
monitoring feature is not being
used, this column will be blank.
g
To delete one or more students,
use the tick boxes to select them
and then click Delete selected.
h
Note that the cohort field gets
updated automatically on the 1st
August every year to move the
student up to the next cohort. After
Year 10, the student moves into a
cohort category called ‘Other’.
i
Click Print to create a document
summarising all these admin
details for the selected students.
You need to tick individual
students to include in this report
or tick the box at the very top of
the column to select all of them.
j
You can turn the Read to Me
functionality on or off for any
student on this screen. Use the
tick boxes to select the relevant
students, and then click either
‘Allow Read to Me’ or ‘Disable
Read to Me’. When Read to Me
is turned off for a student, they
will not be able to see the ‘play’,
‘pause’ or ‘rewind’ buttons for
this functionality in any of the
ebooks they read. See also page
14 for information on Read to Me.
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The Admin screens
How to create student accounts
1.
Click on the Admin tab and then on the Students
sub-tab.
2.
Click Add student.
3.
To create a student account you will need to know
the first and last name of the student and their
cohort. You can also provide an email address
for the student if this is appropriate. (This would
mean that, if the student forgets their login details,
they can request that a reminder be sent to that
address. However, this is an optional field and can be
ignored.)
4.
Choose whether to add student accounts individually
or in bulk. If you want to add individual student
accounts, carry on reading here. If you want to add
students in bulk using a .csv file, see the section
below called ‘Adding student accounts in bulk’.
5.
Fill in the form at the top of the pop-up. You can
ignore the bottom part of the form. You must provide
the cohort and first and last name. Email is optional.
Putting the student into an existing group is also
optional.
6.
Click Add when you are done.
7.
You will be taken back to the list of students. You
should see that the student has been added to
the list. A simple username and password will be
generated for the student and this will be displayed
here. However, these can be changed (see the section
below).
8.
You will need to make a note of the student’s
username and password and share these, along with
the School ID, with the student. You could use the
form on page 24 for sharing this information.
Editing a student’s details
You may want to edit the student’s details. For instance,
you may want to assign a different username or
password to the student.
1.
Click on the name of the student to open a pop-up
populated with that student’s detail.
2.
Make the changes to the form.
3.
Click Save.
Adding student accounts in bulk
Students can also be added in bulk by creating a
spreadsheet of your students’ details.
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The Admin screens
How to create and manage groups
The Groups Admin screen lists all the groups of students that have been created in your school. On this screen you
can view those groups, edit them and delete them.
a
c
d
b
e
a
Remember that there are four
sub-tabs within the Admin area.
Make sure that you are looking
at the right one!
b
All the Rapid Plus groups that
have been created by teachers
at your school are listed here so
you can easily view groups that
others have set up. They are
listed by name, alphabetically.
f
c
Click Add new group to create
a new group. A pop-up will
appear in which you need to give
the group a name and assign
students to it. Remember that
you can also create a group on
the My Students screen (see page
13) but you cannot edit or delete
groups from that screen.
d
For each group, you can see how
many students are in it and the
name of the teacher who created
it.
e
To view more details about a
group, click on its name. This
launches the Edit group pop-up
where you can change the name
of the group and move students
into or out of the group. Click
Save on the pop-up when you
are done.
f
To delete one or more groups,
select them using the tick boxes
and then click Delete selected
groups. Note that when you
delete a group this does not
delete the students who were in
the group, it only removes the
group itself.
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The Admin screens
How to create and edit teacher accounts
The Teacher Admin screen allows you to set up Rapid Plus accounts for teachers and other members of staff and
to amend the details of those accounts. You can create as many accounts for teachers in your school as you need;
there is no limit.
a
c
b
f
d
e
a
Remember that there are four
sub-tabs within the Admin area.
Make sure that you are looking
at the right one!
b
All the teachers or members of
staff who have an account are
listed here, in alphabetical order.
c
Click Add teacher to create a
new account. You will need to
provide a first name, last name
and an email address for the
teacher. An email address is
required for teachers.
d
A username and password will
automatically be created for each
teacher account. By default this
will be based on the teacher’s
first name. You may wish to
amend these login details; just
click on the teacher’s name to do
this.
e
You can edit the details of
any teacher by clicking on the
teacher’s name. A pop-up will
appear in which you can amend
the teacher’s details. This popup is also where you can select
which students that teacher
should monitor (just click the Edit
monitored student button on the
pop-up to do this).
f
To remove one or more teacher
accounts, use the tick boxes to
select them and then click Delete
selected.
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The Admin screens
How to manage licences
The Licences Admin screen details when your subscription to the Rapid Plus Online Software started and when it is
due to expire. This will also include information about how to go about renewing your subscription.
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Student experience
Student experience
How to log in as a student
1.
You first need to make sure that the student you want to login as has
been added to the software (see page 19). You will need to give each
student their personal login details. You can use the Rapid Plus Online
Software at home sheet (on page 24) to enter this information and give
to your students as a photocopiable hand-out.
2.
Go to www.rapid-plus.co.uk
3.
Enter the School ID. This code will be the same for all students and
teachers in your school and is in the registration email that was sent to
the school.
4.
Enter the student’s username and password. If the student has forgotten
their login details, or entered them incorrectly, they will see a message
telling them to try again. If an email address has been given for the
student then the student can click Forgot Login details? to have their
login details sent to that address. They can try again as many times as
required.
5.
Click Login.
6.
The student´s My ebooks screen will now appear. You will see a welcome
message with the student’s name in the navigation panel at the bottom
of the screen.
7.
When you have finished using the Rapid Plus Online Software click
Log out at the bottom left of the screen.
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Student experience
Rapid Plus Online Software at home
The Rapid Plus Online Software aims to help students improve their reading
skills at home and school.
Your Rapid Plus login details
School ID: ___________________________________________________
Username: __________________________________________________
Password: ___________________________________________________
How to log in to the Rapid Plus Online Software
1.
Go to www.rapid-plus.co.uk
2.
Enter your school ID.
3.
Enter your username and password.
4.
Click login.
5.
Your homepage screen will now appear. You should see your name at the
bottom of the screen.
You can now:
Select an ebook from My ebooks to open and read.
Collect Rapid Plus Points by completing the quizzes and finishing your
ebooks. See your points go up on the meter and see rewards appear when
you reach the top of the meter!
Click My rewards to see your rewards whenever you want.
Click Ebooks I have read to see all the ebooks you have completed and
take another look if you want.
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Student experience
Advice about using the software at home
The Rapid Plus Online Software is designed for your child to use independently (although they may like it if you
show an interest in what they are doing!) The texts and activities on the software will be suited to your child’s
needs so you can be confident that they will enjoy the tasks and benefi t from them. The Rapid Plus software is
online and this means that your child can continue ebooks and activities started in school at home. They can
keep building up their total points score wherever they use it.
What does the Rapid Plus Online Software offer?
Read to me
Every Rapid Plus text (fiction and non fiction) can be read aloud to your child by using the ‘Read to me’
function. Hearing a text read aloud is an important part of developing reading skills and you should encourage
your child to use this. If you can spare the time, listen to the text with your child. This gives them the message
that you think reading is important. This functionality can be turned on or off by your child’s teacher, depending
on what he/she feels is most suitable.
Word prompt
Your child can click on any word to hear that word read aloud. You could make a game of this with your child:
Use the cursor to point at a word on the screen
Challenge your child to read the word
Ask your child to click on the word to see if they got it right
Fun quizzes
Every Rapid Plus ebook has a series of follow-up quizzes at the end. These link closely to the text your child
has read but they should be able to answer the questions without looking at the text again. Your child will be
challenged to answer the questions and to score points.
The follow-up activities help your child get better at:
understanding what they have read
understanding how sentences and words work in English
spelling
Your child will score points every time they complete a quiz activity. If they make an error, the software is
designed to give them a clue to get the activity right on a second try. If they still find it tricky they will get a
further clue.
Usually children make mistakes because they are not looking carefully enough at the task and they make a
decision too quickly. Encourage your child to spend a bit of time thinking before they click on their answer.
Success
There are lots of things that can improve pupils’ progress in literacy but using quality software and having the
interest of an adult at home are two key factors. Get involved with your child’s progress and you will both be
delighted with the results.
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Student experience
How to navigate My ebooks
This is the first screen that students will come to once they have logged in. From this screen, students can launch
the ebooks allocated to them and see the number of Rapid Plus Points they have collected.
a
d
b
c
a
The student will see up to eight
print book covers displayed. They
can roll over any cover image to
see the ebooks that go with it.
Depending on what has been
allocated to them, they may
see a fiction ebook title, a nonfiction ebook title or both ebook
titles (for each cover). When the
student has completed an ebook
(i.e. when they have completed
or used all their lives for the
quizzes in that ebook), it will
move to the Ebooks I have read
area.
b
Click on Parent’s help to launch
some information about the
software for parents.
c
The student can use the
navigation panel to move
between the main student
screens: My ebooks, Ebooks I
have read and My rewards. They
will see a welcome message on
the left hand side of the panel.
d
The student can see the number
of Rapid Plus Points they have
collected by looking at the
Rapid Plus Points meter. They
will collect points each time
they finish an ebook (i.e. when
they have completed all the
quizzes). See page 30 for more
information.
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Student experience
How to launch and exit an ebook
1.
Make sure you are in the My ebooks area.
2.
Roll over the thumbnail image of the book cover you want and then choose
the ebook title you wish to launch (you will see the fiction ebook title, nonfiction ebook title or both, depending on what has been allocated).
3.
A pop-up will appear confirming which ebook you have chosen.
In that pop-up, you can also see the maximum number of Rapid Plus Points
that are available in the ebook. The number of quiz activities in the ebook is
shown by the icons in the white panel at the bottom of the pop-up.
4.
Click the open book button to launch the ebook.
5.
To close an ebook after opening it, click the close button on the bottom right
of the ebook screen.
Some points to remember:
When the student exits an ebook, they will see the pop-up shown below. The
icons at the bottom indicate which activities are complete or incomplete (the
completed quiz activity icons are greyed out). At this point, the student can
choose to continue to exit the ebook or they can return to the ebook to keep
reading and complete any unfinished quizzes.
If the student clicks close book after finishing all the quizzes, they will then be
told how many points they have earned. They will also have an opportunity
to give feedback on the ebook by rating it via a star system – 3 stars being
the most positive. You may want to discuss what the star buttons mean with
students so you can use them in the most useful way for your students.
When the student relaunches an incomplete ebook from My ebooks, they will
be reminded how many points are available in the ebook. The quiz icons that
they have completed will be greyed out.
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Student experience
How to navigate an ebook
The Rapid Plus Online Software offers students an audio narration of the text as well as the ability to click on any
particular word to hear that word. They can also zoom in on the text and pictures. The ebooks contain fun quizzes
to develop students’ skills and motivate them as they read, as well as providing you with information on their
reading skills.
g
a
b
Look out for the Rapid Plus
hotspots. These show when
a page has a quiz question.
They are usually on the last
page (i.e. the Quiz page) of each
ebook but fiction books in Stages
7-9 also have hotspots at the end
of Chapters 1, 2 and 3. Click the
hotspot icon to launch the quiz.
When the student has completed
a quiz, the hotspot will change as
shown.
a
Use this button to adjust audio.
If you cannot hear audio when
using the software you should
check the settings here plus the
settings on your own computer.
c
e
d
b
Click the magnifying glass icon to
zoom in on the current page, e.g.
to focus on the text or pictures.
You can then pan around the
page. Click again to zoom out.
c
Click the Read to me play
button to hear the audio for the
current page in the book. You
can pause and restart this audio
as required. One sentence in
the text at a time is highlighted
to accompany the audio. This
helps students to make the link
between the audio and the text.
d
Click the left and right arrow
buttons to go to the previous or
next page.
f
e
You can type in any page number
to go straight to that page.
f
Click to close the ebook. You will
see a summary of how many
quizzes have been completed in
that ebook. You will get a choice
to keep reading and return to the
ebook or to continue to close the
ebook.
g
You can click on any word in
the text to hear that word read
aloud. A list of clicked words for
each ebook is recorded by the
software in the teacher area so
you can review how a student is
using the facility (see page 14).
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Student experience
How to answer quizzes
The quizzes are a great way to engage students and to motivate their reading through the collection of Rapid
Plus Points. The software also provides you with real-time information about students’ progress, based on their
performance in these quizzes.
1.
Click on a Rapid Plus hotspot to launch a quiz question. You will normally
find these on the last page of each ebook (i.e. the Quiz page) but fiction
books in Stages 7-9 also have hotspots at the end of Chapters 1, 2 and
3. In each ebook, there will be at least one quiz focusing on each of the
following:
literal comprehension
inferential comprehension
word knowledge, author style or non-fiction features
spelling.
a
a
The quiz activities all have audio.
The main instruction text plays
automatically when the activity
is opened. To hear it again, just
press the speaker button.
b
b
c
2.
The student has three attempts to complete each quiz correctly.
3.
If the student answers all parts of the quiz on that screen correctly, they
will see a positive feedback screen. A green tick will appear next to the
answers. The Done button may then be greyed out to show that the quiz
is complete. The Back to the ebook button will flash to show what to do
next.
4.
If the student answers any part of the quiz incorrectly on their first or
second attempt, they will see a feedback message encouraging them
to try again. For some quizzes, the feedback is specifically related to the
task, to support them to reach the right answer. They can then try again.
Green ticks and red crosses will be shown to indicate what they need to
change.
5.
If the student answers any part of the quiz incorrectly on their third and
final attempt, they will see a feedback message telling them to click a
Show answers button to see what they should have put. They should
take a look at this screen before returning to the ebook so that they can
learn from their mistakes.
Click Done when the instructions
have been followed. To support
students, this button can only
be clicked once enough answers
have been selected or attempted.
A feedback pop-up will appear
after clicking Done.
c
Click the book icon to go back to
the ebook page you were on.
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Student experience
How to receive rewards
Once the student has completed an ebook and all the quizzes within it, the
new Rapid Plus Points that they have collected will be added to the points
meter on their My ebooks screen. The student will see the level on the meter
rise and they will also see their total number of points as a figure.
Once the number of Rapid Plus Points reaches the top of the meter, the
student will earn a reward. This will be shown in a reward pop-up. The reward
takes two forms:
A sticker: the student accumulates stickers as they use the software. The
number of stickers a student has earned is recorded by the software and
the teacher can see a running total for each student. If they choose, the
teacher could then link the number of stickers earned to the school’s own
reward policy.
A joke: the student also gets a joke with every sticker. These are different
from the jokes in the print books and can be read aloud for the student by
pressing the speaker button next to the joke.
When the student closes the reward pop-up, they will see any remaining
points earned get added to their meter.
To see how many stickers they have earned and to revisit all the jokes they
have collected, the student will need to navigate to My rewards. They can
open their joke book by clicking the Open joke book button.
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Student experience
How to view completed ebooks
The Ebooks I have read screen allows the student to view all the ebooks they have completed since starting to
use Rapid Plus. This means they can revisit favourite books and have another go at quizzes whenever they want.
This area also helps further motivate students by showing a running total of the number of ebooks that they have
completed.
a
b
c
a
All the Rapid Plus ebooks that a
student has completed are shown
and can be launched from here.
To launch an ebook, just roll over
a cover image and select the
ebook title from the list shown
(e.g. the fiction ebook or the
non-fiction ebook).
b
Only a small number of book
covers can be shown on screen at
a time so the student may need
to use the arrow buttons to scroll
through them.
c
The counter shows how
many ebooks the student has
completed since starting to use
the software.
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Minimum requirements
Minimum requirements
Windows PC:
Hardware:
• Pentium ® 4 1GHz processor or equivalent (2 GHz vista)
• 512 MB RAM (1GB required for Vista)
• 24 bit / high colour
• Sound card
• 1024 x 768 screen resolution
Software:
• Windows XP Pro sp3 / Vista sp2 / Windows 7
• Internet Explorer 7+, Mozilla Firefox 3.5+
• Adobe Flash Plug-in V10
• Office 2003 or later (or 100% compatible alternative)
For read-only access, you may download the viewer applications for Word,
Excel or PowerPoint for free, from www.microsoft.com.
• Adobe Reader (8 or later – available for free from www.adobe.com)
* Earlier versions of Windows may run the site, but will not have been tested
upon or supported in the event of an error.
Macintosh:
Hardware:
• Power Mac G4 1.25 GHz
• 1GB RAM
• 1024 x 768 screen resolution
Software:
• Mac OS X 10.4.11
• Mozilla Firefox 3.5+, Safari 4+
• Adobe Flash Plug-in V10
• Microsoft Office 2004 or later (or 100% compatible alternative)
• Adobe Reader (8 or later – available for free from www.adobe.com)
* Earlier versions of OS X may run the site, but will not have been tested
upon or supported in the event of an error.
* Pearson makes no representations for the availability or suitability of thirdparty software.
Please note that while it is possible to run the Rapid Plus Software on
Apple Macintosh computers, it is NOT possible to use it on Apple tablets,
such as the iPad, or Apple smartphones such as the iPhone. This is due to
the fact that these pieces of hardware do not support Adobe Flash Player.
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
Text © Pearson Education Limited 2011
ISBN: 9780992417178
Copyright notice
All rights reserved. The material in this publication is copyright. You may annotate, copy, or print out sections of text
or pictures only where expressly allowed in the product and the accompanying materials, solely for use within your
purchasing institution.
Creation of Rapid Plus platform by Unovision Ltd - www.unovision.co.uk
Activities written by Shirley Button and Julia Waines
Voiceover recording © Pearson Education Ltd / Tom Dick + Debbie Productions with thanks to Charles Armstrong and
Wayne Forester
Original illustrations © Pearson Education Limited 2011
Illustrated by: Mark Boardman (5b fiction titles), Ollie Cuthbertson (3b and 7 Vikings fiction titles), Stephen Elford (5a
fiction titles), Nelson Evergreen (8 Ghosts fiction titles), Dylan Gibson (3a, 4a and 6a fiction titles), Fabio Leone (9 Chillers
fiction titles), Sonia Possentini (9 Supernatural fiction titles), Peter Richardson (4b and 6b fiction titles), Andy Stephens (6a
fiction titles), Daniel Tarrant (8 Crime fiction titles) and Paul Williams (7 Fame fiction titles).
Print titles
The right of Diana Bentley, Jon Blake, David Clayton, Julia Golding, David Grant, Dennis Hamley, Alison Hawes, Benjamin
Hulme-Cross, Sylvia Karavis, Penny Kendal and Dee Reid to be identified as authors of the Rapid Plus texts has been
asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Acknowledgements
The publisher would like to thank the following for their kind permission to reproduce their photographs.
Activities:
Rapid Plus 3a: Canals
Word Knowledge: Fotolia / twoonealpha; Comprehension: Shutterstock / George Burba
Rapid Plus 3a: How Embarrassing!
Word Knowledge: Rex Features / Ken McKay; Comprehension: Rex Features / Ray Tang
Rapid Plus 3a: Gum
Word Knowledge: iStockPhoto.com / Izabela Habur; Comprehension: iStockPhoto.com / Lise Gagne
Rapid Plus 3a: History of Cool
Word Knowledge: Alamy / Trinity Mirror / Mirrorpix; Comprehension (inferential): iStockPhoto.com / Craig Swatton
Comprehension (literal): Getty Images / Walter Sanders
Rapid Plus 3b: Fangs
Word Knowledge: Shutterstock / Cathy Keifer; Comprehension: Shutterstock / Rolandino
Rapid Plus 3b: Man-eaters
Word Knowledge: iStockPhoto.com / Nancy Nehring; Comprehension: iStockPhoto.com / kristian sekulic
Rapid Plus 3b: Raptors
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Acknowledgements
Word Knowledge: Shutterstock / Ronnie Howard; Comprehension: Fotalia / Yakov Stavchansky
Rapid Plus 3b: Roman Slaves
Word Knowledge: iStockPhoto.com / Amanda Rohde; Comprehension: iStockPhoto.com / Vladimir Maravic
Rapid Plus 4a: History of Loos
Word Knowledge and Comprehension: iStockPhoto.com / Michael Courtney
Rapid Plus 4a: Salt
Word Knowledge: Corbis / Corbis Sports; Comprehension: Shutterstock / Jiri Hera
Rapid Plus 4a: Scared
Word Knowledge: Shutterstock / Maria Dryfhout; Comprehension: iStockPhoto.com / Sharon Dominick
Rapid Plus 4a: Too Hot?
Word Knowledge: Shutterstock / S J Francis; Comprehension: Shutterstock / AJP
Rapid Plus 4b: Earthquakes
Word Knowledge: Getty Images /Jewel Samad; Comprehension: Corbis / Corbis News
Rapid Plus 4b: Tornadoes
Word Knowledge: Getty Images /National Geographic; Comprehension: Photolibrary
Rapid Plus 4b: Survival
Word Knowledge: Corbis / Archival; Comprehension: Mary Evans Picture Library
Rapid Plus 4b: The Worst Fire
Word Knowledge: Press Association Images / AP; Comprehension: Getty Images / AFP / Torsten Blackwood
Rapid Plus 5a: April Fool!
Word Knowledge: All images courtesy of Paul Bailey of williamsfotos.co.uk; Comprehension: Getty Images / Keystone /
Hulton Archive
Rapid Plus 5a: Kung Fu
Word Knowledge: Press Association Images / AP; Comprehension: iStockPhoto.com / dondesigns
Rapid Plus 5a: Really Big Lies
Word Knowledge & Comprehension (Literature): Shutterstock / jovannig; Comprehension (Non-Fiction): Abagnale and
Associates
Rapid Plus 5a: The Wrong Man
Word Knowledge & Comprehension: iStockPhoto.com / Rtimages
Rapid Plus 5b: Bridges
Word Knowledge: Mary Evans Picture Library; Comprehension: Shutterstock / Sailor
Rapid Plus 5b: Car Crime
Word Knowledge: Shutterstock / Dudarev Mikhail; Comprehension: Fotolia / photocreo
Rapid Plus 5b: Hoaxers
Word Knowledge: iStockPhoto.com / Emilie Duchesne; Comprehension: iStockPhoto.com / Mlenny Photography
Rapid Plus 5b: Miracle Landings
Word Knowledge: Shutterstock / Dobresum; Comprehension: Shutterstock / Tyler Olson
Rapid Plus 6a: Get the Message
Word Knowledge: Pearson Education Ltd / Sophie Bluy; Comprehension: Getty Images / Photodisc
Rapid Plus 6a: Hackers
Word Knowledge: Shutterstock / IKO; Comprehension: Shutterstock / Paul Fleet
Rapid Plus 6a: Viruses Attack!
Word Knowledge: Shutterstock / MathaGraphics; Comprehension: Shutterstock / PzAxe, Shutterstock / wawritto
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Acknowledgements
Rapid Plus 6a: What’s the Password?
Word Knowledge: Shutterstock / Pedro Miguel Sousa; Comprehension: Shutterstock / Denis Vrublevski
Rapid Plus 6b: 33 Brave Men
Word Knowledge: Shutterstock / Dennis Donohue; Comprehension: PA Photos / Chilean Government
Rapid Plus 6b: Simulation
Word Knowledge: Alamy / Justin Leighton; Comprehension: Getty Images / AFP / Roslan Rahman
Rapid Plus 6b: Space Facts
Word Knowledge & Comprehension: Shutterstock / dezignor
Rapid Plus 6b: Space Travel
Word Knowledge & Comprehension: NASA
Rapid Plus 7 Vikings: Up Helly Aa
Literal Comprehension: Alamy Images / Dave Donaldson; Inferential Comprehension: Alamy Images / Roger Cracknell
01 / Classic; Non-fiction: Press Association / Andrew Milligan / PA Archive
Rapid Plus 7 Vikings: Viking Weapons
Literal Comprehension: FotoLibra / Mandy Collins; Inferential Comprehension: Photolibrary.com / John Coutts; Nonfiction: Getty Images / The Bridgeman Art Library
Rapid Plus 7 Fame: Doubles
Literal Comprehension: Getty Images / Ian Gavan; Inferential Comprehension: Getty Images / Stone +; Non-fiction:
Shutterstock.com / PhotoStock10
Rapid Plus 7 Fame: Super Fans
Literal Comprehension: iStockPhoto / cynoclub; Inferential Comprehension: Shutterstock.com / Szymon Apanowicz
Rapid Plus 8 Crime: Dumb Criminals
Literal Comprehension: Shutterstock.com / Uss Sergey Valentinovich; Inferential Comprehension: Alamy Images / Vario
Images GmbH & Co. KG; Non-fiction: Shutterstock.com / Willie Cole
Rapid Plus 8 Crime: Forensics
Literal Comprehension & Non-fiction: Science Photo Library / Mauro Fermariello; Inferential Comprehension:
Shutterstock.com / Alexander Vasilgev
Rapid Plus 8 Ghosts: Buried Alive
Literal Comprehension: iStockPhoto / © spxChrome; Inferential Comprehension: Getty Images / SuperStock; Nonfiction: Shutterstock.com / Fer Gregory
Rapid Plus 8 Ghosts: Scared for Fun
Literal Comprehension: Shutterstock.com / Michaela Stejskalova; Inferential Comprehension: Masterfile UK Ltd /
Graham French; Non-fiction: Ronald Grant Archive
Rapid Plus 9 Chillers: Dead Bodies
Literal Comprehension: Shutterstock.com / Lichtmeister; Inferential Comprehension: Mary Evans Picture Library /
Ronald Grant Archive; Non-fiction: Alamy Images / Mary Evans Picture Library
Rapid Plus 9 Chillers: Running with Wolves
Literal Comprehension & Non-fiction: Getty Images / National Geographic; Inferential Comprehension: Alamy Images /
Alaska Stock
Rapid Plus 9 Supernatural: Chain Reaction
Literal Comprehension: Corbis / Bettmann; Inferential Comprehension: Kobal Collection / Columbia / Marvel; Nonfiction: Shutterstock.com / Myn-Jhee
Rapid Plus 9 Supernatural: History of Angels
Literal Comprehension: Corbis / Alfredo Dagli Orti / The Art Archive; Inferential Comprehension: Getty Images / Film
Magic / Jason LaVeris; Non-fiction: Glow Images
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Acknowledgements
ebooks:
Rapid Plus 3a: Canals
Alamy Images: David Hoffman Photo Library 16, nobleIMAGES 1, 17, tradewinds 20; Fotolia.com: twoonealpha 21;
iStockphoto: Elzbieta Sekowska 18; Press Association Images: Ian Nicholson / PA Archive 22; Rex Features: Neil Bird 23;
Shutterstock.com: George Burba 15, Tramper 19
Cover images: Back: Rex Features: Neil Bird
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