Download or read book Oxford Reading Tree: Stage 8: Workbooks: Workbook 2: The Rainbow Machine and The Flying Carpet (Pack of 6) written by Thelma Page and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1995-01-19 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magpies Workbooks provide valuable reading and language support for the Magpies Storybooks at Stages 8 and 9. The range of activities to accompany each storybook encourages children to look more closely at the stories, to focus on comprehension, aspects of language and grammar; develop greater rhyme awareness; sequencing skills and alphabet knowledge and creative writing. There is a progression within the stage and from stages 8 to 9.