50 Shared Texts is a series of anthologies for shared reading - one title for each year. Each title contains 50 photocopiable extracts covering the year-appropriate range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Each extract is supported by teacher's notes and an annotated mini-version of each extract to show how it can be worked into the lesson. Teacher's notes show how text can be used to teach multiple objectives and ideas are given for reading and writing activities. The texts in 50 Shared Texts for Year 2 include: extracts from stories with familiar settings; extracts from stories by significant children's writers; stories and poems from other cultures; traditional stories; poems with familiar settings; poems that play with language; instructions; non-chronological reports; explanations; and, extracts from dictionaries and theasauruses.