Highwire Set C 12 Titles

Highwire Set C offers a further extension to the successful Highwire series, featuring 12 magazine-style titles designed to motivate students aged 11 and older. These engaging, visually impactful issues focus on modern themes and complex topics suited to maturing readers. The contemporary design and content are carefully matched with an embedded instructional focus in each issue, allowing students to practise and master key comprehension strategies. Perfect for middle years literacy programs, each magazine supports discussion, analysis, and deeper critical engagement. Highwire Set C is ideal for encouraging reluctant readers and challenging students who are ready for more advanced texts and themes.

Educational Benefits:

• Promotes comprehension of increasingly sophisticated texts and ideas.
• Encourages critical thinking and discussion through relevant topics.
• Builds confidence and fluency in upper primary and early secondary readers.
• Supports cross-curricular connections with themes from science, society, and personal growth.

Classroom Ideas:

• Facilitate student debates on issues raised in each magazine.
• Use texts for modelling complex sentence structures and persuasive writing.
• Integrate articles into thematic units (e.g., technology, resilience).
• Run a book club-style discussion for each issue in small groups.