Rollercoasters: Diverse Words and Voices

Rollercoasters: Diverse Words and Voices has been designed to support you in diversifying your KS3 and KS4 English curriculum. This collection includes over 30 fiction and non-fiction text extracts that celebrate diversity from a wide range of classic and contemporary authors, including Sharna Jackson, Floella Benjamin, Monisha Rajesh, Malala Yousafzai, Magean Rapinoe, Stephen Hawking, Samira Ahmed, Dara McNaulty, Patrick Ness, Kit de Waal, Lemn Sissay, Christy Brown, and more. The extracts also feature characters with a diverse range of perspectives and experiences, ensuring that more students see themselves represented in the texts taught in the English classroom. The texts can be used flexibly, enabling them to fit seamlessly into existing schemes of work.