Literacy Time PLUS Ages 9 to 11: Literacy Time PLUS Ages 9 to 11 July 2008

Years 5 and 6, JULY 2008

The latest issue of LITERACY TIME PLUS on the theme of the Tudors includes:

• Interactive ‘Name that Tudor’ resource – Identify the famous Tudors using the biographical clues
• He Just Can’t Kick It With His Foot – A funny audio football poem, written and performed by Paul Cookson
• Speech by the Earl of Essex – A poetic speech in praise of Queen Elizabeth I made at a jousting tournament
• Cakes fit for a king – A hybrid text including a recipe for Maid of Honour cakes
• The case for and against Henry VIII – All the facts you need to explore the Y5/Y6 Transition Unit on Persuasion
• Historical Fiction extracts – Extracts from Julia Jarman’s ‘The Time-travelling Cat and the Tudor Treasure’ and ‘My Diary: Anne Boleyn and Me’ by Alison Prince

These are accompanied by a 24-page magazine which includes: * Teachers’ Notes and photocopiable worksheets * Teachers’ planning charts * Book news, offers and events * Feature article – Andrew Thraves looks at a new reading measure coming to the UK – Lexiles.

Next issue September 2008 (published in September):

• Newspaper maker – Create a newspaper front page using this interactive template
• Performance Poetry – The Jumper Granny Knitted
• The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus – Ogden Nash’s humorous cautionary tale about a boy who tries to spoil everyone’s Christmas-time fun
• Information texts – A recount of Lourdes, and an information poster about Llanelli