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

Conversation Poetry Frames (Part 1) – Use these interactive poetry frames to write your own conversation poems
Michael Rosen conversation poem – ‘Mum’ll be coming home today’ – a touching family poem from the Children’s Laureate
The Bagthorpes: Ordinary Jack – An extract from Helen Cresswell’s novel on a family theme
How to… write dialogue – Celia Warren gives some ideas on dialogue writing
Stormbreaker – An extract from the book, movie, author and actor interviews and an Author profile
Letters, diaries and journals – Extracts from family-themed recounts by Queen Victoria, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Roald Dahl and Jim Benton

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 – ‘It’s never to late’ to inspire reluctant readers says Paul Blum.

New Literacy Objectives – Teaching links to the new Primary Framework for Literacy are all mapped out for you.

Free Downloadable Pages – All the photocopiable pages and objectives charts can be downloaded, as well as great extra material such as Author profiles.

Scottish and Northern Ireland literacy objectives are featured as online planning charts.

Next issue May 2008 (published in May):

Resources on an Olympic Games theme – including an Interactive Olympic dictionary game
Conversation Poetry frames (Part 2) – The second part of our interactive conversation poetry frames resource
An interview with Dame Kelly Holmes – In this poster Dame Kelly talks to us about her achievements, her children’s books and her role as National School Sports champion
How to… conduct an interview – Learn how to get the best from your subject in an interview