Literacy Time PLUS Ages 7 to 9: Literacy Time PLUS Ages 7 to 9 November 2008

Newspaper maker – Create your own newspaper front page with this great interactive writing kit
Billy Elliot – Introduce the powerful and moving story of Billy Elliot and explore how this tale has been told on screen, on the stage and on the page
Create a cartoon strip! – A fun, visual, expert, step-by-step guide to producing an original cartoon strip by David Parkins
Poem: Reading a Bonfire, Top to Bottom – An unusual and beautifully descriptive poem featuring metaphors and similes
Grim Gruesome Viking Villain – An extract from Rosalind Kerven’s exciting historical novel
Play: The Great Chocolate Money Mystery – This play, by Eileen Jones, is ideal for perfomrnce at Christmas time

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 – ‘Getting animated’ by Mim Barnes.

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 January 2009 (published in January):

Resources on a ‘Pirates’ theme – True Pirate Stories leaflet PLUS the second part of our filmed performance poetry workshop by Paul Cookson
Old Scuttlebutt’s Treasure Island – Crack the coded messages, solve the clues and find the booty with this treasure map poster
Poem: Percy the Pirate – Colin West’s humorous poem about a pirate with a secret weapon
Play: Captain Scallop is Scuppered – Peter Riley’s comical play about a crew of shipwrecked pirates