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

Space Dictionary Game – An interactive, ‘Call My Bluff’ style game in which players must choose the correct definition for 30 words associated with the topic of Space
Travelling to a new world – Navigate this on-screen text and learn about life on board the space ark, ‘Perseus’. Pictures, sounds and text combine to inspire a range of creative writing ideas.
The Star Beast – An extract from the classic science-fiction short story by Nicholas Stuart Gray
Are we alone? – David Clayton examines the evidence for and against extra-terrestrial life
Classic Poetry: The Moon by Emily Dickinson – A classic poem featuring simile and metaphor – plus click on the moons in the interactive poster to reveal hidden information screens
The Ashton Family Space Log – The journal of a family on board a space ark

These are accompanied by the 16 page Teachers’ Notes magazine:

Lesson plans and teaching ideas for each poster and reading leaflet.

Differentiated photocopiable worksheets including SAT-style assessment tests.

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):

Victorian workhouse resources – Including extracts from Berlie Doherty’s novel and play script version of ‘Street Child’
Interactive resource: Life in the workhouse – David Clayton looks at what life was really like in the workhouse in this interactive resource
Orders for the Poor in Doncaster workhouse – This pre-1834 document lays out the rules and weekly menu for inhabitants of the workhouse
Robert Burns poem – To commemorate Burns’ 250th anniversary, one of his classic poems ‘Address to Edinburgh’