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

Years 3 and 4, MAY 2008

The latest issue on the theme of Traditional Tales includes:

• Traditional Story Frames – Electronic writing frames to help your class create their own traditional stories
• The Coming of the Iron Man – A descriptive audio poem by Brenda Williams based on the opening of Ted Hughes’ ‘The Iron Man’
• Real-life Olympic Legends – Check out the statistics on Olympic heroes, past and present
• How to… spot a tradtional tale – Learn how to tell the difference between a fairytale, a fable a myth and a legend
• Twisting Tales – Poems by Celia Warren and Brenda Williams offering a new take on traditional tales
• Diaries and letters – Letters and diaries written by famous story characters – including Friar Tuck, the young King Arthur, Rapunzel and the tortoise from Aesop’s fable

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 – Poet Kevin McCann asks – ‘Should it rhyme?’

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 July 2008 (published in July):

• Our sixtieth issue has a Diamonds theme – With a TV news broadcast and newspaper report covering a fictional diamond theft
• Diamonds and Toads – A retelling of Perrault’s classic fairy tale by Margaret Nash
• Anthony Horowitz ‘Diamond Brothers’ series – An extract from ‘I Know What You did Last Wednesday’
• The Boneyard Rap – An audio version of Wes Magee’s comical rap-style poem