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

Olympic Dictionary Game – Spot the correct definitions of 30 words associated with the Olympic Games, ancient and modern
Conversation Poetry frames(Part 2) – The second part of Kevin McCann’s interactive poetry frames
An interview with Dame Kelly Holmes – Dame Kelly talks about her Olympic achievements, her children’s books and her role as National School Sports Champion
How to… conduct an interview – Ideas on how to get the best from your interviews
Olympic-themed poetry – Pindar’s ‘Olympian Ode’ and ‘Uncle Alfred’s Long Jump’ by Gareth Owen
Bird of Paradise – A football story by David Clayton, set in Brazil

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 – Honor Wilson-Fletcher tells us all about ‘The National Year of Reading’.

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):

Texts on a Tudors theme – Including an interactive ‘Name that Tudor’ resource
Speech by the Earl of Essex – Poetic tribute to Queen Elizabeth I made at a jousting tournament
Cakes fit for a king – A hybrid text containing a recipe for Maid of Honour cakes, believed to date from Tudor times
Tudor story extracts – Extracts from ‘My Diary: Anne Boleyn and me’ by Alison Prince, and Julia Jarman’s ‘The Time-travelling Cat and the Tudor Treasure’