Literacy Time PLUS Ages 9 to 11: Literacy Time PLUS Ages 9 to 11 November 2009

Years 5 and 6, NOVEMBER 2009

The latest issue of LITERACY TIME PLUS on a SACRED TEXTS theme includes:

• Sacred Texts poster – Find out about the sacred texts which are central to six of the world’s main religions.
• The voice of the voiceless – A biography of the great African religious and political figure, Bishop Desmond Tutu.
• The Ark of Odessa – Jacob is studying for his Bar Mitzvah when a ghostly figure appears. An original tale, linked to the story of Noah’s Ark, complete with glossary and explanation of the story’s meaning.
• Author study: Anita Ganeri – An on-screen author study kit, focusing on Anita Ganeri – with extracts from Buddhist Stories and The Qur’an and Islam, a biography and bibliography.
• Dancing Ganapati – An audio poem to share, complete with background information on the elephant-headed god, Ganapati, information on elephants in history, and a biography of Debjani Chatterjee.
• How to tell tales Part 3: Painting pictures with words – Part 3 of our story writing workshop series by Writer-in-residence Antony Lishak explores how to add colour, detail and interest to your story writing.

These are accompanied by the 28-page Teachers’ Notes magazine: