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

Years 5 and 6, SEPTEMBER 2008

The latest issue of LITERACY TIME PLUS includes:

• Newspaper maker – Create a newspaper front page using this interactive template
• Performance Poetry – Paul Cookson’s 3-part poetry workshop starts with a filmed whole-school performance
• Lourdes, a special place – A recount of a visit to Lourdes, with background information about the religious significance of the town
• The story of a town: Llanelli – Find out all about this Welsh town and access a special multi-layered version of the poster online
• The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus – Ogden Nash’s cautionary tale is perfect for Christmas performance
• The Cat Who Beckons – Traditional style story, set in Japan, perfect for reading aloud

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

Next issue November 2008 (published in November):

• 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 short story by Nicholas Stuart Gray
• Are we alone? – David Clayton examines the evidence for and against extra-terrestrial life