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

New Anglo-Saxon Times – Read about four Anglo-Saxon events in this virtual newspaper.
Eight Anglo-Saxon riddles – Can you solve these eight ancient riddles reworked by Rosalind Kerven.
King Alfred the Great – Biographical text on the man considered one of the greatest kings in history.
The heroic tale of Hiltgunt and Waldere – Travel back to the time when Attila of the Huns terrorised the land in this Anglo-Saxon story.
The Sword in the Stone – An original play script by Brenda Williams about the Arthurian legend.
How to tell tales Part 2: Attention-grabbing openings – The second in our six-part story writing workshop from Writer-in-residence, Antony Lishak.

These are accompanied by the 28-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 November 2009 (published in November):

Resources on a Sacred texts theme – Including an information text exploring the holy texts of the world’s six major religions
The voice of the voiceless – A biography of Desmond Tutu.
Author study: Anita Ganeri – A biography, book list and book extracts from award-winner Anita Ganeri.
How to tell tales Part 3: Painting pictures with words – The third part of our six-part story writing workshop by Literacy Time PLUS Writer-in-residence, Antony Lishak.