Shortlisted in The Australian Educational Publishing Awards 2009: Primary Teacher Reference category"Accelerating literacy with popular children’s books"!
This is the perfect companion to help you accelerate literacy standards in your classroom. It contains eight units of work. Each unit provides a scaffold for the reading of a popular children’s picture book.
Every unit includes:
literary techniques and grammar
ideas for display
developing prior knowledge
enriching the reading experience
connecting to other Learning Areas
taking it further
8 photocopiable worksheets.
Also included is a theme and topic index, so that you can connect and integrate the children’s books across the curriculum.
Contents:
How to get the most out of Focus on Literature
Literature in the classroom
Teaching the units of work
Theme and topic index
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Being Bee by Catherine Bateson
I Did Nothing by Gary Crew and Mark Wilson
Amelia Dee and the Peacock Lamp by Odo Hirsch
The Floods: Neighbours by Colin Thompson
Mahtab’s Story by Libby Gleeson
Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson
The Petrifying Problem with Princess Petronella by L M Moriarty
The Chain of Charms: The Gypsy Crown by Kate Forsyth
Also available: Focus on Literature Ages 8 - 10 Focus on Literature Ages 10+
