Welcome to the Literacy pages.
Feel free to browse through the Fiction reading ideas and resources listed below,
or use the menu bar above to browse through the other Literacy areas.

• Handa's Surprise - A Smart Notebook file supporting ideas and themes covered in the story Handa's Surprise.
• Can you guess the characters? - A Powerpoint presentation which gives children clues about particular story characters. Can they use the clues to guess the characters? Contributed by Emma Holliday.
• Lazy Ozzie character map and settings - A handy character map and settings sheet based on the story of Lazy Ozzie. Originally intended for Years 1/2 and created by Carol Vincent.
• Maps from Stories - An interesting way of thinking about how people respond to stories in different ways.
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Comprehension - A set of wonderful comprehension sheets (PDF) based on "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl. Contributed by Jonathan Gray.
• George's Marvellous Medicine Activities - Reading, Writing, and Speaking and Listening activities, based on Roald Dahl's book.
• Roald Dahl Day - Organise a Roald Dahl Day with lots of fantastic activities.
• Critical Literacy - A complete set of resources to encourage children to think critically about literacy.
• Little Wolf Activities - Lots of activities based on the book, Little Wolf's Book of Badness.
• Sword Quest / Sword Bird Reading Guide - Information about the books 'Sword Quest' and 'Sword Bird' by Nancy Yi Fan, with reading group questions and extension activities. Contributed by 'Reading for Kids'.
• The Butterfly Lion Plans - Year 5 planning for the 'Significant Author & Narrative Unit' based on Michael Morpurgo's book, The Butterfly Lion along with other books. Contributed by Thomas McNeil.

• Olympic Poem - A poem based on the Olympics which you can read to your children. Contributed by Victoria Scale-Constantinou.
• The Sound Collector - Bring poetry to life with this idea based on "The Sound Collector" by Roger McGough.
• The Highwayman - Ideas for using the poem 'The Highwayman' with your class.
• Poetry Puzzle - A practical activity, which encourages children to think about different types of poems and their characteristics.
• Poem Activities - A set of activities, linked to the included poem 'A Sad Song about Greenwich Village' by Frances Park. Contributed by Nadya.

These contributions are moderated, so they may not appear to other visitors immediately. All ideas submitted here may be added to their own dedicated page on the site at a later date. Please leave your name so that I can credit your contribution, if you would like me to.

You can also submit ideas and resources via email, or using this form.

Links to other sites:

• Storynory.com - Storynory.com has a great range of children's audio stories to download. It is a great way of introducing children to classic literature.
• Phoneme Machine - A groundbreaking computer programme that uses the International Phonetic Alphabet and moving human lips to demonstrate the pronunciation of sounds.
• Kids and Reading - Kids and Reading contains a large number of articles about reading all written by a team of experts.
• Succeed2Read - A free reading test which can be administered by parents or teachers.
• Much Ado About Nothing - Interactive quizzes linked to the comedy by William Shakespeare.
• Contact an Author - Find authors and possibly even book one to visit your school, with this very useful site!
• Just One More Book - A thrice-weekly podcast which promotes and celebrates literacy and great children's books.
• Peter Rabbit - A lovely site based on the Peter Rabbit stories. Includes information about the author, competitions and fun activities.

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