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Focus on Literacy... Are you increasing your focus on literacy in the classroom, or looking for new ideas for classroom activities to promote literacy? Routledge (with David Fulton Books) offers a wide range of books and resources to support you in teaching reading, writing, speaking and listening in your classroom. Alphabet and Counting Sentences Try writing ‘counting’ sentences from one to ten. You might provide some sort of instruction such as alliteration, similes, include a proper noun, an advert or drop in a relative clause, etc. One wild wombat, which was white and weary, waited wisely. Two tired toucans, which were tiny and tousled, tried to tiptoe tastefully. Three threadbare thimbles, which balanced theatrically, threw a thrusting thoroughbred… Another simple way to frame sentences is to use the alphabet. One challenge would be for each letter to start the next word. A harder constraint would be for each letter to start the next word. Who can write the fewest sentences, using the whole alphabet in order. A big cat dug eagerly for gold, hourly in jealous kinship…. Sample Activity from Jumpstart! Grammar: Games and Activities for Ages 6-14 by Pie Corbett and Julia Strong. Books to Support Early Years Practitioners… Books to Support Primary Teachers… SUPPORTING BOYS’ WRITING IN THE EARLY YEARS Becoming a Writer in Leaps and Bounds Julie Cigman May 2014: 150pp Pb: 978-0-415-82611-2 TEACHING MATHEMATICS THROUGH STORY A Creative Approach for the Early Years Caroline McGrath June 2014: 174pp Pb: 978-0-415-68815-4 COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERACY IN THE EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE Helen Bradford December 2008: 134pp Pb: 978-0-415-47427-6 SUPPORTING EARLY LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Spirals for Babies and Toddlers Marion Nash, Jackie Lowe and David Leah August 2012: 136pp Pb: 978-0-415-69756-9 PLANNING AN APPROPRIATE CURRICULUM IN THE EARLY YEARS A Guide for Early Years Practitioners and Leaders, Students and Parents, 3rd Edition Rosemary Rodger January 2012: 218pp Pb: 978-0-415-58304-6 DESCRIPTOSAURUS Supporting Creative Writing for Ages 8-14, 2nd Edition Alison Wilcox March 2013: 252pp Hb: 978-0-415-64086-2 LET’S WRITE Activities to Develop Writing Skills for 7-11 Year Olds John Foster January 2014: 186pp Pb: 978-0-415-72850-8 JUMPSTART! GRAMMAR Games and Activities for Ages 6-14 Pie Corbett and Julia Strong June 2014: 216pp Pb: 978-0-415-83110-9 SPELLING FOR LIFE Uncovering the Simplicity and Science of Spelling Lyn Stone October 2013: 280pp Pb: 978-0-415-85693-5 SPELLING RULES, RIDDLES AND REMEDIES Advice and Activities to Enhance Spelling Achievement for All Sally Raymond March 2014: 158pp Pb: 978-0-415-71000-8 David Fulton Books
20% Discount Offer* Routledge would like to offer you a 20% discount on all print books purchased via www.routledge.com before 31/12/2015. To claim your 20% discount, please enter discount code NLT15 when ordering. sËppor†iˆg Volcanoes - Descriptive Words, Phrases and Sentences Words: Nouns – Cone, crater, fountain, cauldron, clouds, steam, bubbles, fumes, fire, smoke, ash, rocks, lava, mud Adjectives – Smoky, black, choking, red, white-hot, spitting, hissing, belching, smouldering, menacing, throbbing, awesome, deafening Verbs – Shook, trembled, bubbled, exploded, erupted, crashed, rained, hissed, roared, boomed Phrases – Nouns and Adjectives: • White-hot steam • Choking fumes • Fountain of fire like a throbbing wound • Towering, black clouds of ash and smoke Phrases – Verbs: • Crater loomed ominously over the town • Ground trembled and shook • Followed by a deafening boom • Rained from the sky Sentences • The air was thick with choking fumes. • It was hard to breath and hard to see in the smoky, black haze. • Torrents of sizzling, smouldering ash and rocks rained from the sky. • As the volcano erupted, there was a deafening boom and the ground trembled and shook. Sample from Descriptosaurus: Supporting Creative Writing for Ages 8-14 by Alison Wilcox. Books to Support Secondary Teachers… TEACH NOW! ENGLISH Becoming a Great English Teacher Alex Quigley May 2014: 236pp Pb: 978-0-415-71101-2 DON’T CALL IT LITERACY What Every Teacher Needs to Know about Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing Geoff Barton December 2012: 190pp Pb: 978-0-415-53603-5 TEACHING GRAMMAR, STRUCTURE AND MEANING Exploring Theory and Practice for Post-16 English Language Teachers Marcello Giovanelli July 2014: 140pp Pb: 978-0-415-70988-0 TALKING POINTS FOR SHAKESPEARE PLAYS Discussion Activities for Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet and Richard III Lyn Dawes March 2013: 150pp Pb: 978-0-415-52543-5 LITERACY ACTIVITIES FOR CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY TEXTS 7-14 The Whoosh Book Gill Robins and Laura-Jane Evans-Jones May 2013: 160pp Pb: 978-0-415-81178-1 Want to find out more about our literacy books? Visit the Routledge Focus on Literacy online catalogue, where you can: • Browse the full details of all our new and key titles • Create a unique booklist of key titles, which can be ordered online or downloaded for recommending to your school. >> www.routledge.com/u/literacy www.routledge.com/education *Please note that this discount is only available on print books purchased via www.routledge.com before 31/12/2015, and cannot be combined with any other offer or discount.
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