Planning of effective literacy units using high quality children’s literature Created by Sue McGonigle, this guidance will: Support student teachers and newly qualified teachers with planning engaging literacy units based on high quality children’s literature, providing guidance and exemplar materials. Demonstrate how linked sequences of lessons can be devised which ensure progression and lead to…
Literature for Cross-Curricular Learning Looking for good reads to share with children aged 5 – 11 that cover subjects across the curriculum? Take a look at our recommendations: all of these books have been tried and tested by the English 4-11 reviews team and the Primary Education Committee. If you buy any of the books,…
In a series of articles for English 4-11 Rob Sanderson examines high quality picture books and suggests how they may be used in the primary classroom. The Chicken Thief The Black Book of Colours The Big Ugly Monster and the Little Stone Rabbit The Mysteries of Harris Burdick It’s a Book In the Forest Iggy Peck…
A special offer for subscribers to English 4-11 Teaching Dickens in the Primary School, edited by Eve Bearne This volume contains material created for the first Dickens Fellowship and English Association More Dickens Competition in 2012. Teachers from the three prize-winning schools describe the richness of their work and one member of the judging panel…