Literacy Hour and Language Knowledge: Developing Literacy Through Fiction and Poetry

This text on implementing the Literacy Hour in primary schools includes: a demonstration of how to meet the teaching objectives through well-chosen fiction and poetic texts; appropriate activities at whole text, sentence and word level; a clear explanation of the grammatical terms used in the National Literacy Project; and practical ideas to aid the planning of the Literacy Hour. The text is aimed at: primary schoolteachers; classroom assistants; student teachers; INSET providers; and LEA advisers who support schools in literacy development.