Literacy in action : football : 24 flexible lessons for ages 9-11 / by Heather Butler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butler, Heather, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts (Elementary)--Activity programs--Great Britain.

Language arts (Elementary).

Language arts--Correlation with content subjects--Great Britain.

Language arts.

Soccer--Great Britain.

Soccer.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Get ready for kick off and prepare to meet all of your literacy goals with Literacy in Action: Football.All year 5 and particularly year 6 teachers know about the pressure to help children deliver levels of achievement laid down by higher authorities than themselves. Many of the reluctant writers are passionate about football. Literacy in Action: Football could be the answer to their and your prayers, offering expert, tried and trusted techniques for teaching literacy, developed within the context of the 'Beautiful Game'. For those not bitten by the football

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; About the book; Lesson 1: Writing's all right; Lesson 2: "Writing Rocks" quiz show; Lesson 3: Character profile; Lesson 4: Q&A conversations; Lesson 5: Organising research; Lesson 6: Verb diary; Lesson 7: The unexpected football match; Lesson 8: Programmed for success; Lesson 9: Walter Tull; Lesson 10: Fiddle's injury; Lesson 11: Speaking of pronouns; Lesson 12: Storytime - planning; Lesson 13: Storytime - writing; Lesson 14: Storytime - editing and publishing; Lesson 15: Munich plane crash; Lesson 16: FAQs and vocabulary; Lesson 17: Connective obituary

Lesson 18: Is sport good or bad?Lesson 19: Ixed advert for ladies' football; Lesson 20: Wheelchair football in a sentence; Lesson 21: Five-sense poems; Lesson 22: Playing with words and boots; Lesson 23: Match report; Lesson 24: Commas, clauses and café menus; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-96134-8

1-136-96135-6

1-282-62928-X

9786612629280

0-203-85029-7

9780203850299

OCLC:

642661654