Subject
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Literacy
World Writing 1 (age 7-9)
Children can see the world and read its literature with these collections of writing from around the world.
- Offers a wide range of high-quality, engaging texts to capture children's interest.
- Looks at literature from the Caribbean, India and Northern Europe.
- Stories and poems by writers including Grace Nichols, Valerie Bloom and Deba Patnaik.
- Each piece of literature is read aloud with the accent from the relevant region to provide context and enhance understanding.
- Includes interviews with authors, high-quality video and audio clips, music, pictures and texts to show children what life is like in each of the regions and provide opportunities for cross-curricular work.
- All content is designed to develop children's speaking, listening, reading and writing skills, and ties into the renewed Primary Framework for literacy.
- The CD-ROM focuses on the literature of three regions from around the world, offering three poems and prose pieces.
Contents:
Unit 1. The Caribbean: This unit contains three poems and three prose pieces from Grenada, Jamaica and Trinidad
Introduction to the region: settings and stories
- The islands and their wildlife
Poetry
- Poem 1: Sun is Laughing by Grace Nichols (Jamaica)
- Verb activity
- Poem 2: The River by Valerie Bloom (Jamaica)
- Thesaurus activity
- Valerie Bloom: Reading aloud
- Valerie Bloom: Patois and poetry techniques
- Poem 3: Hurricane by Dionne Brand (Trinidad)
- Hurricanes in the Caribbean
- Verse order
- Writing task
Prose
- Richardo Keens-Douglas
- Prose 1: The Nutmeg Princess by Richardo Keens-Douglas (Grenada)
- Spices and the Caribbean
- Adjective activity
- The riches of nature
- Prose 2: The Pot of Common Sense by Vic Parker traditional (Caribbean)
- Prose 3: The Mouth-organ Boys by James Berry (Jamaica)
- Viewpoints
- Writing task
Unit 2. India: This unit contains three poems and three prose pieces from India. It also offers contextualization and a number of additional activities:
Introduction to the region: settings and stories
- India: What is it like?
- Stories and beliefs
Poetry
- Poem 1: A New Hymn to the Sun by Subramanya Bharati
- Adverb activity
- Poem 2: What is Man's Body? Traditional (Gond)
- Adjective activity
- Poem 3: Day by Day I Float my Paper Boats by Rabindranath Tagore
- Past and present tense
- Writing task
Prose
- Prose 1: Grandpa Chatterji by Jamila Gavin
- Morning Prayer
- Jamila Gavin
- Playscripts
- The Story of Krishna
Unit 3. Northern Europe: This unit contains four poems and three prose pieces from Northern European countries:
Introduction to France: settings and stories
Introduction to the Carmague: settings and stories
Poetry
- Poem 1: The Two Roots by Christian Morgenstern (Germany)
- Verse order and rhyme
- The Midnight Sun
- Poem 2: This Afternoon by Tiiti?sen Satupuu (Finland)
- Poem 3: Rain by Sigbjorn Obstfelder (Norway)
- Writing about a journey
- Poem 4: The Fisherman's Prayer Traditional (France)
- Words with the same meaning
- Writing task
Prose
- Prose 1: The Three Spinners by the Brothers Grimm (Germany)
- Traditional Words and Phrases
- Prose 2: I Love You, Prime Minister (a French legend)
- Punctuation
- Arctic Lapland
- Land of the Reindeer
- Prose 3: Balder and the Mistletoe (a Norse myth)
- Match the adjectives
- Writing task
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