Friday, November 13, 2009

The Literature Base

I've just received the October 2009 issue of The Literature Base - what a great journal for inspiring ways to use literature in the classroom and library...

The focus on of this issue is "around the world in 80 books" - travelling the world through literature, with suggestions for extension work, displays and lists of books - it would make a great book week theme... classics, multiculturalism, passports, hot air balloons, continents, mapping...

This issue also has a great article on "fractured fairytales in the classroom" - traditional literature re-interpreted - with activities for middle and upper primary classes - analysis, character autobiography, reward poster for folktale villain, poetry, plays, picture books, diorama, trial by jury...

A good item to include in your library budget for 2010 :
Literature Base ($46 - 4 issues pa) Magpies ($53 - 5 issues pa)
http://www.magpies.net.au/magpies/public/?MIval=m_pages&pagename=SAOI

Around the Bookshops ($36.50 - 4 issues pa)
http://www.marigold.co.nz/publications.html

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