First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and Francis, an informa company.

Primary teachers looking for effective ways to implement the Literacy Hour will welcome this focused publication which demonstrates how the prescribed range of work and teaching objectives can be met through the use of well chosen fiction and poetic texts. It provides practical advice underpinned by up-to-date theory and research, which can easily be built into a teacher's current practice. In addition, this book offers appropriate activities at whole text, sentence and word level, provides a clear explanation of the grammatical terms used in the National Literacy Project, and offers a range of practical ideas to help teachers organize and plan their Literacy Hour with confidence.