Olanna’s Big Day

There’s great excitement when the school band is chosen to march in the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. Olanna practises really hard on her tin whistle. At last the big day arrives and they line up with the stilt-walkers, the bagpipers, the dancing leprechauns. Then...

The Dreaming Tree

Back home in Brazil, Roberto loved playing football. Now he lives in Ireland, and he’d really like to have a game with the boys in the park, but he’s too shy.  When his granny reminds him of the Brazilian story of the dreaming tree, he doesn’t see how a story can help...

Talk Time

This resource talks about the rules for Talk Time in the classroom, how to make talk more effective, how to widen the range of audiences that a pupil talks to, how talk is related to the Write-A-Book Project, curriculum planning in relation to language, suggestions...

Looking More Closely at a Book

This handout details the main elements that make up a book. These are the things that make you want to read a book and also the elements that should be included in a book that the pupil writes. (.doc file 25.5KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for...

Book Terminology

This resource provides a non-exhaustive list of terminology related to books which should be taught to pupils and used in the classroom and library settings. (.doc file 25KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...