1. What is your understanding of literacy teaching today? Try answering the following questions and see how you get on:

2. Adult & Community Learning Family Learning What do you know about books? Click the correct answer to each question: 1. What is the job of the author? writes the story writes the story draws the pictures draws the pictures produces the book produces the book 2. What is the job of the illustrator? writes the story writes the story draws the pictures draws the pictures produces the book produces the book

3. Adult & Community Learning Family Learning 3. Where would you find the title? back cover back cover front cover and spine front cover and spine front cover only front cover only 4. Which of these statements describe “blurb”? blurb gives information about a book blurb gives information about a book blurb is a nonsense word blurb is a nonsense word blurb describes confused talking blurb describes confused talking

4. Adult & Community Learning Family Learning 5. A fiction book is a a book about someone’s life a book about someone’s life a book containing facts a book containing facts a story book a story book

5. Adult & Community Learning Family Learning What do you know about writing? 6. A phoneme is a letter in a word a letter in a word a sound in a word a sound in a word the shape of a word the shape of a word 7. Phonics is used to help reading to help reading to help spelling to help spelling to help handwriting to help handwriting

6. Adult & Community Learning Family Learning 8. Which of the following is an example of alliteration? boom, bang, crash, wallop! boom, bang, crash, wallop! Richard of York goes battling in vain. Richard of York goes battling in vain. ripe, red raspberries ripe, red raspberries 9. How many syllables has the word “super” 2 5 3

7. Adult & Community Learning Family Learning 10. In a story the setting is the writing on the page the writing on the page the people in the story the people in the story the place where the story happens the place where the story happens

8. Adult & Community Learning Family Learning In the teaching of writing: 11. A recount text involves writing a story using 100 words writing a story using 100 words retelling an experience retelling an experience writing a poem writing a poem 12. Shared writing means copying a piece of writing copying a piece of writing each child in the class writing a section of the story each child in the class writing a section of the story the teacher and children creating a piece of writing together the teacher and children creating a piece of writing together

9. Adult & Community Learning Family Learning 13. You would use the plenary to think about what you have learnt to think about what you have learnt to look up the meaning of words to look up the meaning of words to help display writing on the wall to help display writing on the wall

10. Adult & Community Learning Family Learning Ask your tutor to show you how to print your answers. At the end of the course we will revisit your answers and see what you have learned.