Schools visited by recent teams have very few books, and reading is taught as a class lesson. Books available for the children to look at are usually pupil books, containing grammar, punctuation and comprehension exercises.
We are hoping to put together ideas for teaching English language and literacy. These may include:
1. Ideas for class and group activities to develop spoken language – drama, role play, circle activities etc.
2. Reading – phonics, sight vocabulary, understanding text etc.
3. Writing for different purposes
4. Note taking
5. Creative writing
6. Spelling, handwriting, punctuation
Any materials need to be easily obtained e.g. paper, card, felt pens. Please send your contributions to svnetprojects@googlemail.com as a Word document. We will collate these to produce a folder similar to the SVN Maths folder, which has proved very useful for volunteers on overseas projects.