Macrat's February newsletter

[Imogen Browne @ Macrat Publishing]

February 2022 Newsletter Primary School
Dear Colleagues   English How do you plan to spend 14 Feb in the classroom?   Why don’t you and your learners cover a classroom wall with collages and poems of love? Some easy poetry formats: Limericks Limericks rhyme like nursery rhymes but usually have a distinctly silly theme. Limericks follow a rhyme scheme of a/a/b/b/a for a total of five lines. The first two lines and the last line generally contain seven to 10 syllables, while lines three and four contain five to seven.
		Haiku The simple structure of haiku makes it easy for children to imitate. Haiku contains only three lines, the first and third lines are five syllables long and the middle line has seven syllables. Haiku usually captures a single experience in nature.
Acrostic Acrostic poems encourage children to think creatively within a structure. An acrostic poem takes as its structure the letters of a word that represents the theme of a poem. For example, a poem about hockey would contain six lines -- a line for each letter of the word "hockey" -- and each line beginning with a letter from the word "hockey," in order. Adapted from https://penandthepad.com/types-poetry-kids-8593552.html
Reading ideas for Grade 7 – ALL GREAT READS!
Hoot	The setting takes place in Florida, where new arrival Roy makes two oddball friends and a bad enemy, and joins an effort to stop construction of a pancake house which would destroy a colony of burrowing owls who live on the site. Wikipedia The themes include friendship, teamwork, growing up, corruption, parental love, kinship, environmentalism and integrity. The character goes through different adventures to get here.
Goodnight Mr Tom	Set during World War II, it features a boy abused at home in London who is evacuated to the country at the outbreak of the war. Several universal themes are included: friendship, family, finding oneself, life, death, fitting in, grieving, motivation, control, freedom and growth.
Holes	Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnats. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention centre, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day, digging holes.. Major themes included are the consequence of choices resulting from fate and destiny, the importance of friendship, humour, romance, the coming of age.
Boy	Boy: Tales of Childhood is an autobiographical book by British writer Roald Dahl. Throughout his young days at school and just afterwards, a number of things happened to Roald Dahl, which made such a tremendous impression he never forgot them. Boy is the remarkable story of Roald Dahl's childhood; tales of exciting and strange things - some funny, some frightening, all true.
Remember to order MAKING THE GRADE ~ the ‘grown-ups’ guide to going to school for your new parents.
The Making the Grade series provides helpful and practical information for parents of pre-school and primary school children. Available for Pre-school, Grade R, Grade 1 and Grade 4–6, these invaluable booklets were written by experienced teachers who understand the concerns of parents. Available in English and Afrikaans.
Why not make the books available for sale at your next parents’ evening or orientation day? Alternatively, if you are planning virtual meetings, you can direct the parents to our digital site where they are able to purchase the booklet, and download it immediately: https://www.digital.macrat.co.za/product-category/making-the-grade-e-pubs-and-pdfs/
Please let us know if you have any queries. THE MACRAT TEAM
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