Busy teachers need a complete solution to teaching the literacy hour in year two. These exciting themed packs provide the answer. Theyassist childrenin improving their writing through speaking and listening, drama and role-play. Each of the six packs contain material for half a term of literacy hour activities and together provide a year long integrated programme. Each pack includes a large resource book, with fascinating stimulus material such as lively illustrations, model texts, poems and non-fiction material linked to each theme an A4 teachers' book including medium and short term plans linked to detailed lessons plans. These cover fiction, non-fiction and poetry, photocopy masters and all the back-up information that teachers and assistants need to plan creative literacy sessions. Writing activities in this pack include: non-fiction - writing simple recounts, making class book fiction - writing stories focusing on structure and sequence poetry - adding new lines or verses to familiar poems.