Contents

COVER : The Shack that Dad built by Elaine Russell
CONTENTS this issue : Book ENDS; Tips for writing poetry : Poet, Lorraine Marwood, shares ideas for writing poetry; Rice is Life (A unit of work by Fran Knight to support the United Nations International Year of Rice. Includes Mindmap, Four week overview of activities and reading); Book Week Activity Sheets (A worksheet on parts of a door; questions to do with doors and doorways, templates for keys, answers); Vocal Locals (Russ Merrin, teacher librarian at Tallebudgera State Primary School shares a unit of work on local history through storytelling with suggestions for broadening the unit into other local areas);