ABSTRACT
As part of the thrust towards raising standards in literacy and numeracy, there are now precise guidelines on the length and content of these lessons, the ways in which pupils should be grouped, the teaching strategies to be used and how time should be divided among different activities. In the Literacy Hour the required lesson structure is shown as a four-stage format represented diagrammatically by a clock divided into four parts (see Figure 2.1) outlining how much time should be devoted to particular teacher and pupil activities and how many children
should be involved at each stage. Although shown as four activities, the form the lesson takes is one of teacher input, pupil activities and teacher feedback.
