Literacy Works for Religious Education has been designed to integrate with Catholic Religious Education programs. Topics include The Ten Commandments, Literary Forms in the Old Testament, Ways people pray, Ministries in the Church, Sacraments, Catholic rites and cultures, Early Christian Communities, The Teachings of Jesus, and Social Justice.
Religious Education: Book 1
Each page is a stand-alone activity with content based on the syllabus.
Literacy skills include:
Adjectives; Plural; Subject/verb agreement; Capitals and full stops; Apostrophes; Spelling; Punctuation; Articles (a/an/the); Verbs; Mind Maps; Homophones; Adverbs; Rhyme; Conjunctions; Quotation marks; Paragraphs; Figures of Speech; Recount.
Religious Education: Book 2
Each text type is clearly explained with simple activities based on the syllabus.
- Recount – past tense verbs, sequence
- Description / Explanation – cause and effect
- Procedure – command verbs
- Report – mind map, paragraphs
- Exposition – thesis, persuasive language
- Discussion – present tense, linking words
- Narrative – figures of speech
- Response – expressing value judgements