Maccadacca
Angus and Ahmed are best friends and love rock and roll. They form a group called MaccaDacca where Angus plays the guitar and Ahmed practises playing drums on pots and pans. They ask Angus’ sister to join them and persuade Mele a gospel singer to join them as well. No one wants to listen to them but then Mele starts to sing and everything changes.
Teaching Points
Develops values:
- The self, recognising that we are unique human beings capable of spiritual, moral, intellectual and physical growth and development
- The book encourages children to achieve and be good at what they do where ‘good’ is a commonly shared value of excellence and achievement.
- relationships as fundamental to the development and fulfilment of ourselves and others, and to the good of the community. We value others for themselves, not only for what they have or what they can do for us
- society we value truth, freedom, justice human rights and the collective effort for the common good.
Who should buy?
- All primary and secondary schools (key stage 2 and 3) libraries and English departments
- All prep schools
- Libraries
- Parents who are interested in supporting their children’s reading development
- Literacy hour co-ordinators
- Special needs co-ordinators
- Area advisors for English
- School Librarians
- School clubs
- Schools of education at university level.
- Teacher trainers at university level