Full Description
Shortlisted for the UKLA Academic Book Award 2013!
Covering the essential areas of practice, this book suggests ways to make your literacy teaching as creative and engaging as possible. Children get the most out of their learning when it is exciting, and this book offers great ideas for classroom practice, whilst making careful links to research.
Sections advise on teaching narrative, poetry and non-fiction, and each chapter contains case studies and ideas to try out in practice. The authors cover a broad range of topics, including:
- exploring traditional tales
- writing from experience
- using playground games as a foundation for literacy
- performing poetry.
Written for teachers working with children aged 3-11 years, this book gives you the opportunity to develop children's literacy in enjoyable and interesting ways.
Contents
PART ONE: NARRATIVE
Enhancing Children's Writing - Virginia Bower
An Exploration of Traditional Tales - Caroline Tancock
Writing from Experience - Justine Earl
PART TWO: POETRY
Playground Games as a Foundation for Literacy Lessons - Sue Hammond and Karen Vincent
Using Poetic Form: An Approach to Poetry Writing in the Primary Classroom - Susan Barrett and Virginia Bower
Poetry is Slamming: Different Ways to Perform Poetry in Primary Schools - Andrew Lambirth
PART THREE: NON-FICTION
Inspiring and Enthusing Children as Readers and Writers of Non-Fiction - Michael Green
Lights, Camera, Action...Take 9! - Tracy Parvin
Enhancing Children's Language Acquisition and Development Through Non-Fiction - Virginia Bower
