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Real-world writers : a handbook for teaching writing with 7-11 year olds / Ross Young & Felicity Ferguson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Young, Ross (Primary teacher), author.
- Ferguson, Felicity, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching (Elementary).
- English language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (317 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Real-World Writers shows teachers how they can teach their pupils to write well and with pleasure, purpose and power. It demonstrates how classrooms can be transformed into genuine communities of writers where talking, reading, writing and sharing give children confidence, motivation and a sense of the relevance writing has to their own lives and learning. Based on their practical experience and what research says is the most effective practice, they share detailed guidence on how teachers can provide writing study lessons drawing on what real writers do, and how to teach grammar effectively. They also share a variety of authentic class writing projects with accompanying teacher notes that will encourage children to use genres appropriately, creatively and flexibly. The authors' simple yet comprehnsive approach includes how to teach the processes and craft knowledge involved in creating successful and meaningful texts. This book is invaluable for all primary practitioners who wish to teach writing for real"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Part A
- 1 Why Real-World Writers?
- 2 How Real-World Writers works
- 3 Welcome Projects: setting up your community of writers for the year
- 4 Will they remember writing it? How to plan a class writing project
- 5 Teaching the writing processes
- 6 How to teach an effective writing lesson: using writing workshop
- 7 Setting up writers' notebooks and personal writing projects
- 8 Meeting children where they are: giving effective pupil conferences
- 9 They do the hard work so you don't have to: marking and target setting
- 10 Oh, for literature's sake! How to build reading-writing connections
- 11 Thinking through writing: writing across the curriculum
- 12 Assessing your writers
- 13 Supporting early, advanced and EAL writers
- 14 Growing a school of extraordinary writers: advice for writing coordinators
- 15 A guide to becoming a writer-teacher
- 16 Frequently asked questions and answers to them
- 17 Terminology
- 18 References and further reading
- Part B
- 19 Introduction to Part B
- 20 Poetry
- The natural world
- Animals and pets
- Sensory poetry
- Poetry that hides in things
- 'Inspired by . . .' poetry
- Social and political poetry
- Anthology of life
- 21 Memoir
- Autobiography
- 22 Narrative
- Traditional fables
- Modern fables
- Traditional fairy tale
- Playful fairytales
- Setting and character-driven short stories
- Developed short stories
- Graphic novel
- Flash fiction
- 23 Non-fiction
- Information
- Instructions
- Explanation
- Discussion text
- Science report
- Match report
- 24 Persuading and influencing
- Persuasive letters (for personal gain)
- Advocacy journalism
- Idea generation techniques
- Persuasive letter (community activism)
- 25 History
- People's history
- Biography.
- Historical account
- About the authors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-000-07433-1
- 0-429-26896-3
- 1-000-07427-7
- 9780429268960
- OCLC:
- 1147924998
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