How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum at Key Stage 2: Developing Creative Literacy (Writers' Workshop)

Palmer, Sue

ISBN 10: 1853468037 / ISBN 13: 9781853468032

Published by Routledge, 2001

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Title: How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum ...

Publisher: Routledge

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

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Synopsis:

How to Teach Non-Fiction Writing provides a practical, accessible teaching sequence to help teachers of junior classes to teach about the organization and language features of the six non-fiction text types (recount, report, instruction, explanation, persuasion and discussion) and to link non-fiction writing to pupils' work across the curriculum, so they can use content learned in other subject areas as the basis for writing in a particular text type. It will help teachers develop pupils' ability to organize their non-fiction writing appropriately, in terms of text-type, layout and paragraphing and focus on significant language features of the text-types. The teaching sequence is also designed to develop pupils' appreciation of the underlying structures of non-fiction texts, thus linking the acquisition of literacy skills to "thinking skills" in general.

About the Author:

Sue Palmer is a former primary teacher whose interest in practical approaches to cross-curricular literacy began with her first book, I See What You Mean twenty years ago. Since then she has written many books and educational TV programs on literacy teaching. She is a regular contributor to the Times Educational Supplement and Child Education, and acts as a literacy consultant to educational publishers, the BBC and the National Literacy Strategy. Sue has contributed to several NLS initiatives, including Grammar for Writing and non-fiction writing skills.