The Primary National Curriculum sets challenging expectations for the teaching of writing. Children must master the process of composition, redrafting, editing and writing final pieces.
The book:
*Provides practical advice for the teaching of writing
*Demonstrates how to model writing for children
*Includes examples of good classroom practice of modelling writing
*Focuses on writing in different aspects of the curriculum
*Provides guidance, case studies and theoretical perspectives to show readers how they can become writers with and for children
*Ideas for discussion in a seminar/staff meeting/CPD event
*A new chapter enabling teachers to support children to bring their own cultures and ethnicities into their writing
Tabela de Conteúdo
1. Writing, spelling, punctuation and grammar
2. Reading for writing
3. Scaffoldng writing
4. Writing for children
5. Writing with children
6. Writing narrative, character and setting
7. Writing poetry
8. Writing fanfiction
9. Film as a model text
10. Writing fiction and non-fiction by retelling
11. Using technology to engage reluctant readers and aid writing
12. Cultural identity in children′s writing
Sobre o autor
David Waugh is a former deputy headteacher who worked in ITT from 1990 at the University of Hull, where he led the PGCE course and became Head of Department. In 2008 he was appointed as one of two (the other being Wendy) National Strategies Regional Advisers for ITT. He is currently lectures at Durham University. He has published extensively in primary English, as well as developing e-learning resources for National Strategies for English, mathematics and mentoring and coaching. David also writes children’s stories, including The Wishroom, which was written with 45 children from 15 East Durham primary schools and published in 2017.