1st Edition
Reading Children’s Writing A Linguistic View
Introduction
1. Children’s Writing in School: the Context
John Harris
2. Describing Children’s Writing: Text Evaluation and Teaching Strategies
Jeff Wilkinson
3. Responding to Children’s Narratives
Pam Morgan
4. Organization in Children’s Writing (Non-fictional)
John Harris
5. Undeveloped Discourse: Some Factors Affecting the Adequacy of Children’s Non-fictional Written Discourses
Michael Hoey
6. Good Word! Vocabulary, Style and Coherence in Children’s Writing
Ronald Carter
7. Evaluating Teacher’s Responses to Children’s Writing
Nicola Coupe
8. Readings of Children’s Writing: a Case-study
Seminar Discussion
9. Classroom Implications
John Harris and Jeff Wilkinson
Biography
John Harris and Jeff Wilkinson, at the time of the first publication, worked at the Language Development Centre, Sheffield City Polytechnic (now Sheffield Hallam University), UK.
