1st Edition
Teaching and Learning Literacy Reading and Writing Texts for a Purpose
By David Wray
Copyright 2004
160 Pages
by
David Fulton Publishers
160 Pages
by
David Fulton Publishers
160 Pages
by
David Fulton Publishers
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David Wray offers a range of practical suggestions for enhancing literacy work in primary and secondary schools (KS 1-3). The book is based on the idea that the purpose of literacy teaching is to enable pupils to understand and create meaningful, whole texts. It deliberately takes a cross-curricular view of literacy and will appeal to teachers who specialize in a range of subjects. It also... Read more
Chapter 1 Texts, literacy and learning; Chapter 2 Understanding understanding in reading; Chapter 3 Interactive approaches to reading fiction; Chapter 4 Interactive approaches to non-fiction reading; Chapter 5 Supporting writers; Chapter 6 Writing in science; Chapter 7 Writing in mathematics; Chapter 8 Developing a critical approach to texts; Chapter 9 Reading electronic texts; Chapter 10 Writing electronic texts; Conclusion;
Biography
David Wray is Profesor of Literacy Education at the University of Warwick.
