How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum at Key Stage 2 : Developing Creative Literacy

by Palmer; Sue

• ISBN13: 9781853468032
• ISBN10: 1853468037
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-26
• Publisher: David Fulton Pu

Summary

How to Teach Non-Fiction Writingprovides 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.

Table of Contents

Writing across the curriculum	p. 4
A teaching plan	p. 14
Recount text	p. 16
Report text	p. 28
Instruction text	p. 40
Explanation text	p. 48
Persuasion text	p. 56
Discussion text	p. 64
Teaching non-fiction writing	p. 70
Recommended books for teachers	p. 79
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