Teaching Fiction in the Primary School

by Carter,Dennis

• ISBN13: 9781853466243
• ISBN10: 1853466247
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-04-05
• Publisher: David Fulton Pub

Summary

Designed for practicing and student teachers working with a wide range of narrative fiction in infant and junior classrooms, this book highlights the creative and expressive aspects of children's engagement with literature, is written in the context of National Curriculum English at Key Stages 1 and 2 and with full attention paid to the National Literacy Framework, and provides Literacy Hour projects complete with lesson notes and plans for each age group.

The author shows how storytelling, drama and the arts can be used to bring texts to life, making the acquisition of literacy skills a more enriching and enduring experience. This text is a companion to Teaching Poetry in the Primary School by the same author.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	v
Reading the other worlds of fiction	1	(12)
Literacy and playing	1	(1)
Wefts of meaning	2	(3)
The National Literacy Strategy	5	(1)
Living in other worlds	6	(1)
The active use of imagination	7	(2)
Enactment projects	9	(2)
Secondary and tertiary worlds	11	(1)
References and notes	12	(1)
Storytelling and literacy	13	(11)
Words look after themselves	13	(1)
Homer's formulae	14	(1)
The listener inside you	15	(1)
Responding to the spoken word	16	(1)
`The Storytelling Stone'	17	(1)
Storytellers don't forget their lines	18	(2)
Singing, telling and writing	20	(1)
Children engaging with the two traditions	21	(1)
Children writing stories	22	(1)
References and notes	23	(1)
Ways of working with fiction	24	(15)
Teacher as intermediary	24	(1)
The power of story	24	(1)
Associations and personal response	25	(1)
Developing the vigorous imagination	26	(1)
`The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'	26	(2)
The teacher's preparation	28	(1)
Editing works	28	(1)
Storytelling and text-reading to present a text.	29	(1)
Developmental criteria for choosing great works	29	(1)
Presenting King Lear using storytelling and text-reading	30	(1)
Recitation or active reading	31	(1)
Retelling stories	32	(1)
Conferencing	33	(1)
Composing stories	33	(1)
Dance and drama	34	(2)
Art and music	36	(1)
Presenting finished work	37	(1)
References	38	(1)
Exploring oral traditions	39	(36)
Oral traditions	39	(1)
Fairy and folk tales	40	(1)
Myths and legends	41	(2)
Literacy strategy lessons	43	(31)
References	74	(1)
The classical inheritance	75	(31)
What is a `classic'?	75	(2)
Why teach classic works of literature in the primary school?	77	(1)
Literacy strategy lessons	78	(27)
References	105	(1)
Using modern children's fiction	106	(25)
Children's literature	106	(2)
Why teach modern children's fiction?	108	(2)
Literacy strategy lessons	110	(19)
References	129	(2)
Select bibliography	131	(2)
For the formulation of ideas	131	(1)
Editions used in literacy strategy lessons	131	(2)
Tables	133	(4)
Tables 1. Range of work statements	134	(1)
Tables 2. Works of fiction used	134	(1)
Tables 3. Learning objectives covered	135	(1)
Tables 4. Coverage of the arts in the National Curriculum	136	(1)
Index	137