How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum at Key Stage 2: Developing Creative Literacy (Writers' Workshop) [Paperback]

Sue Palmer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 26, 2001 | ISBN-10: 1853468037 | ISBN-13: 978-1853468032 | Edition: 1

How to Teach Non-Fiction Writing provides 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.

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About the Author

Sue Palmer is a former primary teacher whose interest in practical approaches to cross-curricular literacy began with her first book, I See What You Mean twenty years ago. Since then she has written many books and educational TV programs on literacy teaching. She is a regular contributor to the Times Educational Supplement and Child Education, and acts as a literacy consultant to educational publishers, the BBC and the National Literacy Strategy. Sue has contributed to several NLS initiatives, including Grammar for Writing and non-fiction writing skills.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (October 26, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1853468037
• ISBN-13: 978-1853468032
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,372,628 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

A writer, broadcaster and consultant on the education of young children. She has been a specialist in literacy (and well-known to primary teachers through her in-service courses and articles and columns in the TES and Child Education) since the mid 1980s. In the last five years has become more widely known as the author of trade titles such as 'Toxic Childhood' and '21st Century Boys' (both published by Orion).