Judith Graham recently retired as a Principal Lecturer from Roehampton University.
Alison Kelly is Subject Leader for English Education (primary) at Roehampton University, teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Now in its third edition and reflecting changes in the Primary National Strategy, this best-selling textbook introduces primary teachers to key issues in the teaching of writing. Strongly rooted in classroom practice, the book includes:
- the history, theory and practice of teaching writing
- children writing in and out of school
- EAL and gender issues in writing
- the development of writing across the years of the primary school
- planning classroom routines and organising resources
- balancing the composition and tranillegalscription elements in writing
- monitoring and assessing writing
- meeting individual needs
- managing specific learning difficulties in writing, such as dyslexia
With its companion Reading under Control (also in its third edition), this book provides undergraduate and postgraduate teachers with comprehensive guidance for the teaching of literacy.
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Third edition of companion title "Reading Under Control" was published November 2007, the two books sit together therefore both being updated simultaneously is beneficial
Writing (and phonics in particular) is still a focus on government policy, with the text being updated to reflect the latest Primary National Strategy
Has very little competition in the market – no other books have the comprehensive focus on writing that this text book offers,
Contributors Introduction Acknowledgements 1. From Copying to Creation: the teaching of writing before the 1980s 2. Process, Genre, Strategy, Framework: Three Decades of Development in the Teaching of Writing 3. "This is different writing": the world outside the classroom in children´s texts 4. The Writing Journey 5. Routines and Resources 6. Composition 7. Tranillegalscription: Spelling, Punctuation and Handwriting 8. Monitoring and Assessing Writing 9. Meeting Individual Needs 10. Specific Learning Difficulties in Writing
Reflecting changes in the Primary National Strategy, this book introduces primary teachers to key issues in the teaching of writing. Rooted in classroom practice, it includes the history, theory and practice of teaching writing, and children writing in and out of school.
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Judith Graham recently retired as a Principal Lecturer from Roehampton University. Alison Kelly is Subject Leader for English Education (primary) at Roehampton University, teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
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rnNow in its third edition and reflecting changes in the Primary National Strategy, this best-selling textbook introduces primary teachers to key issues in the teaching of writing. Strongly rooted in classroom practice, the book includes:
rn- the history, theory and practice of teaching writing
rn- children writing in and out of school
rn- EAL and gender issues in writing
rn- the development of writing across the years of the primary school
rn- planning classroom routines and organising resources
rn- balancing the composition and tranillegalscription elements in writing
rn- monitoring and assessing writing
rn- meeting individual needs
rn- managing specific learning difficulties in writing, such as dyslexia
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rnWith its companion Reading under Control (also in its third edition), this book provides undergraduate and postgraduate teachers with comprehensive guidance for the teaching of literacy.rn
