Description
Book SynopsisNow 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 transcription 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 wi
Table of Contents
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. Transcription: Spelling, Punctuation and Handwriting 8. Monitoring and Assessing Writing 9. Meeting Individual Needs 10. Specific Learning Difficulties in Writing
