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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783961903321

Titolo

Teaching through texts : promoting literacy through popular and literary texts in the primary classroom / / edited by Holly Anderson and Morag Styles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-63087-5

1-134-63088-3

0-203-16176-9

1-280-32769-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AndersonHolly <1949->

StylesMorag

Disciplina

372.64/044/0941

Soggetti

Reading (Primary) - Great Britain

Children's literature - Study and teaching (Primary) - Great Britain

Literacy - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: teaching through texts; contexts, conventions and contributors MORAG STYLES; Give Yourself a Hug: reading between the rhymes VIVIENNE SMITH; 'Never be without a Beano!': comics, children and literacy HELEN BROMLEY; From Minnie the Minx to Little Lord Fauntleroy: understanding character in fiction CHRIS DODDINGTON; Juvenile leads NICK WARBURTON; Into the woods: animating stories through drama ANDY KEMPE; Drawing lessons from Anthony Browne MARY PURDON

Beyond the text: metafictive picture-books and sophisticated readers KATE RABEYReading the movies: learning through film SARAH JONES; 'My mum's favourite yoghourt is ~Diet Choice'~: language study through environmental texts HOLLY ANDERSON; 'And they lived happily ever afternot really!': working with children's dictated texts ISOBEL URQUHART; Telling facts: contrasting voices in recent information books for children FRANCES SMITH; Anne Fine's stories for life JIM



JONES; Postscript ANNE FINE; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on many popular and literary texts, the contributors to this book write with enthusiasm about opportunities for creative teaching and learning, and provide many examples of good practice both inside and outside the Literacy Hour