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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821736803321

Autore

Sedgwick Fred

Titolo

Writing to learn : poetry and literacy across the primary curriculum / / Fred Sedgwick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge / Falmer, 2000

ISBN

1-85997-081-8

1-134-59244-2

1-134-59245-0

0-203-18982-5

0-203-18629-X

1-280-40227-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Classificazione

17.41

Disciplina

372.623

Soggetti

Poetry - Study and teaching (Elementary)

Poetry - Authorship - Study and teaching (Elementary)

Language experience approach in education

Creative writing (Elementary education) - Great Britain

Literacy

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 illustrations; Acknowledgements; The principles; Introduction; Poetry and science; Observing the human body; Fruit, vegetables and other natural things; Bicycles and other machines; Cats and other animals; Poetry and Personal, Social and Moral Education; Me and the rest of the world; Lists; Putting art in prison to set it free; Pattern; Using visual images; Art and multicultural education; Poetry for its own sake; 'So help me God': Poetry and religious education; Appendices; Bringing living poets into the classroom; A word about learning by heart

A selective glossary of terms useful in teaching writingA list of poems used in this book to help children to write; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Writing to Learn looks at how poetry can be used as an enjoyable way to teach literacy across the curriculum. It includes remarkable poems



and stories by children as well as clear descriptions of how to teach creatively within the framework of the National Literacy Strategy. The book goes through the primary curriculum, subject by subject: *Poetry and Science and Maths *Poetry and Personal, Social and Moral Education *Poetry and Art and Music *Poetry and Religious Education *Poetry for its Own Sake. The author includes: *advice on different ways children ca