Literacy: Reading, Writing and Children's Literature [Paperback]

Literacy: Reading, Writing and Children's Literature, Sixth Editionis the most comprehensive text in English Education for pre-service teachers to learn how to teach literacy. It covers the whole literacy curriculum: reading, writing, speaking, listening and viewing and illustrates how pre-service teachers can use theory in their classrooms.Your literacy guide to take into the profession,Literacy: Reading, Writing and Children's Literature, Sixth Edition, is the most comprehensive text for pre-service teachers to learn how to teach literacy. It covers the whole literacy curriculum: reading, writing, speaking, listening and viewing, and illustrates how pre-service teachers can use theory in their classrooms.This new edition has been completely revised and streamlined to create stronger links from education to professional practice. The accessible text is rich with practical examples, classroom scenarios, and revision questions to help readers put theory into practice. Teaching examples highlight effective assessment practices and demonstrate how to teach to a range of learning abilities from beginner through to accomplished.1 Literacy in the Modern World. 2 Oral Language. Part 1 Reading3 A Balanced View of Reading. 4 Towards a Model of Reading. 5 Word Recognition: Phonics, Phonemes and Phonemic Awareness. 6 Comprehension: Meaning of Text. 7 The Reader and the Text. 8 Assessment in Reading. 9 The Effective Teaching of Reading. 10 Learning to Read: The Child Before School. 11 Learning to Read: The Early School Years. 12 Learning to Read: The Primary School Years. 13 Managing the Literacy Classroom. Part 2 Writing14 The Role of Writing. 15 The Importance of Writing in Our Society. 16 The Writing Developmental Continuum. 17 Grammar. 18 Punctuation. 19 Spelling. 20 Handwriting. 21 Assessment of Writing. 22 Multiliteracies and Technology. 23 Teaching Writing in the Classroom. Part 3 Literature24 Literature and the Curriculum. 25 Starting Out: Introducing