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Covering the essential areas of practice, this book suggests ways to make your literacy teaching as creative and engaging as possible. Children get the most out of their learning when it is exciting, and this book offers great ideas for classroom practice, while making careful links to research. Sections advise on teaching narrative, poetry and non-fiction, and each chapter contains case studies and ideas to try out in practice. Written for teachers working with children aged 3-11 years, and specifically aimed at those with responsibility for literacy, this book gives you the opportunity to develop children’s literacy in enjoyable and interesting ways.
Lights, Camera, Action … Take 9!
Lights, Camera, Action … Take 9!
Chapter Overview
A great deal has been written about the rapid advances which are being made in digital and Internet technologies and how these might impact not only on our modes of communication, but also on our perceptions of what literacy learning and teaching might now entail and the textual landscape that we inhabit both at home and in school. This chapter is based on an extended cross-curricular project which focused on non-fiction texts, culminating in the production of a digital video. Although the project took place in a Year 5 class, it must be stressed that the approach might be replicated in any year group. I shall begin by discussing the multi-modal aspects of ...
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