Making Progress in Writing

children's Achievements In Writing Lag Behind Their Achievements In Reading, Speaking And Listening. National Tests Are Beginning To Expose This Gap And Inevitably, It Is Raising Concerns. The Issue Is Not Without Controversy But Regardless Of The Politics Of The Situation, National Progress In Children's Writing Is Both Needed And Possible. this New Book From Eve Bearne Makes A Valuable Contribution Towards Helping Teachers Close This Gap. Uniquely, It Follows The Structure Of The National Literacy Strategy, Whilst Examining Key Areas Such As Bridging Ks2 And Ks3 Writing, And Writing Skills Beyond The Literacy Hour. Such A Structure Makes The Book Incredibly Practical And Easy To Use, Providing Essential Information For Both Practitioners And Academics. Children's achievements in writing lag behind their achievements in reading, speaking and listening. National tests are beginning to expose this gap and inevitably, it is raising concerns. The issue is not without controversy but regardless of the politics of the situation, national progress in children's writing is both needed and possible.
This new book from Eve Bearne makes a valuable contribution towards helping teachers close this gap. Uniquely, it follows the structure of the National Literacy Strategy, whilst examining key areas such as bridging KS2 and KS3 writing, and writing skills beyond the Literacy Hour. Such a structure makes the book incredibly practical and easy to use, providing essential information for both practitioners and academics. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of figures......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 14 Making progress in writing: Introduction......Page 16 Writing now: current trends......Page 20 The writers......Page 30 Provision and practice......Page 42 Assessment: the planning teaching writing assessment cycle......Page 62 Writing narrative and plays......Page 104 Writing poetry......Page 122 Writing non-fiction......Page 136 Spelling and language study......Page 154 Conclusion: reviewing policy for writing......Page 166 References......Page 180 Index......Page 184 "Making Progress in Writing is a practical and accessible guide to developing writing skills at Key Stages 1, 2 and 3. The book goes beyond the National Literacy Strategy to outline ways of providing an integrated writing curriculum which takes account of changes in contexts of writing, new types of text and new modes of communication. The author balances practicality and classroom suggestions with a critical analysis of theories influencing writing in schools."--Jacket The 'traditional' approach sees classroom writing as complete, one-off writing, existing as 'evidence' either of the content of learning or as a proof of technical competence. Practical and easy to use this book provides essential information for both practitioners and academics