The author shows how certain strategies can improve children's progress in writing. Dealing with the age range 3 to 13, the book addresses issues to do with:
The gender gap
Children with English as an additional language
Left-handedness
Dorothy Latham includes ideas for sound and easy ongoing assessment of writing. The book is written in line with the requirements of the English National Curriculum and The National Literacy Strategy Framework for England, but is not limited to them.
Topics also covered include:
Brain development and structures
The acquisition of speech
Language and thinking
Working memory
Secretarial skills
Stages in compositional development
Writing purposes and cross-curricular applications
Strategies for improving self-generated writing
Using reading to improve writing
Using speech and drama to improve writing and
Ten ways to improve children's writing.
This book is for serving teachers in schools wishing to study the subject in further depth, and as a source book for students. Useful for school-based staff INSET, it provides simple activities for teachers to do and discuss.
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