Literacy : [Book] : reading, writing, and children's literature / Gordon Winch ... [et al.].

Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-513) and indexes.

Part I: Reading -- A balanced view of reading -- Some factors related to reading -- Towards a model of reading -- The child before school: the beginning of literacy -- Learning to read: the early school years -- Learning to read: the middle and later primary years -- Assessment in reading -- The effectiveness of teaching reading -- Part II: Writing -- The role of writing -- The importance of writing in our society -- The writing development curriculum -- Teaching writing in the classroom -- Writing skills in the classroom: handwriting and spelling -- Writing skills in the classroom: punctuation and grammar -- Assessment of writing -- Part III: Children's literature -- Language into literature -- What is children's literature? -- Children's literature and critical literacy -- Children's literature, technology, and the new literacies -- Theory informing practice -- Children's literature as a locus of literate practices -- The classroom as a community of learners -- Fairytales: a pervasive paradigm -- Picturebooks: the third space -- A locus for world community -- A forum: social issues, history, fantasy -- Responses to children's literature -- Afterword.

Focusing on the interactive nature of literacy development, the book outlines a variety of approaches to teaching literacy, including "in the classroom" activities, lesson plans and the use of new technologies.

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