Visual Approaches to Teaching Writing

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Includes CD-Rom</p> <p></p> <p>Why are visual approaches to literacy important? Children′s experience of texts is no longer limited to words on printed pages - their reading and writing worlds are formed in multimodal ways, combining different modes of communication, including speech or sound, still or moving images, writing and gesture. This book is a practical guide for teachers in making sense of multimodal approaches to teaching writing. </p> <p></p> <p>The book covers topics such as:</p> <p></p> <p>- The design of multimodal texts and the relationships between texts and images</p> <p>- How to build a supportive classroom environment for analysing visual and audiovisual texts, and how to teach about reading images</p> <p>- How to plan a teaching sequence leading to specific writing outcomes</p> <p>- Examples of teaching sequences for developing work on narrative, non-fiction and poetry</p> <p>- Formative and summative assessment of multimodal texts, providing levels for judging pupil development, and suggestions for moving pupils forward</p> <p>- How to write, review and carry out a whole school policy for teaching multimodal writing</p> <p></p> <p>The book is accompanied by a CD, which contains a range of examples of children′s multimodal work, along with electronic versions of the activities and photocopiable sheets from the book, and material designed for use with interactive whiteboards. </p> <p></p> <p>It will be a valuable resource for primary teachers, literacy co-ordinators and students on initial teacher training courses. </p> <p></p> <p>