Reading as a writer

Includes CD-RomReading as a Writer provides a succinct overview of the whole process of teaching literacy, as it examines the links between reading and writing - an idea that is rooted and written into the new literacy framework. Writers internalize language patterns through constant reading and then redeploy these in their own writing.

Ideal for primary school teachers, this book will enable them to help their pupils develop the ability of reading as a writer and to behave as writers of narrative, poetry and fiction. Drawing on a rich range of examples of texts and children's own writing, and offering practical teaching ideas, the book looks at:- underlying text patterns- building blocks (e.g. characterization, setting)- paragraph patterns- sentences and vocabulary- special effectsThis book investigates what children can learn from reading texts with a 'writer's mind', and how they can then apply this knowledge to their own writing.