Write Ways has long been recognised as a practical, user-friendly text for both practising teachers and teachers in training. It is a comprehensive resource which gives teachers the information they need to teach children how to write in different styles, covering a broad range of text types – from reports to poetry to fiction. Now expanded to include a theoretical foundation, and with more material on program planning, assessment and record keeping, this book will be invaluable to pre-service education students throughout their degrees and into their teaching careers.

Online Resources available for Write Ways 3rd Edition:

• Assessment Checklists – these blank checklists are available as PDFs that you can download to use in the classroom or as practice for your lesson planning
• Useful Weblinks for further research
• A Glossary of useful words
• Link to the Successful Teacher website with helpful activities and resources for student teachers
• Preface from the book

• Three new chapters providing a solid theoretical background and knowledge of the discipline for pre-service teachers.
• Expanded content on Program Planning (Chapter 4) and Assessment and Record Keeping (Chapter 5).
• New Pedagogy:
• • Boxes that link Action to Theory and Theory to Action
  • ‘Think and Link’ questions at the end of each chapter which ask students to think about related topics and make links about how they fit together.
  • Annotated further reading lists, which recommend the best references for each topic, and explain why these references are valuable.
  • Glossary and margin notes

Preface
Acknowledgments

Part One Preparation

1 Literacy and Language

Defining literacy
Literacy practices
Language, literacy and learning
Conditions for literacy learning
Supporting learners
Resources

2 Texts

Purposes, text types and formats
Using texts to learn about language and processes
Teaching about grammar using texts
Teaching about punctuation using texts
Teaching for contextual understanding using texts
Teaching to enhance vocabulary and spelling using texts
Teaching about processes and strategies using texts
Resources

3 Establishing an Effective Classroom Environment

Ensuring that students learn language, learn through language and learn about language
Building a conducive classroom environment
The power of modelling
Planning a modelled reading or writing session
Resources

4 Program Planning

Elements of a balanced literacy program
Levels of planning
Planning a literacy session
Resources

5 Assessment Procedures and Record Keeping

Linking assessment to teaching
Identifying what is to be assessed
Teacher assessment procedures
Teacher records
Student self-assessment and records
Resources

6 Process and Products

The writing process
Supporting students during the writing process
Supporting personal choice
Resources

Part Two Factual Text Types

7 Factual Texts

Why teach about factual texts?
The program and the learner
Ways of promoting factual texts in the classroom
Some teaching focuses for factual texts
General activities for factual texts
Resources

8 Information Reports

Purpose, structure and features
Teaching focuses for information reports
General activities for exploring information reports
Exploring information reports—a sample unit
Assessment of information report writing
Resources

9 Procedural Texts

Purpose, structure and features
Teaching focuses for procedural texts
General activities for exploring procedural texts
Exploring procedural texts—a sample unit
Assessment of procedural texts
Resources

10 Explanations

Purpose, structure and features
Teaching focuses for explanations
General activities for exploring explanations
Exploring explanations—a sample unit
Assessment of explanation writing
Resources

11 Persuasive Texts

Purpose, structure and features
Teaching focuses for arguments and discussions
Teaching focuses for advertisements
General activities for exploring persuasive texts
Exploring persuasive texts—a sample unit
Assessment of persuasive text writing
Resources

12 Recounts

Purpose, structure and features
Teaching focuses for recounts
Teaching focuses for reflections
Teaching focuses for biographical recounts
Teaching focuses for newspaper reports
General activities for exploring recounts
Exploring recounts—a sample unit
Assessment of recount writing
Resources

13 Transactional Texts

Purpose, structure and features
Teaching focuses for letters
Teaching focuses for invitations
Surveys, questionnaires and interviews
General activities for exploring transactional texts
Exploring transactional texts—a sample unit
Assessment of transactional text writing
Resources

Part Three Fictional Text Types

14 Fictional Texts

Why focus on fictional texts?
Ways of promoting fictional texts
Traditional tales
Contemporary realistic fiction and modern fantasy
Resources

15 Fictional Narratives

Purpose, structure and features
Teaching focuses for narratives
General activities for narratives
Exploring narratives—a sample unit
Assessment of narrative writing
Resources

16 Information Narratives

Purpose, structure and features
Teaching focuses for information narratives
General activities for information narratives
Exploring information narratives—a sample unit
Assessment of information narrative writing
Resources

17 Poetry

Purpose, structure and features
Teaching focuses for poetry
General activities for poetry
Exploring poetry—a sample unit
Assessment of poetry writing
Resources

Glossary
Appendix: Oxford Wordlist
Bibliography
Index

Write Ways resources

Preface (doc 32kb)
Glossary (doc 32kb)
Weblinks

For more resources for Primary teachers, visit The Successful Teacher