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Conversations about text 1 : teaching grammar using literary texts / Joanne Rossbridge and Kathy Rushton.
"The focus of 'Conversations about text 1' is on teaching grammar in the context of literary texts in primary and middle years. Knowledge about grammar is only useful if students use it to read and write, and recognise how authors, including themselves, can use language to make meaning. The introduction discusses what is meant by 'teaching grammar' in the context of literary texts in which the emphasis is placed on students developing not just skills and strategies but also knowledge and understandings about how language works. This book addresses common issues specifically in the areas of teaching grammar and how these relate to both learning to use language and learning about language. An important feature of 'Conversations about text 1' is that outstanding classroom practitioners share their strategies, programs and in some cases whole units of work demonstrating how to work with literary texts." - Back cover. Bibliography: p. [94]-96. "The focus of 'Conversations about text 1' is on teaching grammar in the context of literary texts in primary and middle years. Knowledge about grammar is only useful if students use it to read and write, and recognise how authors, including themselves, can use language to make meaning. The introduction discusses what is meant by 'teaching grammar' in the context of literary texts in which the emphasis is placed on students developing not just skills and strategies but also knowledge and understandings about how language works. This book addresses common issues specifically in the areas of teaching grammar and how these relate to both learning to use language and learning about language. An important feature of 'Conversations about text 1' is that outstanding classroom practitioners share their strategies, programs and in some cases whole units of work demonstrating how to work with literary texts." - Back cover.