Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-171) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Extending literacy: an introduction to the project -- 2. The state of literacy -- 3. Towards a model of teaching literacy -- 4. Extending interactions with non-fiction texts: an EXIT into understanding -- 5. Activating prior knowledge -- 6. Asking questions -- 7. Information finding and interactive reading -- 8. Monitoring understanding and taking notes -- 9. A look at critical reading -- 10. Writing non-fiction -- 11. Bringing it all together: Key Stage 1 -- 12. Bringing it all together: Key Stage 2.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The Exeter Extending Literacy project (EXEL) was set up with the aim of exploring the ways in which non-fiction might be used more effectively and profitably in classrooms. Here, David Wray and Maureen Lewis outline the thinking behind the project.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Children-- Books and reading.
English language-- Composition and exercises-- Study and teaching.
Prose literature-- Study and teaching.
Children-- Books and reading.
Englischunterricht
English language-- Composition and exercises-- Study and teaching.