Reading Children’s Writing : A Linguistic View (Hardcover)

Introduction 1. Children’s Writing in School: the Context 2. Describing Children’s Writing: Text Evaluation and Teaching Strategies 3. Responding to Children’s Narratives 4. Organization in Children’s Writing (Non-fictional) 5. Undeveloped Discourse: Some Factors Affecting the Adequacy of Children’s Non-fictional Written Discourses 6. Good Word! Vocabulary, Style and Coherence in Children’s Writing 7. Evaluating Teacher’s Responses to Children’s Writing 8. Readings of Children’s Writing: a Case-study ?9. Classroom Implications