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Featured Publications Items per Page: 5 10 25 50  Page 1 of 1  Product Price Cloze Encounters (e:update 012) Paul Dufficy's teaching paper uses text samples to investigate how teachers can support children's understanding of grammar in order to improve compre... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 From Fact to Faction (e:update 011) 'Faction' is used to describe a literary work that is a mix of fact and fiction. This e:update provides teachers with practical information about how ... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Teaching grammar in the context of narrative (e:update 010) This e:update shows how grammatical understanding can be developed at the same time as comprehension and writing skills without diminishing the joy of... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Readers' Theatre texts to improve fluency and comprehension Margery Hertzberg’s e:update provides teachers with practical information about how to write Reader’s Theatre scripts that will meet the specific need... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Authors in Schools: Inspiring Readers & Writers (e:update 00 Encourage students and teachers to read more Australian children's books and develop a writing culture in your school with an unforgettable author vis... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00  Page 1 of 1  Products    Product Price Designing For Difference: Units That Work (PEN 141) by Diana Whitton How can teachers provide activities that meet the diverse academic needs of all students in their classrooms? Order code: PEN141 Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Visual Literacy:A Coded Language For Viewing In The Class (P by Alyson Simpson How to discuss images in texts in a way that is meaningful to students? Here is a schema that teachers may use as a starting point... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Using Rubrics To Enhance Student Learning & Self-Assessment by Wendy Bean Used well, a rubric can enhance instruction, guide learning and be a powerful self-assessment tool. To be most useful, not only is the... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Embedding Assessment In The Early Years by Judith Kearney Assessment for learning has been described as a process whereby teachers obtain and interpret evidence for use by learners and t... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Designing For Learning by Peter Burrows, Olivia Clarke and Keiju Souminen with Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope Teachers are reminded daily that their 'digital native' stude... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Using Performance to Enhance English & Literacy Learning By Robyn Gibson & Robyn Ewing. Most children are born with an intuitive love of drama, music, dance and art. While each of these creative disciplines ... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Using Multimodal Texts and Digital Resources (e:update 4) The purpose of this e:update is to provide practical information about using multimodal texts and digital resources to enhance learning activities in ... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Reading Aloud To Children by Bill Spence We all wish to instil a love of reading in children. One way is to read aloud from an early age. This PEN provides ideas for and a st... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Grammar Games by Vicki O'Rourke with Susan Hill, Beth McGirr Engaging the 21st century student in grammar can be a challenging task for teachers. This PEN explore... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Is There A Role For Self Evaluation In The Classroom? by Kathleen Hill What is the role of students evaluating their own writing? Are there benefits in enabling students to assess their own achievements... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Learning To Use And Learning About Language (PEN 161) by Joanne Rossbridge Students need to be able to use language in particular contexts. They also need to learn about language so that they can articu... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Learning With Graphic Organisers by Nea Stewart-Dore This PEN explores aspects of Graphic Organisers (GOs) as tools that can enhance learning. It lists examples of GOs and explores ... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Possibilities for Literacy Learning through Podcasting (e:up Considers our professional knowledge in connection with an example of new technology, in this instance podcasts, to examine how we can merge the two t... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Students as Literacy Researchers (e:update 002) Understanding the structure and purpose of a text helps students when they come to create their own texts. Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Lights, Camera, Learning by Kathy Gibson Teachers have been handed an exciting opportunity in recent years. Cheaper video cameras and free editing software enable students t... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Reading (And Writing) To Learn In The Middle Years Of School by Claire Acevedo and David Rose This PEN describes an approach to literacy learing that closes the gap for learners considered 'at risk' in years 5... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Places To Play: Story As An Adventure Playground by Libby Gleeson The notion of story as an adventure playground came to me from Geoff Williams. In his view, story is 'like an adventure playground ... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Planning The Learning Envt for Refugee Background Students by Pam Luizzi and Janet Saker Many people are not aware of the very different needs that students from refugee and disrupted schooling backgrounds h... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Valuing Parents in the Reading Process (e:update 6) This e:update explores the many reasons for involving parents and examines effective ways to promote sustained involvement. Collaborating and uniting ... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Web Projects: A Cure for 'Technofluenza' by Louise Joscelyne-Loane The internet and web projects may appear daunting to the novice. However, as this PEN shows, web projects can be an exciti... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Primary Connections: Linking Science With Literacy by Penny Hutton A trial program that aims to improve science teaching and learning has had a marked impact on how teachers and students approach sci... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Reading & Responding In Literature Circles by Catherine Day It is one thing to encourage students to read more; it is another to support them to read more widely, more deeply, more critically... Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00 Teaching & Learning Experiences in an Effective Reading Prog This e:update focuses on the important issue that teaching of reading requires the planning of appropriate experiences for all students. Price includes 0.64 GST 7.00