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Conversations About Text:Teaching grammar using literary txt

This book focuses on teaching grammar in the context of literary texts in the primary school and middle years. Outstanding classroom practitioners sha...


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Strategies for Writing Success

Marcelle Holliday's latest book in the 'Strategies in Action' series shows teachers how to develop their students as effective writers of a range of t...


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Strategies for Reading Success

Strategies for reading success provides teachers with a wealth of resources to help their students from basic decoding of texts through to using all t...


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A Grammar Companion For Primary Teachers

by Beverly Derewianka Beverly Derewianka’s second book for PETA is a guide which brings together the terminology of both traditional and functional m...


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Exploring How Texts Work

by Beverly Derewianka A remarkable book which investigates how texts work to achieve their purposes. Order code: PET030 Publication year: 1990 Pa...


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Where do I start?

Author: Robyn Wild. Stimulating ideas for literacy-rich classrooms. This book takes us inside the classrooms of effective, experienced teachers to fin...


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Beyond the Reading Wars

edited by Robyn Ewing.This book will prove a useful tool for teachers and parents of primary children struggling to understand the issues behind the o...


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A year in texts: An explicit reading program

by Kerry Gehling This book sets out a year-long reading program targeted at middle-years students. It is sequenced to encourage wide reading, suppor...


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A Passion for Poetry: Practical approaches to using poetry

by Mandy Tunica, illustrated by Terry Denton Poetry can be used to promote reading, responding, speaking, listening and writing activities. Each cha...


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Beyond The Script: Take Two

by Robyn Ewing and Jennifer Simons with Margery Herzberg How does a teacher help students to develop empathy, to understand how others think and fee...


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Brainstorms! Superior stories for superior kids

edited by Vivienne Nicoll-Hatton Spark the lightning in your brain! Fire up a storm of ideas with the stories in Brain Storms. Written by kids aged ...


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Designing learning for diverse classrooms

by Paul Dufficy How might we go about designing meaningful and challenging learning so that all children in our classrooms gain productive access ...


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Grammar In Teaching

edited by John Collerson In Part One, John Collerson discusses a number of general issues, such as traditional and modern approaches to grammar and ...


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Critical Literacies In The Primary Classroom

edited by Michele Knobel and Annah Healy Critical literacy is a term much bandied about in education circles. However, there is no single set of pro...


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Reading Under the Covers: helping children to choose books

edited by Alyson Simpson From beginning readers - even reluctant ones - to those who are bursting to read more, Reading under the covers: helping ch...


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Image Matters: Visual texts in the classroom

edited by Jon Callow Images saturate our culture, from picture book to movie screen, print advertisements to Internet shopping. Drawing parallels wi...


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Laugh Lines: Exploring Humour In Children's Literature

by Kerry Mallan, illustrated by David Cox Laugh Lines takes humour seriously. It explores types of humour and the appeal and history of humorous lit...


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Learning To Learn In A Second Language

by Pauline Gibbons English is a second language for one in four children in Australian schools. This book was written specifically for teachers of t...


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Managing Small-Group Learning


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Literacies in place:Teaching environmental communications

edited by Barbara Comber and Helen Nixon and Jo-Anne Reid Literacies in Place looks at the way students communicate knowledge when they build thei...


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Scaffolding: Teaching & Learning In Language & Literacy Ed

edited by Jennifer Hammond This book goes to the heart of the teacher’s role. When and why do students need teacher support? When and why should sup...


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May I See Your Program Please?

edited by Vivienne Nicoll Few teachers have the time or opportunity to share their programming with each other. This multi-authored book enables tha...


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Smart Thinking:Developing Reflection and Metacognition

by Jeni Wilson and Lesley Wing Jan This book will assist teachers in their quest to develop students' capacities as deep thinkers and independent le...


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PETA Guide To Homework

edited by Katina Zammit Like it or not, most students are given homework at some point in their primary-school careers. Here ten contributors, who h...


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Play & literacy in childrens worlds

by Bronwyn Beecher and Leonie Arthur Rich with samples and practical suggestions, this book looks at the everyday literacy practices that children e...


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Quest For Wonders: Myths And Legends In The Classroom

by John Tingay, illustrated by Kim Gamble The sharing of myths, legends and traditional stories offers a valuable and powerful experience which can ...


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Taking A Closer Look At Literature-Based Programs

by Vivienne Nicoll and Victoria Roberts The move away from reading schemes to 'real books' has left many teachers wondering exactly what they should...


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Teaching Values

by Leonie Rowan, Judy Gauld, Jennet Cole-Adams and Andrew Connolly Teaching values can be a delicate undertaking. We all have different values, an...


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Thinking together: Philosphical inquiry for the classroom

by Philip Cam Philosophy has a legitimate place in the primary classroom. Philip Cam recommends using story-based material to raise puzzles and prob...


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Turn Around Pedagogies: Literacy Interventions For At-Risk S

edited by Barbara Comber and Barbara Kamler Every classroom teacher is aware of that one student who is in danger of falling behind their peers in a...


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Writing (better) Stories

edited by Vivienne Nicoll-Hatton How do you get everyone in the class to be creative at the one time? How can you inspire all your students to write ...


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Writing like a writer: Teaching narrative writing

by Libby Gleeson Writing like a writer is both practical and inspiring – rather like Libby Gleeson herself. She is one of Australia’s best known writ...


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Writing Links:Grammar In Studies Of Society & The Envt

by Christine Love and Kathleen Rushton These units of work, which include photocopiable handouts and activity sheets, support achievement in both En...


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