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New and Published Books

  1. Literacy Activities for Classic and Contemporary Texts 7-14

    The Whoosh Book

    By Gill Robins, Laura-Jane Evans-Jones

    English teachers are always keen to explore new ways of motivating their pupils to engage with reading, both for learning and for pleasure. Literacy Activities for Classic and Contemporary Texts 7-14 is a practical, friendly book which uses the ‘whoosh’ to cover some of our best known classic and...

    Published May 16th 2013 by Routledge

  2. Handbook of Automated Essay Evaluation

    Current Applications and New Directions

    Edited by Mark D. Shermis, Jill Burstein

    This comprehensive, interdisciplinary handbook reviews the latest methods and technologies used in automated essay evaluation (AEE) methods and technologies. Highlights include the latest in the evaluation of performance-based writing assessments and recent advances in the teaching of writing,...

    Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge

  3. Descriptosaurus

    Supporting Creative Writing for Ages 8–14, 2nd Edition

    By Alison Wilcox

    Reviews of the first edition "This book is a treasure trove of descriptive language... Highly recommended for both teachers and parents. I wish I’d had a copy of this book when I was a full time English teacher! Invest in a copy today; you’ll be glad you did." Sue Cowley, bestselling author,...

    Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge

  4. Teaching English, Language and Literacy

    3rd Edition

    By Dominic Wyse, Russell Jones, Helen Bradford, Mary Anne Wolpert

    ‘This book is comprehensive, up-to-date, critical and authoritative. It is also, above all, well written. It will undoubtedly become standard reading for the next generation of teachers in training and practising teachers will also learn a great deal from dipping into its contents.' - David Wray,...

    Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge

  5. Working with Multimodality

    Rethinking Literacy in a Digital Age

    By Jennifer Rowsell

    In today’s digital world, we have multiple modes of meaning-making: sounds, images, hypertexts. Yet, within literacy education, even ‘new’ literacies, we know relatively little about how to work with and produce modally complex texts. In Working with Multimodality,...

    Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge

  6. Imagery and Text

    A Dual Coding Theory of Reading and Writing, 2nd Edition

    By Mark Sadoski, Allan Paivio

    Imagery and Text, Second Edition extends the first edition’s unified theory of cognition in literacy from the perspective of Dual Coding Theory (DCT), one of the most influential and empirically sound theories of cognition ever developed. This theory provides a comprehensive, systematic account of...

    Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge

  7. English 5–11

    A guide for teachers, 2nd Edition

    By David Waugh, Wendy Jolliffe

    Series: Primary 5-11 Series

    English is central to the primary school curriculum, since it permeates all subject areas. Now fully updated, English 5-11 provides comprehensive, up to date and creative guidance on teaching English in the primary school. Key areas covered include:- Communication, language and literacy...

    Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge

  8. Children's Ways with Science and Literacy

    Integrated Multimodal Enactments in Urban Elementary Classrooms

    Edited by Maria Varelas, Christine C. Pappas

    Science is often a forgotten subject in early elementary grades as various mandates require teachers to focus on teaching young students to achieve specific reading and mathematical competencies. This book offers specific examples and empirical evidence of how integrated science-literacy curriculum...

    Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge

  9. Reading - From Words to Multiple Texts

    Edited by Anne Britt, Susan Goldman, Jean-Francois Rouet

    Increasing the mastery of reading and text literacy in the general population is one of the most important challenges faced by both developed and developing societies. Providing a new reference for researchers and practitioners involved in this domain, this book brings together empirical research...

    Published November 13th 2012 by Routledge

  10. The Art of Teaching Writing

    A complete resource file for 7 to 12 year olds

    By Mark Hartley

    "It is amazing – the fruit of so much thought and hard work. But it is more than a book. It is a course." Professor Peter Mortimore, former Principal of The Institute of Education and current Guardian columnist The Art of Teaching Writing is an essential resource file that will support teachers...

    Published October 31st 2012 by Routledge