Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Part One: The background to language knowledge 1. Why do primary teachers need language knowledge? 2. A framework for considering language knowledge 3. Building on preschool children’s language knowledge Part Two: Texts, sentences and words 4. Some characteristics of texts 5. Making sense of texts 6. What big teeth you have, grammar! 7. Sentence structure: phrases and clauses 8. Words, words, words Part Three: Applying language knowledge 9. Applying text, sentence and word level knowledge to fictional texts and poetry 10. Applying text, sentence and word level knowledge to non-fiction texts 11. Applying text, sentence and word level knowledge to non-book and electronic texts 12. Applying text, sentence and word level knowledge to digital communications 13. Conclusion Commentaries Bibliography Index

About the Author

Angela Wilson is former Senior Lecturer in Education at the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education, now GlyndA r University. Julie Scanlon is Senior Lecturer in Primary English at Manchester Metropolitan University.