Primary Writing

by Dominic Wyse

Details the "process approach" to primary writing in the context of the whole school. Used with some success in the U.K., the approach treats the first marks children make as writing and attempts to involve them in a "community of young writers" who develop their writing within a publishing cycle that mirrors aspects of the publication processes in the world outside the classroom. Attempting to steer a middle ground between theory and practice, the author explores benefits of the process and explains its links with reading and other curricula. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

166 pages, Hardcover

First published January 5, 1998