Ebook for Visual Approaches to Teaching Writing: Multimodal Literacy 5 11 1st edition by Eve Bearne, Helen Wolstencroft ISBN 1412930340 978-1412930345

Introduction

Section 1 What are multimodal texts?

Defining and describing multimodal texts

Writing and multimodal texts

Affordance and design

Showing and telling

What children know about multimodality

Activity: Finding out what children know about multimodal texts

Developing a vocabulary to describe multimodal texts

Classroom account: Planning and making picture books with Years 1/2

Activity: Talking about words and pictures

Popular cultural texts and writing

Summary

Section 2 The classroom as an environment for visual and audio-visual texts

Reviewing provision

Activity: Surveying multimodal text provision

Activity: Evaluating multimodal texts

Raising the profile of multimodal texts

Activity: Surveying the profile of multimodal texts in the classroom

Teaching multimodality

Activity: Reviewing multimodal teaching

Provision of digital resources

Activity: Evaluating digital texts

Reading and analysing visual texts

Activity: Reading picture books analytically

The environment of possibility

Summary

Section 3 Planning and teaching multimodal and written texts

Using the Multimodal Planning and Teaching Sequence

Familiarity with the text type

Capturing and recording ideas

Planning and structuring

Drafting, revising and proof reading

Presenting

Teacher modelling

Using the sequence flexibly

Classroom account: Designing and writing non-chronological reports in Year 5

Summary

Section 4 Narrative

Pictures in the mind

Activity: Writing pictures

Using word and image: becoming familiar with text types and capturing ideas

Classroom account: Making illustrated play scripts in Year 2

Starting from the visual: planning narratives

Activity: Mapping narrative structures

Flexible planning using pictures

Activity: The backstory

Activity: Developing character and dialogue

Activity: Creating atmosphere and narrative tension

Activity: Shaping ideas into episodes

Activity: Heroic adventure stories

Writing and film

Pacing narratives

Activity: Using frames to pace a narrative

Classroom account: Making picture books for younger readers with Years 3/4

Summary

Section 5 Non-fiction

What is non-fiction?

Composing non-fiction texts

Designing information

Classroom account: Making information leaflets with Years 3/4

Activity: Analysing design

Activity: Gathering information from words and images

Scaffolds for non-fiction

Activity: Making frames from websites

Research from observation

Classroom account: Researching in the school environment with Years 1/2

Activity: Researching the environment

Persuasive presentation texts

Classroom account: Design presentations in Years 3/4

Summary

Section 6 Poetry

Narrative poetry: starting from images

Classroom account: Using images for writing narrative poetry in a special school

Activity: Narrative poetry using images

Activity: Writing from illustrated narrative poetry

Using film to inspire poetry

Films without words

Activity: Using a film sequence for poetry writing

Poetry across the curriculum

Classroom accounts: Poetry based on close observation of the natural world from Year 1 to Year 5

Activity: Poetry across the curriculum

Sound and image

Classroom account: Presenting pictures and poetry with a Year 6 class

Activity: Making poetry presentations

Writing about poetry

Activity: Adding backgrounds to poetry

Activity: Writing from poetry and image together

Activity: Tempting others to read poetry

Summary

Section 7 Making progress in multimodal composition

Writing development

Differences between assessment and describing progress

A framework for describing and assessing multimodal texts

Examples of different combinations of modes

Activity: Describing and assessing multimodal texts

Activity: Discussing examples

Example 1. Making a picture book: a multimodal text maker in the early stages

Example 2. Writing a picture book drawing on a favourite film: an increasingly assured multimodal text maker

Example 3. Writing an information book: a more experienced and often independent multimodal text maker

Example 4. Writing a collaborative picture book: two assured, experienced and independent multimodal text makers

Example 5. Making a collaborative presentation and writing individual stories: assured, experienced and independent multimodal text makers

Reflecting on progress

Moving multimodal learners on

Activity: Moving children on as multimodal text makers

What does progression in multimodality look like?

Activity: Progress descriptors for multimodal composition

Summary

Section 8 Whole-school policy for multimodal teaching and learning

National developments

Planning for classroom and school development

Reviewing current practice and provision

Innovating and developing

Embedding and extending

Describing children’s progress

Summary

Resources

Author Index

Subject Index