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School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Teaching Writing in the Primary Classroom

  • Unit Code

    LAN4270

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit will build on and further develop students' understandings and skills in relation to writing instruction in the primary school classroom. The focus of the unit is on the further development of Knowledge About Language (KAL) to plan for and support student writing across the primary curriculum. There will also be a focus on making connections between pedagogical theory and classroom practice.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of writing as both process and product.
  2. Apply theories of writing instruction to classroom practice.
  3. Develop Knowledge about Language (KAL) at the text, paragraph, sentence, clause, group and word levels and apply this to teaching written genres.
  4. Demonstrate an understanding of the range of genres used in primary school and how to teach them.
  5. Use relevant technologies for writing instruction.

Unit Content

  1. Field, tenor and mode.
  2. Knowledge About Language (KAL).
  3. Writing across the curriculum; scope and sequence of genres.
  4. Pedagogical approaches for writing instruction.
  5. Plans for writing instruction.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures/presentations; video; practical experiences; school visits; in-class and on-line discussions.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Assignment ^Teaching plan50%
Portfolio ^Writer's notebook50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Assignment ^Teaching Plan50%
Portfolio ^Writer's notebook50%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • ^ Derewianka, B. (2011).  A new grammar companion for teachers.  Newtown, Australia: Primary English Teaching Association.
  • Anderson, J. (2011). 10 things every writer needs to know. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.
  • Wing-Jan, L. (2009). Write ways: Modelling writing forms. (3rd ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press.
  • Rossbridge, J., & Rushton, K. (2010). Conversations about text 1. Newtown, Australia: Primary English Teaching Association.
  • Rossbridge, J., & Rushton, K. (2015). Put it in writing: Engaging learners with texts.  Newtown, Australia: Primary English Teaching Association.
  • Nicoll-Hatton, V. (Ed.). (2006). Writing (better) stories. Newtown, Australia: Primary English Teaching Association.
  • Exley, B., Kervin, L., & Mantei, J.  (2015).  Exploring with grammar in the primary years.  Norwood, Australia: Australian Literacy Educators Association.
  • Corbett, P., & Strong, J. (2011). Talk for writing across the curriculum: How to teach non-fiction writing to 5-12 year olds. Maidenhead, United Kingdom: Open University Press.
  • Buckner, A.  (2005).  Notebook know-how: Strategies for the writer’s notebook.  Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.

Journal References

  • Australian Journal of Language and Literacy
  • Literacy Learning: The Middle Years
  • Journal of Writing Research
  • The Reading Teacher

Website References

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Teaching Writing in the Primary Classroom

  • Unit Code

    LAN4270

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit will build on and further develop students' understandings and skills in relation to writing instruction in the primary school classroom. The focus of the unit is on the further development of Knowledge About Language (KAL) to plan for and support student writing across the primary curriculum. There will also be a focus on making connections between pedagogical theory and classroom practice.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of writing as both process and product.
  2. Apply theories of writing instruction to classroom practice.
  3. Develop Knowledge about Language (KAL) at the text, paragraph, sentence, clause, group and word levels and apply this to teaching written genres.
  4. Demonstrate an understanding of the range of genres used in primary school and how to teach them.
  5. Use relevant technologies for writing instruction.

Unit Content

  1. Field, tenor and mode.
  2. Knowledge About Language (KAL).
  3. Writing across the curriculum; scope and sequence of genres.
  4. Pedagogical approaches for writing instruction.
  5. Plans for writing instruction.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures/presentations; video; practical experiences; school visits; in-class and on-line discussions.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Assignment ^Teaching plan50%
Portfolio ^Writer's notebook50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Assignment ^Teaching Plan50%
Portfolio ^Writer's notebook50%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • ^ Derewianka, B. (2011).  A new grammar companion for teachers.  Newtown, Australia: Primary English Teaching Association.
  • Anderson, J. (2011). 10 things every writer needs to know. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.
  • Buckner, A.  (2005).  Notebook know-how: Strategies for the writer’s notebook.  Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.
  • Corbett, P., & Strong, J. (2011). Talk for writing across the curriculum: How to teach non-fiction writing to 5-12 year olds. Maidenhead, United Kingdom: Open University Press.
  • Exley, B., Kervin, L., & Mantei, J.  (2015).  Exploring with grammar in the primary years.  Norwood, Australia: Australian Literacy Educators Association.
  • Nicoll-Hatton, V. (Ed.). (2006). Writing (better) stories. Newtown, Australia: Primary English Teaching Association.
  • Rossbridge, J., & Rushton, K. (2015). Put it in writing: Engaging learners with texts.  Newtown, Australia: Primary English Teaching Association.
  • Rossbridge, J., & Rushton, K. (2010). Conversations about text 1. Newtown, Australia: Primary English Teaching Association.
  • Wing-Jan, L. (2009). Write ways: Modelling writing forms. (3rd ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press.

Journal References

  • Journal of Writing Research
  • Literacy Learning: The Middle Years
  • Australian Journal of Language and Literacy
  • The Reading Teacher

Website References

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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