Download or read book Developing Writing for Different Purposes written by Jeni Riley and published by SAGE Publications Limited. This book was released on 2001-01-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `Jeni Riley and David Reedy share excellent examples of how primary school children worked on a non-fiction text format.... A well-informed book with a welcome dose of humour' - Nursery World `One of the insights of social theories of language which is now taken for granted is that language varies as the social context varies' (Kress, 1997) This is a book that operationalizes this insight: it charts young children's early attempts to write as they struggle to communicate meaning for a variety of purposes. Each section deals with the appropriate research evidence on the development of children's competence in literacy, and their growing awareness of genre, and uniquely, with a clear approa