E209 Developing subject knowledge for the primary years - English Workbook English Workbook Submission for TMA 03
E209 Developing subject knowledge for the primary years - English Workbook Ethical statement The participants name of both children and colleagues which were mentioned in this assignment had been changed. It is done in accordance with guidelines of The British Education Research Association (BERA, 2011) in terms to maintain confidentiality and anonymity. In order to maintain confidentiality, the instructions listed in the Data Protection Act 1998 had been also followed while writing the assignment. Moreover, the consensus from all the participants were taken to maintain ethics, which means that informed details were madeclearandwithoutanyduress,forbetterunderstandingandassistinkeeping transparency about the involved activities. Part 1 Language and literacy subject knowledge Part 1 Section 1. Children’s literature Example: Picture book 1 (for early readers) Title, dateVoices in the Park, 1998 Author, illustratorAnthony Browne Features of interestSurrealillustrations;highlightsclassandrelatedlanguage differences;showshowdifferentchildrensharethesame feelings. Aspectsthatcould supportlanguageand literacy learning Children can learn how an author develops different voices and perspectivesthroughvocabulary(e.g.‘pedigree’and ‘mongrel’); about different dialects of English; about reading with expression by reading the book aloud and dramatizing it; and about how illustrations can provide meaning beyond the words. Picture books Picture book 1 (for early readers) Title, dateBirthday, 2008 Author, illustratorFelicity Brooks, Jo Litchfield Features of interestThis provides a fun way for young children to look
E209 Developing subject knowledge for the primary years - English Workbook and understand, recognise and talk about their own experiences. It is filled with stuffs related to real-life objects. Aspectsthatcouldsupport children’slanguageandliteracy learning Children are being introduced to familiar objects through use of colours, shapes etc. in order to build their cognitive abilities. They can be made familiar withreal-lifeobjectsbypointing,usinghand gestures to make them recognise the names, sounds and phonics. Additionally, it helps in building the alphabetical order in the mind which help in future for identifying phonemes and using it accordingly. Picture book 2 (for older readers) Title, dateThe 1,000 year old boy, 2018 Author, illustratorRoss Welford, Harper Collins Features of interestIt emphasis on more reading and fewer illustrations. This consists of wide range of different sentence structuresandisfocusedonunderstandingthe language differences. Aspectsthatcouldsupport children’slanguageandliteracy learning Thisaidsindevelopingdifferentemotionsthat enhances the children abilities to express their needs, expectations and share their ideas with proper use of wordsandgrammar.Moreover,itsupportsin formation of creative thoughts and imaginary skills. Poems for children Poem 1 Title, dateThe friendly octopus, 2000 Author, illustratorMike Jubb, Marcela Calderon Features of interestThisinvolveseyecatchingillustrationswhich reflects about a fun looking octopus, who is holding each item mentioned in the poem in his arms. There is use of vivid and colourful images thatattract a
E209 Developing subject knowledge for the primary years - English Workbook child’s interest visually. Aspectsthatcouldsupport children’slanguageandliteracy learning AlliterationisimportantaspectinEnglishand learning about the use of words that appear close and start with similar consonant sound. Moreover, it is useful to recognise the repetition and usage of such wordseffectively.Also,ithelpschildrenwith respect to phonemic awareness Through manipulating oral language. For instance, children can learn correct sentence structure and figurative language. Poem 2 Title, dateBeach counting, 2017 Author, illustratorTony Mitten, Marcela Calderon Features of interestThis contains counting numbers starting from one to teninarhymingformat;ithighlightedthe excitement and fun children have when they play with numbers while spending time at the beach. Along with, use of bright and colourful illustrations of objects have depicted about the poem. Aspectsthatcouldsupport children’slanguageandliteracy learning Counting while playing would help to form the structure in their brains and helping the children to realizetheirutilitiesinreallife.Thishelpsin improving their literacy levels effectually. Children’s novel Title, dateBlack Queen, 2000 Author, illustratorMichael Morpurgo, Tony Ross Features of interestThis highlights an intriguing story by using varied phrases and idioms such as ‘my blood ran cold’ which would interest a child to read. It emphasises on an exciting story of a shadowy neighbour who
E209 Developing subject knowledge for the primary years - English Workbook lives next door to Billy. Aspectsthatcouldsupport children’slanguageandliteracy learning Itsupportsinexpandingthelearningskillsof children in context to using language with correct grammar, formation of sentences, proper use of parts of speech etc. Information books Information book 1 (for early readers) Title, dateFarm animals, 2003 Author, illustratorKatie Draynes, Christyan Fox Features of interestHere, Superb illustrations have been implemented, using both cartoon and real-life images of animals. It highlights two reading levels, with a simple sentence on each page for beginners, accompanied by more little advanced use of sentences formation. Such information assist in enhancing the comprehension abilities with good reading speed. Aspects that couldChildrenareforcedtothinkandusethe connotations when the author asks supportchildren’slanguageand literacy learning Questions; for example, How do pigs keep cool? Additionally,theauthorhasansweredusing appropriate, vivid, full coloured photographs and illustrationswithemphasisonuseofshort, informative text as it supports in growing the child’s ability. Along with, the Children can learn real-life facts about farm animals and are able to identify and recognisedifferentrelationslikemother,father, baby names etc. Information book 2 (for older readers) Title, dateMy little book of cats and kittens, 2017 Author, illustratorDavid Alderton, QED Publishing Features of interestThis book is full of fascinating facts which highlight
E209 Developing subject knowledge for the primary years - English Workbook different breeds of cats and kittens for cat lovers. It has a glossary of the tricky terms at the back of the booktodevelopchildren’sunderstandingof contrasting words. Aspects that could support children’s language and literacy learning It gives the opportunity to practice sounds and phonics and recognise action verbs such as eat, make, go etc. References Children’s Literature Alderton, D. (2017). My little book of cats and kittens, London, QED Publishing. Brooks, F. (2008). Birthday, UK, Usborne Publishing Ltd. Draynes, K .(2003). Farm Animals, London, Usborne Publishing Ltd. Jubb, M. (2008). The Friendly Octopus, London, Wayland. Morpurgo, M. (2000). Black Queen, UK, Young Corgi. Welford, R. (2018). The 1,000 Year Old Boy, UK .Harper Collins Publishers.
E209 Developing subject knowledge for the primary years - English Workbook Terminology Part 1. Section 2. Text Types Example: Narrative Key elementsPresents events in chronological order – but can also move back and forth in time. Usually written in the past tense – but can also be written in the present tense or shift between tenses. Can have a third-person voice or a firstpersonnarrator(Eyres,2007p145).Basicstructure:opening, complication, resolution. Usually has: settings, plot and characters (Medwell et al 2014 p 142). Has connectives that signal the passing of time (first, next, later, then, afterwards ...) ExamplesFairy or folk tales (e.g. in Western Europe different versions ofSleeping BeautyorRumpelstiltskin.) Historical fiction (e.g. Magorian, M. (1981)Goodnight Mister Tom) Narrative poems (e.g. Noyes, A. (1913)The Highwayman) Recount Key elementsThe purpose of a recount is to retell the story in a narrative form, where sequence of events with the purpose of either informing or entering an audience (or with both purposes) will be done (Medwell and et. Al, 2014 p. 203). Examples“A day in the life of a German Soldier, how I manned the first mission to the moon”. (e.g. Literacy ideas, (2018). Declan Donnelly has thanked TV’s supervet for saving his dachshund (e.g. Davies, H. (2019)The sun newspaper) Explanation Key elementsAstatementaboutthecausesorreasonsbehindtheoccurrence (Volcabury.com,1996).
E209 Developing subject knowledge for the primary years - English Workbook An explanation text is defined as the non-fiction text which describes the happenings of the events in broad manner (Literacyideas.com, 2009). Examples“Lily Allen tells all about her split” (e.g. Davies, H. (2019)The sun newspaper). Farm Animals book, How and why chickens lay eggs (e.g. Farm Animals, p10-11) Report Key elementsA type of document written by someone or in relation to conduct a group investigation to conclude or announce about something under authoritative framework (Elimarselina.blospot.com, 2015-2017). Genetic structure for report are title, general classification, description and conclusion. (elimarselina.blospot.com, online). A non-chronological report is that repoert which is not written in time frame, and is usually non-fiction (twinkl, 2017). ExamplesDaily Mirror newspaper (e.g. Fitzmaurice, M. (2019) “£115M to beat the January blues”. The Sun newspaper (e.g. Syson, N. (2019)Disaster driver no memory of crash) Discussion Key elementsThis consists of a statement of the issue and a preview of the main argument withsupportingevidence;along-withincludingargumentsagainstand supporting evidence, recommendation given as a summary and conclusion (Medwell and et.al, 2014 p 204). ExamplesBlack Queen (e.g. Morpurgo (2000) chapter 4, “Fixed up”. Daily mirror newspaper (e.g. Jackson, G. (2019)Man appeared in court charged with murder) Persuasion Key elements It is the opening statement/thesis that reflect on the arguments (often in the form of point and elaboration), a summary and restatement of the opening position (Medwell and et.al, 2014 p 204). A persuasive text can be an argument, exposition discussion, review or even
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