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Six words of writing, many layers of significance : An examination of writing as social practice in an early grade classroom

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posted on 2024-11-14, 06:09 authored by Pauline Harris, Philip Fitzsimmons, Barbra McKenzie
This paper explores a six-year-old child's text that he wrote at school. We explore this text in order to demonstrate how even a simple text embodies many complex aspects of writing. These aspects include how writers represent texts, compose meaning, achieve social purposes, and position readers. We more deeply examine these aspects of writing practices in terms of contexts of situation and culture in which a child writes. In this examination, we consider how a child's experiences, predispositions and resources form a significant part of their classroom writing context.

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Harris, P., Fitzsimmons, P. & McKenzie, B. (2004). Six words of writing, many layers of significance : An examination of writing as social practice in an early grade classroom. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 27 (1), 27-45.

Journal title

Australian Journal of Language and Literacy

Volume

27

Issue

1

Pagination

27-45

Language

English

RIS ID

3533

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