Towards a Reading-Writing Classroom

Towards a Reading-Writing Classroom
Introduction Chapter 1
“Through the process conference approach, a major revolution has already taken place in the teaching of writing in primary schools. This timely book reminds teachers of the need to effectively integrate writing with reading-and shows them how to do it!”(Butler & Turbill 1984)
Children are pleased and have confidence in reading and writing classrooms. In Australia and New Zealand have undergone changes in their schools. In these schools they use a process-conference approach. They emphasize that the process is more important than the product. The process includes drafting, revising, editing and polishing. They have integrated reading and writing into a total language program. In the classroom the teacher reads a story the children liked, the students wrote stories drew pictures that the teacher could make a big book out of it. Reading, writing and spelling is being learnt in an integrated and meaningful context ...