Use of literature and other forms of rich, authentic texts in the classroom. Responding to literature. Text response. Literary texts. Narrative. Fantasy. Folk tales and Fairy tales. Literature and context. Setting. Characterisation. Plot. Theme and symbol. Style. Vocabulary. Explanation. Report. Description. Persuasive argument. Historical fiction. Historical realism. Contemporary fiction. Contemporary realism. Poetry. Ryming poems. Free verse poems. Multimodal texts. Digital texts. Fiction and Non-fiction. Picture books. Picture-story books. Reading process. Writing process. Figurative language. Alliteration. Hyperbole. Idiom. Imagery. Metaphor. Onomatopoeia. Personification. Simile. Readers’ theatre.
Carolyn Tate, 15 Aug 2019. Children who read about lives different from their own develop more empathy for other individuals, and children will be inclined to read more if they can see themselves and their own lives reflected in stories. Read the article here
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