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Drawing + Talk = Powerful insights for teachers of writing

Lisa Kervin and Jessica Mantei

Turbill, J. Barton, G. & Brock, C. [eds] Teaching Writing in Today's Classrooms: Looking back to look forward, pp 87-103, 2015 published by ALEA

This chapter explores the ‘marks’ that children make in order to revisit the important relationship between drawing and emergent writing. It presents a case study of one child’s drawings and the surrounding talk in order to offer insights for teachers of writing

Link to Touchstones: 2, 3, 4, 5, 10

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Keywords: Arts | Talking and Listening | Writing

Resource Added: 28 February, 2022

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