Beverly Derewianka
Cover illustration by Tonia Composto
Highly Commended — Educational Publishing Awards Australia 2020 Primary: Reference Resource
This refreshed and revised 30th anniversary edition of a PETAA classic investigates how different genres of text work to achieve their purposes. We venture beyond the surface, into the structure and language features of different genres, and explore how they make meaning. Our quest is to find useful ways of talking about language in the classroom and to use this common understanding to compose effective texts.
New title information (.pdf 425 kB)
Sample chapter
Sample Chapter (.pdf 553 KB)
Intended audience
Pre-service teachers
Early career educators
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