eBook - Teaching with Intent 3: Grammar, vocabulary and literary techniques in mentor texts

eBook - Teaching with Intent 3: Grammar, vocabulary and literary techniques in mentor texts

Teaching with Intent 3, the latest in the bestselling and award-winning Teaching with Intent series, introduces the key grammar and language resources used by the authors of children’s literature to create engaging and stimulating stories. This book has been written to provide teachers with tools for talking about the language of the rich literary texts, or mentor texts, that you work with in your primary English classrooms.

By Dr Bronwyn Parkin and Dr Helen Harper

Cover illustration by Katiebell_illustration

The authors use quality Australian children’s literature examples to demonstrate why and how authors use language to impact on their readers: how authors structure narratives to keep us engaged, and how they use literary techniques and grammar to create the imagery that makes us believe in their story worlds: their settings, their characters and the outcomes of the story.

For all students, learning how skilled writers put their stories together is tremendously empowering. It is particularly important for students who don’t have easy access to books at home, for those who are 'reluctant' readers, or for those who struggle to make meaning from written text. As teachers, we have an essential role in supporting all students, both to notice how authors use language for effect, and to experiment in using rich language, and ‘written-like’ grammars purposefully, in their own writing.

Intended audience

  • Classroom teachers F – 8
  • Literacy Leaders
  • EAL/D Coordinators
  • Heads of Curriculum and Instruction
  • Teacher Librarians
  • Principals, Deputy Principals, Assistant Principals

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    Content note: This publication includes practical examples referencing Runt by Craig Silvey (Allen & Unwin, 2022). Guidance regarding classroom use of this text has changed in some Australian education jurisdictions. All affected strategies can be applied using alternative mentor texts.

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