Foreword / Prisca Martens
Children's Views of Writing
Introduction: Learning and Teaching the Complexities of Writing / Janet Evans
Pt. I. Supporting the Young Writer
1. "That's How I Used to Write My Name When I Was Little": Under-fives Exploring Writing / Robin Campbell
2. Using Nursery Rhymes, Jingles, Songs, and Poems as a Way into Writing / Janet Evans
3. Do You Hear What I Hear? Helping Children Read and Spell Using Letter-Onset/Rime Analogy / Margaret Moustafa and Rosalie Franzese
4. Place to Start From: Encouraging Bilingual Children's Writing / Charmian Kenner
Pt. II. Different Ways into Fiction and Poetry
5. Responding to Poetry Through Writing / Gervase Phinn
6. Writing as a Response to Literature / David Hornsby and Lesley Wing Jan
7. From Reading to Writing: Using Picture Books as Models / Maureen Lewis
8. Magic of Writing with Computers / Dawn Nulty
9. Aspects of Gender: How Boys' and Girls' Experiences of Reading Shape Their Writing / Elaine Millard
Pt. III. Nonfiction Issues
10. Developing Nonfiction Writing: Beyond Writing Frames / David Wray and Maureen Lewis
11. Notemaking Techniques for Young Children / Bobbie Neate
12. Using Graphic Organizers to Write Information Texts / Steve Moline
Pt. IV. Getting Ready for Publication
13. Developing Understanding of Punctuation with Young Writers and Readers / Nigel Hall
14. Teaching Spelling Through Writing: Five Avenues / Sandra Wilde
15. Raising Awareness of Grammar Through Shared Writing / George Hunt.
