Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-266) and index.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. A Child Discovers How To Write.
I. THE BEGINNINGS OF WRITING.
2. The Precursors of Writing.
3. What Children Do With Early Graphics.
II. THE BEGINNINGS OF SPELLING.
4. Invented Spelling.
5. Learning Standard Spelling.
6. Making Progress in Spelling.
III. THE BEGINNINGS OF COMPOSITION.
7. Functions and Forms in Children's Composition.
8. Writing in the Expressive Mode.
9. Writing in the Poetic Mode.
10. Writing in the Transactional Mode.
11. Writing: The Child, The Teacher, and the Class.
Bibliography.
Index.