Text
Browne, A. 1998. Voices in the Park. Doubleday, London.
Unit Overview
This series of lessons draws on Anthony Browne’s picture story book, Voices in the Park to inform it. The text tells the story of an everyday experience - going to the park - through the eyes of four different gorilla characters.
Via the rich text and visual images, Browne considers the themes of social class and gender.
Note to teachers
It is assumed that students are familiar with this text and that teachers have read the text to students solely for pleasure before the teacher revisits the text for teaching about spelling as outlined in the possible lesson outlines below.
Lessons
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References
Bowers, J. S. & Bowers, P. N. (2017). Beyond Phonics: The Case for Teaching Children the Logic of the English Spelling System. Educational Psychologist, 52(2), 124–141.
Snowball, D. & Bolton, F. (1999). Spelling K-8 Planning and teaching. York Maine: Stenhouse.
Westwood, P. (2008). What teachers need to know about spelling. Camberwell: ACER Press.