Wray, D. (2005). Teaching and learning literacy: Reading and writing texts for a purpose. Retrieved from eBook Central (accessed through LIRN). If you are having trouble accessing eBook Central resources, please review the instructions: Finding a chapter in eBook Central Academic. Read pages 113-144 (Unit 9 - Reading electronic texts, Unit 10 - Writing electronic texts & Conclusion) which focus on strategies for supporting students in their writing endeavors. I recently bought a new laptop computer...

Literary texts (such as stories, descriptions, essays, biographies, dialogues, novels, scripts, and poems) are written to entertain, provide insights, or communicate a writer’s ideas and viewpoints. Literary texts are sometimes incorporated into informational text forms. Providing students with an approach to reading this type of text can help them to become effective readers in other contexts as well. • Become familiar with the elements and features of literary texts used in the course. • Explore a process for reading literary texts, using a range of strategies for before, during and after reading...