Talking, Drawing, Writing: Lessons for Our Youngest Writers
In the early grades, talking and drawing can provide children with a natural pathway to writing, yet these components are often overlooked. In Talking, Drawing, Writing: Lessons for Our Youngest Writers Martha Horn and Mary Ellen Giacobbe invite readers to join them in classrooms where they listen, watch, and talk with children, then use what they learn to create lessons designed to meet children where they are and lead them into the world of writing.
100% new lessons that work, that are fun and that get students talking! The completely new edition of English File 1, is based on the principles that have made English File so popular. Key features: 100% new lessons that work, that are fun, and that get students talking. Expanded Vocabulary Bank. New Grammar Bank with rules and exercises. Practical English lessons, a focus on functional language supported by the New English File Study Link Videos. The same unequalled level of teacher support.
The Talking Heads were developed to introduce grammar charts on the CD-ROM that accompany the book. I wanted to find a way to speak directly to students who were using a computer program. To do this, I came up with the solution of creating grammar characters, animated cartoon characters named for aspects of English grammar. I affectionately call them Talking Heads.
—Betty Azar
Each Talking Head animation talks about a grammar point.
The Talking Heads were developed to introduce grammar charts on the CD-ROM that accompany the book. I wanted to find a way to speak directly to students who were using a computer program. To do this, I came up with the solution of creating grammar characters, animated cartoon characters named for aspects of English grammar. I affectionately call them Talking Heads.
—Betty Azar
Each Talking Head animation talks about a grammar point.
This book helps students to develop necessary "real-life" functional skills by promoting communication and interaction in the classroom through: i) developing oral skills; ii) effectively taking on (and using) new language; and iii) reviewing what has already been learned.Every "speaking" situation in life is a communication problem, in which "meaning" needs to be transferred and information or opinions must be communicated.
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This book helps students to develop necessary "real-life" functional skills by promoting communication and interaction in the classroom through: i) developing oral skills; ii) effectively taking on (and using) new language; and iii) reviewing what has already been learned.Every "speaking" situation in life is a communication problem, in which "meaning" needs to be transferred and information or opinions must be communicated. 
