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February 2020
CONTINUAL PROFESSIONAL GROWTH

Writing
Exploringthe FUTURE
How Texts Work>>
New edition
By KAYE LOWE
This 30th anniversary edition of a PETAA classic
Drinvestigates
Kaye Lowe, how a respected PETAA
texts work to author
achieveand presenter,
their has
purposes.
written a book for today’s teachers who teach our writers of the
We venture beyond the surface, into the structure and
future. ‘Writing, in particular, is a way of externalising thought and
forlanguage features
that reason of different
will continue genres, and
to be important’ explore
writes Lowe inhow
her
they make meaning.
comprehensive Our
introduction. quest
‘Today … weis to find
write useful
more thanways of
we have
talking
ever aboutinlanguage
done before history’. in the classroom and to use
this common understanding to compose effective texts.
Writing the future presents the challenges for teachers: writing has
changed, curriculum is changing, students are changing and the
audience for writing is changing. Within this context of continuous
change, writing is celebrated as a process that is, and has always
been, a vehicle for developing the skills that connect us.
Exploring How Texts Work made a substantial
impact on literacy teaching when it was first
published in 1990, and it remains a relevant and
PART 1 Writingteaching
practical and the 21st centurytoday. This is a book
resource BOOK: RRP $39.95
for
PART 2 new teachers
Writers develop who want
creative skillsto
... develop their own Member Price $25.95
learning
as theyaround
innovatelanguage and text, as well as
and make meaning ISBN 978-1-925132-49-6
experienced teachers who might benefit from
PART 3 Writers develop critical thinking skills ... EPUB: RRP $29.95
reflecting on the sources
as they problem solve of their professional Member Price $19.45
practice. ISBN 978-1-925132-50-2
PART 4 Writers develop communication skills ... This second edition of Exporing How Texts Work
and a writer’s voice includes a new preface by Professor Beverly
Exploring How Texts Work arose out of a research Derewianka and foreword by Associate Professor
PART 5 Writers develop social skills ... Pauline Jones, as well as freshly updated sample
project involving primary teachers in the Wollongong
in a writing community
area in New South Wales. Known fondly among units of work.
PART 6 Writersas
educators ‘the pink
develop book’skills
personal , this...new edition marks
as they
its 11th comeOther
reprint. to know themselves
classic texts bythrough writing
Professor Beverly Derewianka is Emeritus Professor of
Derewianka include A new grammar companion language education at the University of
Writing the future
for teachers (her ‘green book’) and Teaching language Wollongong and a leading figure in educational
in context (co-authored with Pauline Jones). linguistics. She has authored 11 books, as well
as numerous book chapters and journal articles.
ISBN 978-1-925132-55-7 (print) Her research projects have had a substantial
impact on curriculum and syllabus development
ISBN 978-1-925132-56-4 (ePub)
in Australia and internationally.

RRP $39.95 — Member price $25.95 ePub: RRP $29.95 — Member Price $19.45

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learning of English and literacies across the curriculum. For information on how to join and to view professional learning resources, visit the PETAA website.

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