Chapter 1 The current context – a brief history, Maureen Lewis, David Wray; Chapter 2 Extending literacy: learning and teaching, David Wray, Maureen Lewis; Chapter 3 Theory into practice: strategies to support literacy development, Maureen Lewis, David Wray; Chapter 4 Are we having any effect?, Penny Manford; Chapter 5 Making sense of the world: language and learning in Geography, Douglas Greig; Chapter 6 Writing about development, Bob Jones, Diane Swift, Dennis Vickers; Chapter 7 The EXEL Project in a secondary school, Penny Travers; Chapter 8 Introducing guided reading into Year 7 English lessons, Karen Kitt; Chapter 9 The LITDOC – a collaborative approach to literacy, Barbara Hersey; Chapter 10 Putting literacy on the secondary agenda, Maggie Croxford, Val McGregor; Chapter 11 A whole-school literacy policy – making it work, Maureen Lewis, David Wray;