The National Curriculum for English still makes a variety of new demands on primary teachers. This book focuses on contexts for, and approaches to, the teaching of primary English at Key Stage 2, in the context of the National Curriculum. Through a series of guided activities, teachers are encouraged to examine their own classrooms as environments for language and literacy development and to reflect upon particular teaching strategies and activities. Key issues covered by the six units include: an analysis of language and literacy; the processes of language and literacy; the use of topic...