Teaching Literature at KS 1 - 2

Contents

• Introduction
• Links to other areas of the ITE website
• Further reading
• Professional Standards for QTS
• Values and judgements
• Definitions of literature – What is literature?
• Definitions of literature – What is children's literature? What is a child?
• Values in children's books
• Values and classic children's books
• References and suggested further reading
• Reading and Responding
• What can literature do for the reader?
• The act of interpretation
• The role of the text
• Developing response
• References and suggested further reading