Teaching Literacy

Kieran Egan is Professor of Education at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, as well as founder and director of the Imaginative Education Research Group (www.ierg.net). He has authored and edited over twenty books, many of which have been translated into European and Asian languages. In 1991, he won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award in Education for his book, Primary Understanding: Education in Early Childhood. Born in Clonmel, Ireland, Kieran Egan was raised and educated in England. He graduated from London University with a B.A. in History, and from Cornell University with a Ph.D. in Education. In 1993, he was elected to the Royal Society of Canada. He is a foreign associate member of the National Academy of Education and holds a Canada Research Chair in Education.

• PrefaceTwo Sources of This ApproachCognitive Tools in Everyday Teaching PracticeLiteracy Learners, Young and Old(er)The Cognitive Tool Kits of Language and LiteracyPlanning Frameworks Using Cognitive ToolsAcknowledgementsAbout the AuthorPart I: The Cognitive Toolkit of Oral Language1. Using the Story Form: Meeting Objectives by Engaging FeelingsStories and FeelingsStories in the ClassroomInventing Comic CharactersPersonifying Elements of LanguageCreating a Literacy AdventureTeachers, Try It OutFinal Words2. Images We Care About: Too, Two, and ToImages Aid Memory and UnderstandingTying Concepts to ImagesFrom Images to Letter RepresentationTeachers, Try It OutFinal Words3. Binary Opposites: Goldilocks and Civil WarUsing Opposites to Expand Upon UnderstandingMediating Binary OppositesTeachers, Try It OutFinal Words4. Literal and Metaphoric Talk: “Like a Spring-Woken Tree”Recognizing and Reflecting on LanguageSimilesMetaphorsTeachers, Try It OutFinal Words5. Jokes: Drawing the DrapesJoking and “Seeing” LanguageHumor in Amelia BedeliaReading PuzzlesTeachers, Try It OutFinal Words6. Rhyme and Rhythm: Mickey Mouse’s UnderwearEcho RhymesRhyme and Rhythm: Ring, Rang, RungNursery RhymesTeachers, Try It OutFinal Words7. Living Knowledge: Barbie and The MatrixEmbedding Knowledge in Students’ LifeworldsChildren′s LifeworldsConclusion to Part IPart II: The Cognitive Tool Kit of Literacy8. Extremes: The Queueing SubbookkeeperThe Strange, Exotic, Different, and WonderfulFascinating RealityMetalinguistic AwarenessExploring ExtremesWonder in the ClassroomTeachers, Try It OutFinal Words9. Everyday Heroes: Spiderman and the CommaHeroizing Literacy TasksHeroes in the ClassroomHeroic ExperiencesTeachers, Try It OutFinal Words10. Human Contexts: John Montagu, The Earl of SandwichKnowledge in a Meaningful ContextLinking Language With PurposeTeachers, Try It OutFinal Words11. Collections and Hobbies: Alphabets and Beanie BabiesCollecting Letters and WordsLiteracy as a HobbyTeachers, Try It OutFinal Words12. Graphic Organizers: Lists and FlowchartsFrom the Ear to the EyeVisual ToolsTeachers, Try It OutFinal WordsConclusion to Part IIPart III: Planning Frameworks13. Framework 1Mythic Planning FrameworkExample: A Lesson on Homonyms14. Framework 2The Romantic Planning FrameworkExample: A Lesson on the CommaThe Frameworks and YouConclusionAppendix: Responses to the "Teachers, Try It Out" Questions by Gillian C. JudsonReferencesIndex

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