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Peer reviewedMoss, Gemma – Reading: Literacy and Language, 2001
Examines change and variation in the design of non-fiction texts which have a junior-age readership. Argues that different forms of presentation of non-fiction offer different ways of reading non-fiction texts, which as yet are neither fully described nor recognized. Suggests that non-fiction texts can be more or less firmly orientated towards…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Nonfiction, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedColes, Martin – Reading: Literacy and Language, 2001
Considers how words and image convey multiple meanings, lending themselves to postmodern readings, in the sense that they encourage readings that reject a single interpretation and instead hold in suspense the possibility of multiple readings co-existing. Explores how these texts allow the consumer/reader the opportunity to actively engage the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Interpretive Skills, Postmodernism, Reader Text Relationship
