Essay topic: Defend the role of children’s literature as an essential part of literacy education. In the essay you will need to: -argue for the role of children’s literature in literacy education, using evidence from professional and scholarly literatur

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essay topic: Defend the role of children’s literature as an essential part of literacy education.

In the essay you will need to:

-argue for the role of children’s literature in literacy education, using evidence from professional and scholarly literature to support your arguments
-justify your stance that storytelling and picture books can support the different stages of language acquisition and literacy skill development, again drawing on literature to legitimate your arguments
-provide examples that cover the range of literacy development from birth to eight years.

essay requirements:
You are to write your essay in third person. Remember that the purpose of this essay is to defend a position and persuade readers that your argument is valid, reasonable and legitimate. That means you need to develop a coherent argument across the body of the essay and ensure you have well-reasoned points, supported by evidence.

Your introduction must introduce the topic, must contain a clearly stated thesis statement (a one-sentence response which outlines your position), and must introduce the structure of the essay. As a general rule, an introduction should be no more than 10% of the total word count – in this case, no more than 200 words. You will therefore need to be succinct.

In the body of your essay you’ll develop a series of arguments concerning the role of literature and storytelling in literacy skill development and language acquisition. All claims you make must be supported by evidence, drawing on scholarly and professional literature, for example from the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), to help make your argument more persuasive.

In the conclusion you’ll need to sum up your arguments and then make one final statement in defence of your position. The conclusion should not merely restate the introduction. As with the introduction, your conclusion should be no more than 10% of the overall word count – so no more than 200 words.

You will have approximately 1600 words for the body of your essay