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Continuing to consider an asset model approach, I explore the children’s responses which demonstrate an understanding of their progression in reading film, in relation to characterisation, genre and plot structure. The data pertaining to each theme is plotted along the spiral progression framework, demonstrating their developing understanding of reading film. I explore how their skills of reading these themes in print support their reading of film and vice versa, as well as analyse how the children developed an understanding of intertextuality in both print and film.
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Bulman, J.H. (2017). Progression in Reading Film Related to Print: An Understanding of Characterisation, Genre and Plot Structure. In: Children's Reading of Film and Visual Literacy in the Primary Curriculum. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58313-6_5
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