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Abstract

WRITING IN LITERACY discusses current and important issues regarding literacy and literacy practices in the early years of Elementary School I, from a perspective of scientific education, an investigative and pedagogical approach situated in Applied Linguistics, based on the conception that teaching and research are inseparable practices that strengthen each other to the extent that they also empower the actors inserted in the educational context. The work brings theoretical and practical issues discussed in the online panel Literacy in the Context of Literacy, held as one of the events commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Brazilian Association of Applied Linguistics (ALAB), on July 9, 2020. The issues addressed are situated in the Brazilian educational context, but can serve as references for pedagogical experiences beyond Brazil's borders. Some contributions of the pedagogical approaches to literacy and literacy for an investigative practice on manuscripts produced by children, in the literacy process, are problematized; Some important aspects of phonological awareness and grammatical and textual mechanisms in the literacy process are presented, essential points for children to understand how the properties of the Portuguese language work. Two writing data produced in different teaching situations by two children in the 3rd grade of Elementary School from different schools are also presented. Didactic activities on some linguistic aspects emerging in the analyzed manuscripts are also systematized, revealing the need for children to understand writing as a result of a creative activity, and reflecting on the elements responsible for the functioning of the language is important. It is worth noting that the three authors are specialists in the area of ​​mother tongue teaching, with experience in teacher training, and represent public universities from different regions: Central-West, Northeast and North.