Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing: Story Steps For 9-12 Year Olds
by Steve Bowkett 2021-02-03 04:40:50
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Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing: Story Steps for 9-12 Year Oldsis a practical and easy-to-use teacher resource helping children across a wide age and ability range to develop the skills necessary to write more effectively. Step-by... Read more

Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing: Story Steps for 9-12 Year Oldsis a practical and easy-to-use teacher resource helping children across a wide age and ability range to develop the skills necessary to write more effectively. Step-by-step instructions encourage children to tackle tasks of increasing difficulty while broadening their knowledge and experiences of fictional genres.

With chapters separated into distinct genres: ghost story, fantasy, science fiction, history, pirate story, thriller and Gothic horror, this book:

  • Offers a summary at the start of each chapter to help teachers select the relevant activities.
  • Covers multiple aspects of storytelling from narrative structure, plots, characters and settings to vocabulary, word choice, sentence structure and punctuation.
  • Provides a cross referencing grid showing which aspects of writing appear in each chapter.
  • Includes guidance notes, extension activities and general tips.

Adaptable to different teaching situations, this book offers the opportunity for teachers to work through the book genre by genre or take a ''skills route'' with different activities from different chapters to create their own programme of study. Fully illustrated and supporting the requirements of the National Curriculum,Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writingis a valuable aid for all Key Stage 2 teachers.

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  • 9780367139957
Steve Bowkett is a full-time writer and creative writing tutor. He taught English for 18 years in the UK. Steve was a member of an advisory group to the National Advisory Committee on Creative and...
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