This is both a theoretical and practical book giving a complete pathway to teaching children how to write and read in Classes 1 and 2. This book provides teachers with appealing, easy-to-use plans and practical activities for immediate use. It also sets out fundamental principles of Steiner Waldorf pedagogy. It shows how this dovetails with the best of both mainstream primary approaches and specialist dyslexia-friendly methods. Teachers can use these principles to become confident in creat...

Interactive ebook with 'Time to Write' and 'Writing Tips' waiting to be revealed at the press of a button.Learn how to create your own characters, captivate your readers, set up great scenarios and end with the ultimate twist.Chapters include Flights of Fantasy, Tricks of the Trade, Putting Pen to Paper and Editing and Publishing. A good fantasy takes you out of this world and creates a world that is wonderful and real. So why not write your own?This book gives you ...

The new edition for Year 6 has been fully updated and restructured in line to deliver new units from the new framework and includes new writing models. Lesson planning has never been easier! The revised Writing Models Year 6 contains:A range of fiction genres such as traditional tale, fantasy, chatty style (new), horror (new) and character story an

The book supports both the writing and spelling objectives of theNational Literacy Strategy at KS2 and should appeal to parents keen tohelp their children extend their vocabulary and develop their writingskills.

How to Teach Story Writing at Key Stage 1 is a practical manual for teachers, to be used directly in the classroom. The book begins with a series of language games, designed to warm up creativity and strengthen the imagination. This is followed by a series of creative story workshops, based on the writer's own experience both as a teacher and poet

How to Teach Poetry Writing at Key Stage 3 is a practical manual for teachers, to be used directly in the classroom. The book begins with a series of poetry games designed to warm up creativity and strengthen the imagination. These are followed by a series of creative poetry workshops, based on the writer's own experience both as a teacher and poet running workshops in schools, which focus on developing a 'poetry base' for young writers. This imaginative base provides a range of poetic tec...

This collection of simple to use, fun, multi-sensory games and creative lesson starters will jumpstart pupils enthusiasm for literacy learning. The `jumpstarts' cover:Warming up the word - spelling and word gamesSyntactic gymnastics - creating sentences and written styleGames to stimulate - talk, drama and writingQuickfire whiteboard starters - to stimulate the imagination.For use at Key Stages 2 & 3 (ages 7-14).

Teachers who want to cut planning time and save energy should welcome this series. It will help teachers to: cover every sort of writing type they need to at Key Stage with a model provided for each one; fine tune lessons by following key teaching points for each model; deliver the literacy hour to pupils of every ability using different versions of the same model.

Interactive ebook with 'Time to Write' and 'Writing Tips' waiting to be revealed at the press of a buttonLearn how to create your own characters, captivate your readers, set up great scenarios and end with the ultimate twistChapters include Flights of Fantasy, Tricks of the Trade, Putting Pen to Paper and Editing and Publishing.A good fantasy takes you out of this world and creates a world that is wonderful and real. So why not write your own? This ...

Interactive ebook with 'Time to Write' and 'Writing Tips' waiting to be revealed at the press of a buttonLearn how to create your own mysterious characters, plant clues, set up great scenarios and end with the ultimate twistChapters include Puzzling Plots, Tricks of the Trade, Putting Pen to Paper and Editing and PublishingA good mystery keeps you guessing what's going to happen next. So why not write your own? This book gives you all you need to in...

How to Teach Fiction Writing is a practical manual to help teachers of junior classes to focus on the key aspects of developing children's storywriting. The book presents a series of essential writing workshops full of creative ideas and fun activities. It also offers a range of advice including how to set up and run an effective workshop and how t

Teachers who want to cut lesson planning time should welcome this series, revised in line with the new literacy framework in the second edition. Writing Models aims to help teachers cover every sort of writing type they need; fine tune lessons by following key teaching points for each model; and deliver the new literacy units to pupils of varying a