Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing

Author: Steve Bowkett
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429639155
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing: Story Steps for 9-12 Year Olds is 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 Writing is a valuable aid for all Key Stage 2 teachers.

Big Life Journal for Kids

Author: Alexandra Eidens
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578517124
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
An illustrated and guided journal for children.

Humor That Works

Author: Andrew Tarvin
Publisher: Page Two Books, Incorporated
ISBN: 9781989025833
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 222

Book Description
Humor That Works is a business book on humor. No, that's not an oxymoron. It really is a business book and it really is about getting better results by having more fun. Because people who use humor in the workplace are more productive, less stressed, and happier. No joke; sources included.

Descriptosaurus Story Writing

Author: Alison Wilcox
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000245969
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 234

Book Description
Descriptosaurus Story Writing provides a resource for younger pupils that will not only expand their descriptive vocabulary but also provide them with models that demonstrate ‘language in action,’ in a genre that is popular and familiar to children aged 5–9. Providing the essential building blocks to create a narrative text, alongside contexualised banks of vocabulary, phrases and sentence types, this book is designed to provide young pupils with the opportunity to see how a text is constructed using words, phrases and sentences. This exciting new resource: Provides vocabulary for setting, character, ‘show not tell’ and sensory descriptions with clearly defined progression Demonstrates how to use this vocabulary in different contexts using set sentence structures Offers four model narratives written in different styles and level of difficulty Presents modelled sentences with exercises so that pupils can expand their vocabulary Enables young pupils to develop their understanding of how sentences are constructed and become more confident about using these skills in their own story writing This is an ideal resource to dramatically improve children’s knowledge and understanding of language, grammar and punctuation for all KS1 and KS2 primary English teachers, literacy coordinators and parents. This easily accessible guide will also be helpful for teachers to use in preparation for Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPAG) alongside a creative writing task.

Good Dog, Carl

Author: Alexandra Day
Publisher: Aladdin
ISBN: 0689817711
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Available in paperback for the first time, the modern classic that introduced the beloved baby-sitting rottweiler to the world.

Let's Write about It

Author: Shanetta Oliver
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781792077784
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98

Book Description
Creative journal for kids to use their imagination and improve their writing skills. Great gift for the reluctant writer or the excited writer who has run out of ideas to write about. Forty-five creative writing prompts with lined pages allow for plenty of space to jot down ideas and write exciting endings to these story starters. Writing Prompts for Kids- 45 Creative Writing Prompts for Kids- Fully Lined and Ruled Journal- Story Starters for reluctant writers and those who were born to write (but ran out of ideas)- Writing Prompts for kids to help them to increase creativity and develop writing skills

Creative Writing Skills

Author: Lexi Rees
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781872889245
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114

Book Description
Discover the secrets to becoming an amazing author. - Find your creative spark - Grow your skills and confidence - Have more fun with your writing Packed with top tips, this awesome workbook has everything you need to know about creating colourful characters, perfect plots, dynamite dialogue, and lots more.

The Awesome Writing Prompts Journal for Kids

Author: Kirsten du Toit
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 109

Book Description
Great writing prompt journal for kids between the 3rd and 5th grade. Perhaps you have a child who loves writing and wants to develop their skills. Or perhaps your child is a reluctant writer who needs to practice writing essays and stories to keep up with their peers. Whatever the case may be, you'll find this journal filled with writing prompts is perfect for improving children's imagination, creativity, reading skills, vocabulary and comprehension. The writing prompts in this book are ideal for children in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade, but older students will also enjoy the interesting topics and fun story-starters. This is an ideal book for parents looking for a way to extend their child at home. What's more, the finished journal makes a fantastic keep-sake. If you homeschool or tutor a child, this is a great way to get their creative juices flowing. Teachers will love this brilliant book of prompts with a topic for every occasion. You'll never run out of creative writing ideas and interesting story starters. This book is a great gift for aspiring writers. Here are a few examples of great prompts in the book: You blow out your birthday candles and make a wish. Immediately the wish comes true. What did you wish for? What happens? Your dad is a scientist. One of his top-secret projects is to bring the dinosaurs back to life. He's brought a baby dinosaur home from the lab. How do you look after it? What type of transportation will people have in the future? A strange little door appears in your bedroom. You can squeeze through the door if you try. What do you find on the other side? Writing prompts include interesting story starters, but also 'would you rather' questions (like would you rather be able to fly or be incredibly strong) and persuasive essay topics to improve debating skills.

Leap Write In!

Author: Karen Benke
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 1611800153
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
Invite your jittery mind into quiet slips of timed or untimed writing experiments that are designed to encourage your timid heart to forge forgotten feelings and entice your shy-self to make friends with emerging emotions. With a bounty of prompts to select from, you’ll be inspired to explore all the wacky, confusing, brave, soul-stirring wonderings and wanderings of your emerging life’s inner treasure in a way that’s sure to unleash what you most need to say. In this book you’ll find: • On-the-Spot Drops that offer quick “free-fall” prompts on different themes, such as short-winded poems and seven-line stories. • Mini Memoirs to unlock personal narrative to share, or not. • Suddenly a Story suggestions to explore feelings and states of being like fear, reluctance, compassion, kindness, anxiety, anger, jealousy, happiness, and more. • Surprise Yourself Surveys for those who think they know everything about themselves. • Untie-Your-Mind Word Lists to jump-start stalled imaginations. • Definition Decoders to introduce new ideas and styles of writing. Created especially for tweens, teens, and other earthlings, this book provides you with a chance to create imaginative poems, stories, fragments, and real-life on-the-spot sketches. All that’s required is that you take a breath, relax, reset, and leap write in!

Creative Story Writing (9-14 Years): Teach Your Child to Write Good English

Author: Sally Jones
Publisher: Guinea Pig Education
ISBN: 9781910824511
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 142

Book Description
Creative Story Writing (ages 9-14) Teach Your Child To Write Good English series This edition includes 'Creative Writing Workbook'. Creative Story Writing is the essential guide for all students wanting to develop their literacy skills and improve their grades in English assignments and examinations. It is the first in the Teach Your Child to Write Good English series. The book will guide students through the story writing process, as if they had a tutor by their side. This book is designed to help the child with thinking up ideas, providing starting points for writing, structuring and organising their writing into paragraphs. It features writing a good introduction with characters, setting and plot, building up suspense and winding up the plot with a suitable resolution. Attention is given to making writing more interesting by varying sentence types, using punctuation and good grammar. The student will investigate different narrative structures for writing stories, exploring various viewpoints so they can decide if they write in first or third person. They will learn to evoke mood and atmosphere by using good vocabulary. Creative Story Writing includes an exciting range of model answers and sample texts written by children and provides practice questions to test them. Common errors made by students are highlighted and corrected. It is packed with vital hints and tips on gaining those top grades. Creative Story Writing is ideal for working through at home, supplementing school work. By working methodically through this book the students will grow in confidence and will learn to enjoy writing. Creative Story Writing has been written by an experienced teacher and tutor and written with the needs of children in mind. This book concentrates specifically and in depth on Creative Writing required by the National Curriculum, providing everything needed to stimulate a child to write imaginatively. It is specifically targeted at children aged 9-14 years.