This exciting practical resource is full of immediately usable activities to help children develop their literacy skills and creative writing abilities. The 'story strand' technique begins with one simple picture and by adding others to form a sequence, shows children how to build narrative in an enjoyable, creative and systematic way. Story strand activities help children weave their thoughts into a coherent pattern and so become more skilful writers. The activities are sequenced to increase the creative and intellectual demands on pupils, and can also be used individually to highlight different aspects of the writing process such as: Exploring the varied meanings of certain words through association webs Moving from simple to more complex sentences  Learning how to enrich writing using strong, vivid adjectives, verbs and adverbs  Understanding how to use connectives more insightfully to give narrative a greater logical consistency  Creating narrative refinements such as subplots, flashbacks and 'cliffhangers' out of basic plot sequences A 'thinking skills' agenda underpins each story strand game, and many promote speaking and listening skills by encouraging discussion and collaborative exploration of the images. Supported by a companion website that includes downloadable images from the book, colour images and worked examples for the 'story string idea', additional activities and games, as well as links to the National Curriculum.

Developing Literacy and Creative Writing through Storymaking: Story Strands for 7-12 year olds

Education & Teaching

Bowkett, Steve

Schools & Teaching

Open University Press

Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing: Story Steps for 9–12 Year Olds

Hitchman, Tony

Routledge

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

Jumpstart Creativity! is a book of games and activities that any primary teacher can do quickly, at the beginning of a lesson or as a time-filler, with little preparation. They grab children’s attention and get them focussed on learning.  There are more than fifty provocative games and activities including, 'An Alien in the Cage is Worth Two on the Moon’ and 'Faced with a Smilemma, Everybody Wins' to ‘jumpstart’ creativity in any Key Stage 2 or 3 classroom. Practical, easy-to-do and vastly entertaining, the ‘jumpstarts’ will suit a range of learning styles – from the visual, auditory or kinaesthetic to the cognitive.  The jumpstarts cover:    thinking  questioning  reasoning  problem-solving  wordplay.    Looking for a way to get your students’ attention, fast? Look no further! Jumpstart! Creativity is the fourth book in the series, following books on literacy, numeracy and ICT.

Jumpstart! Creativity

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Developing children's writing abilities boosts their confidence, creates enjoyment and relevance in the task and cultivates a range of decision-making and problem-solving skills that can then be applied across the curriculum. The Countdown series provides all the support you need in helping children to improve their prose, poetry and non-fiction writing.  Countdown to Creative Writing is a comprehensive and flexible resource that you can use in different ways:    60 stand-alone modules that cover all the essential aspects of writing a story countdown flowchart providing an overview showing how modules are linked and how teachers can progress through them with the children  photocopiable activity sheets for each module that show how to make the decisions and solve the problems that all writers face along the road from first idea to finished piece of work  teachers' notes for each module with tips and guidance including how modules could be used as stand-alone units, but also with suggestions for useful links between modules, and curriculum links  a self-study component so that children can make their own progress through the materials, giving young writers a sense of independence in thinking about their work  'headers' for each module showing where along the 'countdown path' you are at that point.    In short Countdown to Creative Writing saves valuable planning time and gives you all the flexibility you need - teachers might want to utilise either the self-study or 'countdown' aspects of the book, or simply dip into it for individual lesson activities to fit in with their own programmes of work.  

Countdown to Creative Writing

Developing children's writing abilities boosts their confidence, creates enjoyment and relevance in the task and cultivates a range of decision-making and problem-solving skills that can then be applied across the curriculum. The Countdown series provides all the support you need in helping children to improve their prose, poetry and non-fiction writing. This guide provides all the support you need in helping pupils to improve their poetry writing. Countdown to Poetry Writing is a comprehensive and flexible resource that you can use in different ways, including: <ul>
<li>stand-alone modules that cover all the essential aspects of writing a poem, including word play, use of metaphor, rhyme and many others</li> <li>countdown flowchart providing an overview showing how modules are linked and how teachers can progress through them with the pupils</li> <li>photocopiable activity sheets for each module that show how to make the decisions and solve the problems that all writers face along the road from first idea to finished piece of work </li> <li>teachers’ notes for modules, with tips and guidance, including how modules can be used in the classroom, links to other modules and curriculum links, and advice on helping and guiding pupils in their writing</li> <li>a self-study component so that children can make their own progress through the materials, giving young writers a sense of independence in thinking about their work and offering built-in scaffolding of tasks so that less experienced or less confident children get more support from the resource </li> <li>'headers' for each module showing where along the 'countdown path' you are at that point.</li>
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In short, Countdown to Poetry Writing saves valuable planning time and gives you all the flexibility you need - teachers might want to utilise either the self-study or 'countdown' aspects of the book, or simply dip into it for individual lesson activities to fit in with their own programmes of work.

Countdown to Poetry Writing: Step by Step Approach to Writing Techniques for 7-12 Years

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

David Fulton Publishers

Developing children's writing abilities boosts their confidence, creates enjoyment and relevance in the task and cultivates a range of decision-making and problem-solving skills that can then be applied across the curriculum. The Countdown series provides all the support you need in helping children to improve their prose, poetry and non-fiction writing.  Countdown to Non-Fiction Writing is a comprehensive and flexible resource which you can use in different ways. It includes:   37 stand-alone modules which cover all aspects of writing and understanding non-fiction texts, including the nature of language, logical thinking, recognising ‘facts’ and planning;    A countdown flowchart provides an overview, showing how modules are linked and allowing teachers and pupils to track their progress;    Photocopiable activity sheets for each module that show how to make decisions and solve problems which writers face on the journey to a finished piece of work;    Teachers’ notes for each module with tips and guidance, including how modules can be used in the classroom, links to other modules and curriculum links, and advice on helping and guiding pupils in their writing;    A self-study component so pupils can make their own progress through the material. This option gives young writers a sense of independence in thinking about their work and through offering a scaffolding of tasks, encourages confident and effective writing;    'Headers' for each module showing where along the 'countdown path' you are at that point;    Contents page for quick access to particular modules and relevant aspects of writing.   In short, Countdown to Non-Fiction Writing saves valuable planning time and gives you all the flexibility you need in helping pupils to prepare for, understand, and write non-fiction. The structure of the book allows teachers to utilise the modules for ‘self-study’, as a longer programme following the ‘countdown’ structure, or to dip into the book for individual lesson activities and ideas to fit in with wider programmes of study.

Countdown to Non-Fiction Writing: Step by Step Approach to Writing Techniques for 7-12 Years

The Countdown Series  provides all the support you need in helping pupils to improve their literacy skills. It is a comprehensive and flexible resource which you can use in different ways, and includes:   Over 100 stand-alone modules that cover all aspects of writing and understanding non-fiction, poetry and creative writing;   A countdown flowchart providing an overview, showing how modules are linked and allowing teachers and pupils to track their progress;    Photocopiable activity sheets for every module that show how to make decisions and solve problems that writers face on the journey to a finished piece of work;    Teacher's notes for each module, with tips and guidance, including how modules can be used in the classroom, links to other modules and curriculum links, and advice on helping and guiding pupils in their writing;    A self-study component so that pupils can make their own progress through the material. This option gives young writers a sense of independence in thinking about their work and, through offering a scaffolding of tasks, encourages confident and effective writing;    'Headers' for each module showing where along the 'countdown path' you are at that point.  In short, the Countdown Series Set saves valuable planning time and gives you all the flexibility you need in helping pupils to to become confdent with literary techniques. The structure of the book allows teachers to utilise the modules for ‘self-study’, as a longer programme following the ‘countdown’ structure, or to dip into the book for individual lesson activities and ideas to fit in with wider programmes of study.

Countdown Series Set

Coaching Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom

Coaching Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom is a practical resource to help Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 teachers explore and understand a range of concepts, principles and techniques gathered under the term ‘emotional intelligence’, and the way that this powerfully influences pupils’ behaviour and learning in the classroom. Creative activities are suggested throughout, leading towards a more explicit focus on coaching methods to help pupils become independent, creative and effective learners able to set goals, generate ideas, solve problems and arrive at reasoned decisions.   This book focuses on five key areas:    self-awareness innovative and inventive thinking independent enquiry collaborative learning communication skills.   Dealing in an engaging way with social and emotional aspects of learning, personalised learning, thinking skills and social inclusion, the authors offer teachers all of the necessary tools to help pupils build life- and people-skills which will extend beyond school. It will be of interest to all practising teachers, teaching assistants and school counsellors working with young people.

Coaching Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for 7-14

Percival, Simon

Coaching Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom is a practical resource to help Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 teachers explore and understand a range of concepts, principles and techniques gathered under the term ‘emotional intelligence’, and the way that this powerfully influences pupils’ behaviour and learning in the classroom. Creative activities are suggested throughout, leading towards a more explicit focus on coaching methods to help pupils become independent, creative and effective learners able to set goals, generate ideas, solve problems and arrive at reasoned decisions. This book focuses on five key areas: <ul>
<li>self-awareness</li> <li>innovative and inventive thinking</li> <li>independent enquiry</li> <li>collaborative learning</li> <li>communication skills.</li> </ul> Dealing in an engaging way with social and emotional aspects of learning, personalised learning, thinking skills and social inclusion, the authors offer teachers all of the necessary tools to help pupils build life- and people-skills which will extend beyond school. It will be of interest to all practising teachers, teaching assistants and school counsellors working with young people.

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Developing Literacy and Creative Writing through Storymaking: Story Strands for 7-12 year olds

Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing: Story Steps for 9–12 Year Olds

Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing: Story Steps for 9–12 Year Olds

Jumpstart! Creativity

Countdown to Creative Writing

Countdown to Poetry Writing: Step by Step Approach to Writing Techniques for 7-12 Years

Countdown to Non-Fiction Writing: Step by Step Approach to Writing Techniques for 7-12 Years

Countdown Series Set

Coaching Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for 7-14

Coaching Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom