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
Steve Bowkett, Tony Hitchman
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Paperback
h248 x 171mm - 214pg
19 Jul 2019 UK
9780367139957
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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.
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ISBN-13: 9780367139957
Published: 19 Jul 2019
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Format: Paperback
Height: 248mm
Width: 171mm
Pages: 214

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