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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...

Jumpstart! Storymaking is a collection of games and activities to develop the creative process of ‘storymaking’. It focuses upon 'storytelling for writing' as well as creating a whole school culture of storytelling, reading and writing. Storymaking is the process of retelling, innovating and creating new stories.Like the best-selling Jumpstart! Literacy, this book contains imaginative ‘quick-fire' ideas that could be used as creative warm-ups and starters or devel...

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.

A perfect introduction to poetry for young children. A First Poetry Book is packed with fabulous poems, created to enjoy in school and at home.From pets to pirates, seasons to space, and mermaids to minibeasts – this topic-based poetry collection, edited by Pie Corbett and Gaby Morgan, is ideal for 5 to 7-year-olds.

Fully updated to help teachers deal with the new 2016 Grammar Tests, this second edition presents a collection of simple to use, multi-sensory games and activities that will jumpstart pupils’ understanding of grammar in actionIt includes coverage of the subjunctive and past progressive, selecting which tense is the most definite, identifying when a word is used as a subordinating conjunction/preposition, explaining how a comma can change meaning, and an increased emphasis on the pa...

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 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 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 ...

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).

A good poetry idea should help the children feel excited about writing and enable them to think of what to write - developing their imagination, creativity and writing skills.Jumpstart! Poetry is about involving children as creative writers through writing poems. The book contains a bank of ideas that can be drawn upon when teaching poetry but also at other times to provide a source for creative writing that children relish. There are more than 100 quick warm-ups to fire t...

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...