Inspiring Writing in Primary Schools

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4739-1610-4
Verlag: PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 272 g

Writing is not a subject; it is part of reading, of speaking, and of listening. Being a writer means being a reader, articulating stories and characters, listening to tales and learning from other writers. Through teaching exciting and engaging lessons you can help children to discover stories, create worlds, record events, mould characters and inspire each other as writers.

Inspiring Writing in Primary Schools helps you to teach writing and to know what a good writing lesson looks and feels like. It gives you all the background theory you need to encourage purposeful writing across the curriculum. It includes exemplar lessons and offers them alongside a detailed exploration of what makes them good, and the theory behind them.

As a teacher or trainee teacher, you can respond more imaginatively to the way you approach and teach writing. This text will help you to seize the opportunity of the new curriculum and inspire fabulous writing in your classroom.

"Packed with accessible advice, engaging examples of research-informed practice and new ideas for ways to involve and support young writers, it offers primary teachers a breath of fresh air. Emerging from the memorable work of BookTrust’s Everybody Writes initiative (which was co-led by Liz Chamberlain) and drawing on her own doctoral research (which involved exploring three young writers’ practices at home and at school), the resultant mix of practice and theory - theory and practice is very energising. The authors take a real world view of writing and recognise and respect each child as a writer and each teacher as a professional - a potentially creative pedagogue." - Teresa Cremin

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chamberlain, Liz

Kerrigan-Draper, Emma

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Grundschulen, Hauptschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Children and writing
Sharing definitions of writing
Writing in the national curriculum
Teachers as readers and writers
Becoming a historical enquirer
Creating a geographical soundscape
Story stones for telling stories
Using quality children’s literature
Found words
Using technology and popular culture
Writers’ workshop
Writing beyond the classroom
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kerrigan-Draper, Emma
Emma Kerrigan-Draper is currently a headteacher in a small city primary school.

Chamberlain, Liz
Liz Chamberlain is a Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at the Open University and is a former primary teacher, leading literacy teacher and Assistant Headteacher. Her main area of expertise is linked to the field of English and, in particular, children’s home writing practices. In particular, her interests focus on the ways in which children are positioned, and position themselves, as writers both at home and in school. She continues to work with children as co-researchers through the capture of on-going writing practices through the use of video and photographs. For four years she was the Strategic Consultant for the Everybody Writes national writing project and continues to use this work to reflect on effective literacy practices. She regularly runs after-school writing clubs in local schools.