Full Description
This is a thoroughly practical guide for teachers, offering a whole host of ways to help all their students to improve their writing skills. In this third edition, bestselling author Sue Cowley offers advice on improving skills and confidence, and getting students excited about writing - not just in literacy or English, but across the curriculum. This book is full of engaging and creative approaches for writers at all stages of confidence and competence: from children just starting to write, to experienced learners looking to perfect their own style. This edition includes new material on: writing in the Digital Age; creative ideas for getting boys to write; and, cross-curricular writing projects. On the companion website you'll find lots of useful extras, including advice about the teacher as writer - how you can use your writing skills beyond the school. This thoroughly practical guide will interest all educators who want to maximise the potential of every one of their students. It is an invaluable resource for teachers working at secondary and FE level, but equally a source of inspiration and practical advice for practitioners in primary schools.
This innovative series provides teaching practitioners with a wealth of practical advice for use in a variety of educational settings.
Contents
Author's note, Third Edition / Acknowledgements / Introduction / Part 1: Starting Points / 1. First Steps to Writing / The Strands of Literacy / Early Mark Making / Early Writing Techniques / Letter Activities / From Letters to Words / From Words to Sentences / Structure and Young Writers / What Makes a Good Writer? / 2. Building Firm Foundations / Back to Basics / Spelling / Punctuation / Grammar / Some Thoughts on Paragraphing / Handwriting / Graphology / Working with Words / 3. The Writer's Toolkit / Writing Processes / Finding a Starting Point / Selecting a Form / Knowing your Audience / Thinking about Viewpoint, Style and Timing\ Brainstorming / Researching / Mind-mapping / Selecting material / Planning / From First Draft to Final Draft / Presenting the Final Draft / Reviewing and Evaluating / 4. The Motivated Writer / Getting them Writing / Keeping them Writing / Getting them Writing Properly / A Reason to Write / An Atmosphere for Writing / Warm-up Exercises / Focus Exercises / Putting the Pleasure Back into Writing / The Teacher as Writer / Part 2: Write Across the Curriculum / 5. Writing in All the Subjects \Writing in Practical Subjects / Motivation Across the Curriculum / All Together Now: Cross Curricular Writing / 6. Essay Writing / Some Basic Tips / Planning an Essay / Answering the Question / How to Quote / The 'Four Step' Essay-Writing Technique / Introductions and Conclusions / 7. Creative Writing / Creating a Fiction / Starting Points for Creative Writing / Finding Inspiration / Using your Senses / The Importance of Genre / Writing Fiction / Writing Scripts / Writing Poetry / 8. Non-fiction Writing / Note-taking and Annotation / Building your Writing / Non-fiction Forms / Technique and Non-fiction Writing / Types of Non-fiction Writing / Recount (account) / Report (non-chronological) / Explanation / Instructions (procedure) / Persuasive Writing / Discussion / The Importance of Being an Expert / Writing about Language / Writing about Literature / 9. Writing in the Digital Age / ICT and Writing / Word Processing / Writing and the Interactive Whiteboard / Writing and the Internet / E-mail and Writing / ICT: The Practicalities / Part 3: Everyone's a Writer / 10. Supporting the Struggling Writer / Key Strategies for the Teacher / Key Strategies for the Student / Key Strategies for Differentiation / Supporting Students with ESL/EAL / Writing and Behaviour / 11. Extending the Gifted Writer / Challenging Starters / Structuring the Learning / Finding a 'Voice' / Essay Writing with the Most Able / 12. Boys and Writing / Expectations of Boys' Writing / Motivating Boys to Write / Inspirational Topics for Boys' Writing / Teaching Techniques to Inspire Boys / Engaging Formats for Boys' Writing / Part 4: Writing it Right / 13. Writing and Assessment / Top Tips for Assessment / Marking Symbols / Marking Methods / Strategies for Assessment / Effective Questioning Techniques / Approaching Exams / 14. The Writing Clinic / Overwriting / Dull or Under-Writing / Lack of Punctuation / Repetitive Writing / Irrelevant Facts / Listing / 15. Celebrating Writing / Displaying Writing / Publishing Writing / Book Weeks / Author Days/Weeks / Charity Activities / Competitions / Writers' Workshops / 'Play in a Day' / Trips / Part 5: Resources for Writing / Appendix 1: Text-messaging / Appendix 2: Useful websites / Appendix 3: Vocabulary / Appendix 4: Marking symbols / Index
