The 40 photocopiable worksheets in How to be Brilliant at Writing Stories focus on the process of writing - from the initial idea gathering to redrafting and the final product. The activities recognize that a sense of audience and purpose are crucial, and allow children to feel ownership of their stories. Activities include: getting ideas, making notes, planning the story and developing characters.

 

This book is part of a book series called Primary School .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 52 pages in this book. This book was published 1993 by Brilliant Publications .

A member of the Society of Authors, with over 60 titles to her name, Irene Yates has also written for the Times Education Suppliment, Scholastic Teachers' Magazine and BBC Schools' Radio. An expert in literacy and language development, she became a writing member of the first SCAA KS1 Test Development Team, and contributed to the Reading Tests in 1995, 1996 and 1997. She also visits schools reqularly as a Writer and Poet, and runs teacher training days in all aspects of language development, particularly literacy.