This essential text for primary trainees and teachers examines the key skill of writing beyond the earliest school years. Teaching writing involves much more than simply teaching the mechanics of spelling, grammar and punctuation, important though these are. There are particular issues around writing in school, including the fact that childrens writing consistently lags behind their reading in external tests such as SATs, boys relative lack of success and teachers lack of confidence in modelling writing. This book addresses these topics as well as focusing on other pertinent practice issues such as working with proficient writers, engaging disengaged writers and working with children who have EAL and SEN.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Critical Teaching .

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published in 2015 by Critical Publishing Ltd .

ADAM BUSHNELL is an author and storyteller working in the UK and internationally in both state and private education. He is the author of nine books of fiction including Snakes Legs and Cows Eggs which was selected by the School Library Association for the Boys into Books list for 2008). He is also the editor and author of two academic books for teachers on how to help children to write creatively. Adam travels to schools to deliver creative writing and storytelling workshops on a daily basis and he has over 13, 000 followers on Twitter. DAVE SILK is the Learning Officer at Newcastle Castle. He has been working in heritage education since 2008, employed in various museums around the North East of England (including Bede's World, South Shields Museum and Arbeia Roman Fort) and as a freelance storyteller, historical interpreter and artist. D Waugh: over 30 years' experience as a geography teacher the best selling author of textbooks at all level; T Bushell: successful authors of textbooks at KS3 and GCSE; D Gardner: ICT co-ordinator of the Raincliffe School in Scarborough. J Smith: Chief examiner and Principal Coursework Moderator for a Major GCS Board