The "Write First" series for 11-14 yr olds puts writing skills at the top of the agenda. Each pupil book includes a wide variety of text-types (giving particular attention to the non literary), and each text is accompanied by three categories of activity. It aims to develop awareness of the special features of the writing, and can be used as a model for achieving similar effects. The features practised can be used to write an original piece.

 

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Oxford University Press .

Ray Barker has been closely involved with the National Literacy Strategy. Christine Moorcroft is a former teacher, lecturer and OFSTED inspector. They are the best-selling authors of Developing Literacy. Christine Moorcroft is a former primary school teacher, leacturer in primary education and OFSTED inspector.

This book has the following chapters: Part 1 Describing: audience and purpose - comedy; describing personal experiences; a sense of place; an unusual event; describing a place; advertising; describing a person. Part 2 Narrating: a diary (fiction); a diary (non-fiction); the structure of a story; playscripts; genre - science fiction; genre - historical fiction; genre - the Western; personal stories; memoirs. Part 3 Recounting and explaining: a recount; information from books; information from electronic texts; using time; a letter; transcripts of conversations; an explanation. Part 4 Arguing: a discussion; advice; controversy; commenting; reviews; arguing a point of view; promotion.