A series of books of ready-made photocopiable activities plus teacher guidance that help teachers to do shared and guided writing with whole class and groups. Each book covers one specific writing type and aims to improve teacher confidence and knowledge about shared and guided writing, plus give them the teaching resource they need to improve practice. This title offers clarity of teacher support and self-contained package with lesson plans plus photocopiable resources. The activities in "Scary Stories" (7-9 yrs) enable children to: explore what makes a plot scary; write scary settings; develop understanding of scary writing; understand how suspense and surprise can be used to structure stories; and, build scary atmospheres, choosing and using appropriate adjectives.

 

This book is part of a book series called Writing Guides .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Scholastic .

Huw Thomas is headteacher of a Sheffield primary school. He is the series editor of Scholastic Literacy Centres and Writing Guides. His previous publications include Writing Guides: Scary Stories 7-9 and Pocket Guides: Understanding Texts.