Modelling Exciting Writing
A guide for primary teaching
- Adam Bushnell
- Rob Smith
- David Waugh - University of Durham, UK
November 2018 | 192 pages | Learning Matters
In order to teach writing effectively, teachers must be able to model writing effectively to children. The Primary National Curriculum sets challenging expectations for the teaching of writing. Children must master the process of composition, redrafting, editing and writing final pieces. Increased emphasis on spelling, punctuation and grammar may leave some teachers and trainee teachers lacking ideas for developing children's writing beyond transcription and into composition. It is important that they are able to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding, as well as the practical applications of both transcriptional and compositional aspects of writing.
WRITING AND SPELLING, PUNCTUATION AND GRAMMAR
READING FOR WRITING
SCAFFOLDING WRITING
WRITING FOR CHILDREN
WRITING WITH CHILDREN
WRITING NARRATIVE, CHARACTER AND SETTING
WRITING POETRY
WRITING FANFICTION
FILM AS A MODEL TEXT
WRITING FICTION AND NON-FICTION BY RETELLING
USING TECHNOLOGY TO ENGAGE RELUCTANT READERS AND AID WRITING
As with so many things in life, children learn best by example, so teachers need to be able to model good writing skills. The authors spend their time modelling writing for other teachers and that practical experience shines through in this book, which is full of inspiring ideas. The ideas are easy to use and cover a wide range of different writing genres, including poetry, fanfiction and film. The activities are well defined and offer excellent ideas, along with case studies to show the concepts in practice. A valuable book for both new and experienced teachers.
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