Search -
How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum: Ages 8-14 (Writers' Workshop)
How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum Ages 814 - Writers' Workshop Author:Sue Palmer Now in an updated second edition How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum: Ages 8-14 provides a range of practical suggestions for teaching non-fiction writing skills and linking them to children?s learning across the curriculum. Emphasising creative approaches to teaching children?s writing in diverse and innovative ways, it provides... more »:
Information on the organisation and language features of the six main non-fiction text types (recount, report, instruction, explanation, persuasion and discussion)
Suggestions for the use of cross-curricular learning as a basis for writing
Planning frameworks for children to promote thinking skills
Advice on developing children?s writing to help with organisational issues ? paragraphing and layout, and the key language features
Examples of non-fiction writing
Suggestions for talk for learning and talk for writing (including links to 'Speaking Frames'; also published by Routledge)
Information on the transition from primary to secondary school
With new hints and tips for teachers and suggestions for reflective practice as well as a wealth of photocopiable materials, How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum: Ages 8-14 will equip teachers with all the skills needed to create enthusiastic non-fiction writers in their classroom.« less