All articles > Books Articles about books Reading into the writing - Podkin One Ear Maria Richards uses Podkin One Ear by Kieran Larwood to show how to move what is learned from the reading into the writing. Maps and Storytelling - Vashti Hardy Author Vashti Hardy was nominated for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019 for her novel Brightstorm. Here Vashti tells us what inspired her to write and shares how mapping out landscapes helps to create a world in which to base a story. What inspired Mini Grey to write Traction Man? Author and illustrator Mini Grey is known throughout the world for Traction Man and her other picture books, but what inspired her as a writer? Describing Gollum Describing Gollum. Talk for Writing trainer, Dean Thompson, has created a free downloadable PowerPoint for descriptive writing based on Gollum. As Dean explains: “The Describing Gollum resource was designed for a Year 6 class focusing on using quality texts to develop children’s writing tools. The aim was to try and capture some of the style and tools of Tolkien to develop children’s description of character.” “First, we used film and images of Gollum to bank ideas and vocabulary. The teacher and the children then had a go at describing Gollum using the... Using a novel to create a toolkit for writing - Brightstorm by Vashti Hardy Jess Simmonds, English Lead at St Andrew’s Primary School in Kettering tells us how she’s used the novel Brightstorm – A Sky-Ship Adventure by Vashti Hardy to create a toolkit for writing. Talk for Writing and Kensuke's Kingdom Janet Gough, Assistant Headteacher and English Subject Leader at Cockerham Parochial School in Lancashire, explains how to use Talk for Writing techniques to embed language skills within the context of the Michael Morpurgo novel Kensuke’s Kingdom. What inspired Keiran Larwood to write The Legend of Podkin One-Ear? Kieran Larwood, author of The Legend of Podkin One-Ear, tells us what inspired him and how he went from teaching a reception class to writing an award-winning children’s book. What are the top 10 fiction books for Year 6? Jon Biddle is a Year 6 teacher, English coordinator and avid children’s books reader. Jon takes us through his current top 10 books for Year 6. How do I use this book with Talk for Writing? Talk for Writing Expert Kathryn Pennington explains the role of a model text and how to select an appropriate model text for your purposes. This downloadable resource includes 4 model texts. Tell Me a Dragon teaching notes These Teachers’ Notes have been specially written by Pie Corbett to assist teachers and librarians in the promotion and teaching of Tell Me a Dragon by Jackie Morris in schools and to help foster a love of good books, literature and reading in children. Meerkat Mail KS1 Unit Meerkat Mail is a KS1 cross-curricular unit of work underpinned by the Talk for Writing approach. It has been written by Talk for Writing trainer Carol Satterthwaite. Reading into Writing - Brightstorm by Vashti Hardy Rebecca Beddoes, Assistant Head Teacher and English Leader at The Ridge Primary School in Stourbridge, looks at how to use the novel Brightstorm to move from reading into writing.
Reading into the writing - Podkin One Ear Maria Richards uses Podkin One Ear by Kieran Larwood to show how to move what is learned from the reading into the writing. Maps and Storytelling - Vashti Hardy Author Vashti Hardy was nominated for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019 for her novel Brightstorm. Here Vashti tells us what inspired her to write and shares how mapping out landscapes helps to create a world in which to base a story. What inspired Mini Grey to write Traction Man? Author and illustrator Mini Grey is known throughout the world for Traction Man and her other picture books, but what inspired her as a writer? Describing Gollum Describing Gollum. Talk for Writing trainer, Dean Thompson, has created a free downloadable PowerPoint for descriptive writing based on Gollum. As Dean explains: “The Describing Gollum resource was designed for a Year 6 class focusing on using quality texts to develop children’s writing tools. The aim was to try and capture some of the style and tools of Tolkien to develop children’s description of character.” “First, we used film and images of Gollum to bank ideas and vocabulary. The teacher and the children then had a go at describing Gollum using the... Using a novel to create a toolkit for writing - Brightstorm by Vashti Hardy Jess Simmonds, English Lead at St Andrew’s Primary School in Kettering tells us how she’s used the novel Brightstorm – A Sky-Ship Adventure by Vashti Hardy to create a toolkit for writing. Talk for Writing and Kensuke's Kingdom Janet Gough, Assistant Headteacher and English Subject Leader at Cockerham Parochial School in Lancashire, explains how to use Talk for Writing techniques to embed language skills within the context of the Michael Morpurgo novel Kensuke’s Kingdom. What inspired Keiran Larwood to write The Legend of Podkin One-Ear? Kieran Larwood, author of The Legend of Podkin One-Ear, tells us what inspired him and how he went from teaching a reception class to writing an award-winning children’s book. What are the top 10 fiction books for Year 6? Jon Biddle is a Year 6 teacher, English coordinator and avid children’s books reader. Jon takes us through his current top 10 books for Year 6. How do I use this book with Talk for Writing? Talk for Writing Expert Kathryn Pennington explains the role of a model text and how to select an appropriate model text for your purposes. This downloadable resource includes 4 model texts. Tell Me a Dragon teaching notes These Teachers’ Notes have been specially written by Pie Corbett to assist teachers and librarians in the promotion and teaching of Tell Me a Dragon by Jackie Morris in schools and to help foster a love of good books, literature and reading in children. Meerkat Mail KS1 Unit Meerkat Mail is a KS1 cross-curricular unit of work underpinned by the Talk for Writing approach. It has been written by Talk for Writing trainer Carol Satterthwaite. Reading into Writing - Brightstorm by Vashti Hardy Rebecca Beddoes, Assistant Head Teacher and English Leader at The Ridge Primary School in Stourbridge, looks at how to use the novel Brightstorm to move from reading into writing.
