Beckie Reeve, Reading Leader at Selby Community Primary School explains how the school has transformed attitudes to reading: “As part of the Literacy Team at Selby CP, I can honestly say that we are well on our way to conquering that real love of reading with our children”.
Connectives phrase bank
This document is a connectives phrase bank for children to use in a variety of different contexts. It is referenced in the ‘Year-on-year progression’ document.
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.
Pie Corbett teaching Little Red Hen
Watch Pie Corbett demonstrating the Talk for Writing method in teaching the story of the Little Red Hen.
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.
Getting to the end point – real, quality independent writing
Emma Mann, from Penn Wood Primary, tells us how they get their pupils to the end point – real, quality independent writing. The stages of Talk for Writing support ‘the end point’, i.e. getting children to write well independently. In order to do this, we follow ‘imitation, innovation, independent application’.
Quick tips for how to build a school community that reads
We know the importance of increasing the amount children read and, as Pie Corbett would say, ‘helping children to catch the pleasurable habit of reading.’ Many of the training centres have shared their experience and success in building reading for pleasure into the school culture. Here are our top tips.
Short burst writing in the Talk for Writing sequence
Talk for Writing trainer, Maria Richards, explores how to teach writing well through Talk for Writing’s short burst approach: “Short burst writing has transformed the way I think about teaching writing skills and I have now seen how it can powerfully transform children as writers too. Plan it into your Talk for Writing sequences and find your transformations”.