Based on her expereiences as a class teacher, Jacqueline Harrett’s book is packed with exciting, creative ideas for teaching writing in the classroom. With activities for Key Stages 1 and 2 it shows busy classroom teachers how children’s literacy is relevant across the curriculum.
Each chapter uses a different idea to get children writing, and the following are all used as starting points for lively literacy lessons:
* Imagination and visualization
* Picture books
* Photographs
* Paintings
* Films and TV
* Comics
Primary school teachers, literacy co-ordinators, trainee teachers and anyone looking for engaging and imaginative ideas to help them teach writing in their classroom will find this book fits the bill.
Published by SAGE
ISBN-10: 1 4129 1857 X
Format: Paperback
Published in 2006