Exciting Writing: Activities for 5 to 11 year olds

Jacqueline Harrett

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

Book jacket of Exciting Writing: Activities for 5 to 11 year olds

Price: £19.99