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Write it! is a great way to help children start writing. Stories don't start themselves and a lot of children really struggle to think of an idea, then find it even harder to put the idea down on paper. From simple picture starters to little projects, your child can go through the book in any order they like, picking what appeals to them and trying it out. Many activities have extras, helping children to continue a favourite story or to encourage them to try out new ideas for the same activity. There are poems to show children how stories don't have to be all the same, helping them take the first steps in writing their own poetry. The pictures, stories and poems in this book are all designed to help children start writing quickly. The ideas are clear and fun, with the emphasis on writing what they can and in their own way.
Continuing the fun from the original Creative Writing for Kids series, this book is packed full of brand new activities and ideas to help children learn how to write their own stories. Creative Writing for Kids 2019 is for children who love to write - and also children who don't! There is lots of magic and mystery mixed up with real-life adventures and familiar places like home and school. Some activities are based on pictures and others involve no writing at all. Picture-based stories are a great way to help children who are nervous of written work or who are reluctant learners.
A Crash Course in Creative Writing explores new ways of writing and expressing your creativity. Suitable for beginners as well as people keen to learn more, this book is based on creative writing workshops and individual lessons with various ages and abilities. Learn new techniques, beginning by using life experiences and being creative with what you know, then move on to completely fictional tasks and scenarios. At the end of the book is a mini-book project based on creating the different parts of a complete book. This is the Large Print edition.
Simple Storytelling is the second book in the How to Write series for children. All the books in the series focus on different areas of English Language, Literacy and Creative Writing. The creative work includes focus on one or more English Language topic at the same time as teaching children to write their own stories and descriptions. In this book, children use a wide variety of ideas and activities to help them get to grips with storytelling. The tasks include descriptive and active stories as well as non-fiction work. Children learn how to write longer answers, turning their own ideas into fuller writing and gaining the confidence to try bigger projects at school.
The second volume in the popular Creative Writing for Kids series takes children further, introducing more poetry and lots of exciting story ideas to bring their imaginations to life and put the fun back into writing. All too often, children are put off creative writing by feeling they have to do it right. Creativity comes in lots of different packages, and not just the ones marked with a red tick or a gold star! The age range for all the books in the Creative Writing for Kids range is 7-14, depending on ability. Lots of exercises can be expanded to suit keen writers and adapted for reluctant learners and special needs students.
Creative Literacy Story Plans for English GCSE are an original method to help students face the challenges of the new English Language GCSE creative writing fiction questions. Each section of the book has a Speech and a Structure task, which can be combined. Students use the Speech and Structure scenarios to create stories which include set characters. Many students struggle with the basics of writing a story for their exams and then also have a seemingly endless list of requirements from school to help them pass the stringent new guidelines. This book takes away the pressure and allow students to work through lots of story types and scenarios. This means they find out their own strengths and weaknesses without being expected to add every vital component of this section of the exams.
Creativity comes in lots of different packages, and not just the ones marked with a red tick or a gold star! Creative Writing for Kids helps children relax and have fun with creative writing. All the work in the Creative Writing for Kids series has been used in classrooms, workshops, private classes and individual one-to-one lessons, as well as by children working independently at home. The exercises in this book are suitable for ages 7-14. The work includes activities that can be adapted for different abilities, as well as more advanced exercises for budding authors and poets
Once upon a story... So many tales and treasures come from fairy-tale worlds and the strange and wonderful creatures we meet there. Dragons and trolls, heroes and princesses, goblins and witches and many more characters to fill our stories with fun and adventure. Once upon a story... uses the fairy-tale theme to bring creative writing and literacy alive for children. Familiar characters and situations help children think of their own unique stories, turning well-known ideas into new and vibrant life. The exercises and activities in this book are funny and thoughtful. They help children explore their own imagination in the safe framework of fairy-tale lands. Children feel they know about this subject before they start, which gives them the confidence to take new steps and create their own worlds.
GCSE students and those wanting to study at a GCSE level will find this book a valuable resource in learning how to answer complex questions and practice original writing. This book is split into three main sections. Comprehension & literary criticism: Comprehension and in-depth critiquing, based around one fiction book, 'The Rain Comes'. This is available to buy on Amazon but may be studied within this book without needing the complete text. Original writing & language work: A variety of language exercises, designed to help students practice and develop writing skills, including grammar and punctuation, as well as writing style. In-depth writing: A longer-length, complete original writing activity which develops helps students think more deeply about how they write and why. This book can be studied together with Poetry Made Simple for GCSE and Creative Writing for Teens.
Winter Tales is book 3 of the popular Creative Writing for Kids series and is full of great activities and tasks for children of all abilities. From funny stories to comic strips, unique poems and the story projects, The Christmas Play and The Journey to Winter's End. This book is based around Winter and includes lots of wintry, seasonal fun. Creative Writing for Kids helps children rediscover the joy of creating their own worlds, without it feeling like school.