In our experience, when it comes to getting children to be more creative it’s not always as simple as just asking them to “be creative”.
One of the main problems with this approach is that while it may result in children writing stories that are unusual, it does not, however, result in them taking a step forwards in terms of their creative writing. Originality alone is not the key to bringing writing to life and improving the quality of the story.
In order for children to bring their writing to life, there are a number of skills they need to master.
To help with this we have produced a set of books that explore these skills and offer activities and exercises that children can use to improve their creative writing – ‘Developing Skills for Writing’ covers levels 2, 3 and 4.
The books contain sentence and text level activities which explore exactly how ‘powerful verbs’ can be used effectively, how ‘connectives’ can be used to signal time, how to compose ‘complex sentences’, how to use adjectives to create detail etc. In fact there’s a whole range of skills to move children’s writing on from National Curriculum Level 2 to Level 4.
Developing Skills for Writing uses, throughout the series, a multisensory approach to teaching, including word games, role play and oral activities covering all frequently used punctuation and grammar skills. Clear lesson plans explain every activity. A ‘Helping Hand’ is used to remember key facts and where possible, optional worksheets focus on boys’ interests.
Free sample pages are available from our website. Click here for level 2, here for level 3 and here for level 4.
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P.O. Box329
Broughton
Preston
Lancashire
PR3 5LT
www.topical-resources.co.uk
sales@topical-resources.co.uk
Tel: 01772 863158