Scholastic Writing Workshop Key Stage 2 S.
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Non-fiction Writing Skills
by Sue Ellis, Gill Friel, Elaine Wyllie, and etc.
Published 14 November 1997
This text supports the teaching of non-fiction writing for Key Stage 2. It contains over 100 activities to help teachers target specific skills requirements of children in their class. It has five chapters each covering a specific non-fiction writing genre. The book also contains linked photocopiable activity pages and a photocopiable anthology of models of different types of non-fiction writing. The book aims to help teachers introduce and develop specific aspects of the writer's craft within meaningful learning contexts which encourage children to use their own knowledge and skills. It contains practical advice and theoretical support to enable teachers to respond appropriately and constructively to children's strengths and weaknesses as writers.
This resource book provides teachers with the content knowledge and teaching strategies necessary to motivate and improve children's imaginative writing. It provides an explanation of the collaborative workshop approach and advice on classroom managment;lesson plans and photocopiable materials for teaching specific concepts and skills relating to characterization, setting, story structure and the writing process; activities based on children's books that provide models of excellent writing; guidance on differentiation, progression and assessments as well as an anthology of over 20 photocopiable pages linked to activities.
This is the first of four "Writing Workshops" designed to support the teaching of imaginative and non-fiction writing at Key Stages 1 and 2. "Imaginative Writing KS 2" is a multi-media resource developed for teachers who want to ensure that the requirements of the English curricula are delivered in a way that: inspires children and instils a love of story-telling and writing; offers models of excellent writing; teaches specific skills, strategies and techniques to improve the quality of writing; provides opportunities for extended writing; and is responsive to different needs of children in a class. This is the complete set. It contains: "TRB 1: Teaching the Craft of Writing" - activity chapters, anthology, and general photocopiable pages to teach the process of writing; "TRB 2: Writing Projects" - providing lesson plans and photocopiable support material for extended writing projects; trade books - single copies of nine books; and an audio cassette in which Dick King-Smith, Bernard Ashley, Jill Paton Walsh and Frank Rodgers talk about their work in general and read extracts from some of their stories.
Non-fiction Writing Projects
by Sue Ellis, Gill Friel, Elaine Wyllie, and etc.
Published 14 November 1997
This text supports the teaching of non-fiction writing for Key Stage 2. It contains extended writing projects which range in difficulty and length and incorporate different publishing formats. They include: making a dialect dictionary; autobiography; a class newpaper; planning a party; and "sweet success". The book is part of a series which aims to help teachers introduce and develop specific aspects of the writer's craft within meaningful learning contexts which encourage children to use their own knowledge and skills. It contains practical advice and theoretical support to enable teachers to respond appropriately and constructively to children's strengths and weaknesses as writers.