Creating Writers: A Creative Writing Manual for Schools (David Fulton Books) - Softcover

Carter, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 041549902X ISBN 13: 9780415499026

Verlag: Routledge, 2009

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This offers a fresh, unique approach to teaching creative writing. It contains models of writing from popular children's authors Jaqueline Wilson Philip Pullman, David Almond and Roger McGough. Includes photocopiable resources for teachers.

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Are you looking for a range of inspiring creative writing workshop activities?

Would you like practical writing tips and advice from professional children's authors?

This unique text offers a fresh and wholly original approach to teaching creative writing by exploring ideas, giving advice, explaining workshop activities and looking at particular models of writing from some of today's most popular children's authors including:

Jacqueline Wilson, Morris Gleitzman, David Almond, John Foster, Philip Pullman, Malorie Blackman, Berlie Doherty, Ian Beck, Roger McGough, Gillian Cross, Celia Rees, Terry Deary and Nick Arnold.

Creating Writers is a practical writing manual for teachers to use with upper primary and lower secondary level pupils that covers poetry, fiction and non-fiction. It offers opportunities for children to:
-- examine models of writing and learn from professional authors how text is developed and crafted
-- write widely in various forms and genres and for varying purposes and audiences
-- consider the inherent elements of poetry (image, rhythm, rhyme), fiction (narration, plot, characterisation) and non-fiction (structure, media, audience)
-- enjoy and explore their own creativity

An invaluable resource for teachers, this comprehensive book:
-- is a photocopiable resource with worksheets
-- demonstrates how ICTs can be used in the context of writing, drafting and researching
-- can be used as an entire creative writing course or as a dip-in-and-out-of resource
-- uses accessible language
-- features advice and material from professional, popular and award-winning authors
-- gives advice on how to initiate a range of writer events forschools

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 041549902X
• ISBN 13: 9780415499026
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
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