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Developing thinking skills through creative writing : story steps for 9-12 year olds / Steve Bowkett and Tony Hitchman.

By: Bowkett, Stephen [author.].
Contributor(s): Hitchman, Tony [author.].
Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2019Description: 214p. illustrations.ISBN: 9780367139957 (pbk).Subject(s): Thought and thinking -- Study and teaching (Elementary) | Creative writing (Elementary education) | English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Elementary)DDC classification: 370.157
Contents:
Writing a ghost story -- Writing a fantasy story -- Writing a science fiction story -- Writing a history story -- Writing a pirate story -- Writing a thriller story -- Writing a gothic horror story -- General tips when teaching writing.
Summary: "Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing is a practical and easy-to-use teacher resource helping children across a wide age and ability range to develop the skills necessary to write more effectively. Step by step instructions encourage children to tackle tasks of increasing difficulty while broadening their knowledge and experience of fictional genres. Each chapter begins with a summary so that the teacher can quickly access the various activities, which cover many aspects of story making, from narrative structure, plots, characters and settings to vocabulary, word choice, sentence structure and punctuation. This book supports the requirements of the National Curriculum and is a valuable aid for all KS2 teachers"--
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214)

Writing a ghost story -- Writing a fantasy story -- Writing a science fiction story -- Writing a history story -- Writing a pirate story -- Writing a thriller story -- Writing a gothic horror story -- General tips when teaching writing.

"Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing is a practical and easy-to-use teacher resource helping children across a wide age and ability range to develop the skills necessary to write more effectively. Step by step instructions encourage children to tackle tasks of increasing difficulty while broadening their knowledge and experience of fictional genres. Each chapter begins with a summary so that the teacher can quickly access the various activities, which cover many aspects of story making, from narrative structure, plots, characters and settings to vocabulary, word choice, sentence structure and punctuation. This book supports the requirements of the National Curriculum and is a valuable aid for all KS2 teachers"--

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