Cracking Creative Writing in KS1 - Horner, David

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Résumé :
Cracking Creative Writing in KS1 contains 75+ tried and tested activities to inspire children in Years 1 and 2 to write creatively, have fun playing with language and build their confidence as writers. The enjoyable activities encourage Key Stage 1 pupils to experiment with how they use grammar and punctuation in their writing - so they can see how it works, its rules, its possibilities - and crucially, therefore, how they can use it to improve their creative writing. Each sheet begins with a stimulus poem or passage, to share with pupils and inspire them. The step-by-step teacher's notes explain what young writers need to do to create their own piece of writing that they can be proud of. Links to the grammar, spelling and punctuation elements of the National Curriculum are clearly shown. All the activities are designed to fit easily into one lesson making it easy to integrate them into your planning. Children are usually excited and surprised by what they can achieve in a short time. Differentiation suggestions make the activities easily adaptable for children of different abilities. Writing matters. It matters to teachers, and it certainly matters to children - they want to be able to do it - and be good at it. These activities will help them to believe that they can write and that it is fun!...

Biographie:
David Horner taught English and Drama for 15 years. He went on to be an advisory teacher with Cheshire LEA for 6 years and then a freelance writer and storyteller for nearly 20 years. He has an MA in Creative Writing from Lancaster University.David's poems have appeared in many children's anthologies (most satisfyingly when sandwiched alphabetically between Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes) and been featured on radio - even making it once onto Radio 4's Pick of the Week. With his regular illustrator Anne Hodgkiss, he has also written and published 10 books of poems for children.David has written regularly on creative writing in relation to young readers and writers in various educational journals. He has given readings and performances to audiences of all ages and abilities, provided INSET sessions across the UK and run workshops with children in over 1000 schools from Swindon to Singapore and Derbyshire to Dubai! Requests for return visits have meant a constant need for fresh ideas - ones that would work successfully in the limited period of a busy school timetable!David is married to Judith, has two children and five grandchildren. He contributes regularly to Goodeyedeers, a joint venture with a local retired head teacher, publishing online material for teachers on the TES platform with all proceeds going to their chosen charity MedEquip4kids....