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I provide a list of themes as part of our narrative class writing projects. You can create a great list of potential writing ideas on flipchart paper together this way. Once children are comfortable with the idea, they can begin to use it for themselves. 👇

Article in the Observer about the National Literacy Trust and my work as part of the Literacy Lab The University of Edinburgh 👇 observer.co.uk/style/featur...

This handout can really help children think about the emotional story arc their character is going through and what their motives are. What drives their characters’ thoughts, feelings, interactions and actions in their story? 🤷‍♂️👇

I love teaching this technique to children. You take your writing idea, in this case a seagull and a worm, and you place it on these four common story arcs. In the process the idea completely changes. They can then pick their favourite to pursue 👇

A great technique to extend children’s story writing is to have them write their story in a variety of narrator voices. They can then discuss which one they think works best — and why. 👇

We can show children how they can use ‘show don’t tell’ to share how their character is feeling 👇

Looking to encourage children to write in response to their reading? Try giving them a prompt sheet like this 👇 📚✍️

Here’s a nice little way of encouraging children to use ‘show don’t tell’. When reading their stories with friends, they can look for opportunities to ‘prove it!’. In the process, they’ll start to use show don’t tell. 👇

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Did you know that children don’t have to write dry, objective information texts if you don’t want them to? Here are some prompts that can help children write non-fiction with heart, personal interest and self-expression too 👇

“Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old, shared a little of what he is good at doing” - Quincy Jones

Ross Young

This is a lovely idea generation technique for inviting children to write their own explanation texts. Ask them to finish off the sentence stems as many times as they like and pick their favourite idea ⭐️✍️🥳

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