Let's Write
Activities to develop writing skills for 7–11 year olds
By John Foster | Publisher: Taylor and Francis
About the book
Let’s Write offers a wealth of suggestions for approaches to developing primary school pupils’ writing skills that will capture the children’s interest, while enabling them to improve their ability to express themselves in writing. It aims to meet the requirements of the new national curriculum for English at KS2 in a way that will develop the children’s standard of writing by presenting activities that they will find enjoyable and stimulating.
Throughout the book, the emphasis is on providing activities that will engage the pupils in a discussion of how texts are structured, before producing their own writing. John Foster suggests a range of imaginative tasks that both literacy specialists and non-specialists will find useful in developing children’ ability to write coherently and correctly.
Let’s Write includes:
- a clear explanation of the writing process with activities designed to improve pupils’ drafting skills
- examples of the different types of writing for pupils to analyse, which they can use as models for their own writing
- a range of imaginative ideas for writing tasks, together with suggestions of curriculum opportunities for practising particular forms
- writing challenges which can be used to stretch more able writers and thus to introduce differentiation by task, as well as by outcome
- writing tips, for example, on sentence structure and paragraph structure, appropriate to the different types of writing
- activities involving pupils in the assessment of their writing
- a section on writing correctly, focussing on grammar, spelling and punctuation
- a section containing games and activities designed to extend pupils’ vocabulary.
Let’s Write provides teachers with a lively collection of resources that will be welcomed by teachers and that will help to develop children’s writing.
Editions of Let's Write
- EBook
- ISBN 9781317817031
- PDF
- ISBN 9781317817048
Read an Excerpt
Let’s Write offers a wealth of suggestions for approaches to developing primary school pupils’ writing skills that will capture the children’s interest, while enabling them to improve their ability to express themselves in writing. It aims to meet the requirements of the new national curriculum for English at KS2 in a way that will develop the children’s standard of writing by presenting activities that they will find enjoyable and stimulating.
Throughout the book, the emphasis is on providing activities that will engage the pupils in a discussion of how texts are structured, before producing their own writing. John Foster suggests a range of imaginative tasks that both literacy specialists and non-specialists will find useful in developing children’ ability to write coherently and correctly.
Let’s Write includes:
- a clear explanation of the writing process with activities designed to improve pupils’ drafting skills
- examples of the different types of writing for pupils to analyse, which they can use as models for their own writing
- a range of imaginative ideas for writing tasks, together with suggestions of curriculum opportunities for practising particular forms
- writing challenges which can be used to stretch more able writers and thus to introduce differentiation by task, as well as by outcome
- writing tips, for example, on sentence structure and paragraph structure, appropriate to the different types of writing
- activities involving pupils in the assessment of their writing
- a section on writing correctly, focussing on grammar, spelling and punctuation
- a section containing games and activities designed to extend pupils’ vocabulary.
Let’s Write provides teachers with a lively collection of resources that will be welcomed by teachers and that will help to develop children’s writing.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Let's Write about?
Let’s Write offers a wealth of suggestions for approaches to developing primary school pupils’ writing skills that will capture the children’s interest, while enabling them to improve their ability to express themselves in writing. It aims to meet the requirements of the new national curriculum for English at KS2 in a way that will develop the children’s standard of writing by presenting activities that they will find enjoyable and stimulating.
Throughout the book, the emphasis is on providing activities that will engage the pupils in a discussion of how texts are structured, before producing their own writing. John Foster suggests a range of imaginative tasks that both literacy specialists and non-specialists will find useful in developing children’ ability to write coherently and correctly.
Let’s Write includes:
- a clear explanation of the writing process with activities designed to improve pupils’ drafting skills
- examples of the different types of writing for pupils to analyse, which they can use as models for their own writing
- a range of imaginative ideas for writing tasks, together with suggestions of curriculum opportunities for practising particular forms
- writing challenges which can be used to stretch more able writers and thus to introduce differentiation by task, as well as by outcome
- writing tips, for example, on sentence structure and paragraph structure, appropriate to the different types of writing
- activities involving pupils in the assessment of their writing
- a section on writing correctly, focussing on grammar, spelling and punctuation
- a section containing games and activities designed to extend pupils’ vocabulary.
Let’s Write provides teachers with a lively collection of resources that will be welcomed by teachers and that will help to develop children’s writing.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Let's Write?
Society and Social Sciences > Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy > Schools and pre-schools > Primary and middle schools
Where can I read a sample of Let's Write?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781317817031
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Let's Write?
John Foster
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Let's Write is available as ebook(ISBN 9781317817031) and pdf(ISBN 9781317817048)