This book covers:
-Biographies, letters, newspapers
-Advertisements, editing and proofreading
-Advice on how to assess the children’s learning.
Contents
-Autobiographies– diaries- personal profiles-time capsules and autobiographies
-Biographies-Interviews and Notes-research and summaries-biographies without plagiarism
-Informal Letters– invitations-thank you letters-informal letters and reports-emails
-Formal Letters– Business letters
-Tools for writing articles– an introduction to newspaper articles- looking deeper into the news-headlines, is the report biased ?
-Writing Newspaper Articles– a journalist’s scenario
-Tools for Writing Advertisements– information posters- Advertising posters and slogans- facts and opinions
-Developing Advertising– tv ads-producing a school brochure
-Editing-formal and informal language-capital letters- don’t forget to breathe-finding the paragraphs- punctuation- checking spellings- paragraphs and reports-choosing the right spelling-alternatives for said- commas- editing-using a thesaurus- verbs and adjectives- does it make sense?
-Assessing
Children need help and guidance in non-fiction writing and that is something that many primary/prep/P1-6 colleagues find difficult and challenging. That is why this book is so important.
Following a successful teaching career Patricia Sumner moved into educational publishing and now runs a successful business in the North West. She is also author Creativity through Language: How to teach fiction writing.
A TLS Resource Book: For teachers of primary/prep and lower secondary pupils.
-Ideal resource for primary/prep schools with a free cd of pages to print off available.
-Contains comprehensive teacher notes
-Topical and thought provoking
-Cross curricular in approach.
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