Creativity Through Language 2: How to Teach Informative/Non-Fiction Writing

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.