Countdown to Creative Writing Step by Step Approach to Writing Techniques for 7 12 Years 1st Edition by Stephen Bowkett ISBN 0203868943 9780203868942

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ISBN 10: 0203868943 
ISBN 13: 9780203868942
Author: Stephen Bowkett

Developing children’s writing abilities boosts their confidence, creates enjoyment and relevance in the task and cultivates a range of decision-making and problem-solving skills that can then be applied across the curriculum. The Countdown series provides all the support you need in helping children to improve their prose, poetry and non-fiction writing.

Countdown to Creative Writing is a comprehensive and flexible resource that you can use in different ways:

• 60 stand-alone modules that cover all the essential aspects of writing a story
• countdown flowchart providing an overview showing how modules are linked and how teachers can progress through them with the children
• photocopiable activity sheets for each module that show how to make the decisions and solve the problems that all writers face along the road from first idea to finished piece of work
• teachers’ notes for each module with tips and guidance including how modules could be used as stand-alone units, but also with suggestions for useful links between modules, and curriculum links
• a self-study component so that children can make their own progress through the materials, giving young writers a sense of independence in thinking about their work
• ‘headers’ for each module showing where along the ‘countdown path’ you are at that point.

In short Countdown to Creative Writing saves valuable planning time and gives you all the flexibility you need – teachers might want to utilise either the self-study or ‘countdown’ aspects of the book, or simply dip into it for individual lesson activities to fit in with their own programmes of work.

Countdown to Creative Writing Step by Step Approach to Writing Techniques for 7 12 Years 1st Table of contents:

• Introduction to Creative Writing

  • What is Creative Writing?

  • Why Writing is Fun and Important

  • How This Book Will Help You Become a Better Writer

• Getting Started: Finding Inspiration

  • Where Do Ideas Come From?

  • Using Your Imagination: Dreaming Up Stories

  • Keeping a Writing Journal: A Place for Ideas

• Building Characters

  • Who Are Your Characters? (Creating Heroes, Villains, and Sidekicks)

  • Describing Characters: What Do They Look Like? What Are Their Feelings?

  • Developing Character Traits: What Makes Them Tick?

• Setting the Scene: Creating the World of Your Story

  • Where Does Your Story Take Place?

  • Describing Places: Using All Your Senses

  • Setting the Mood: Making Your Readers Feel Like They’re There

• Plotting Your Story

  • Beginning, Middle, and End: The Structure of a Good Story

  • Conflict and Resolution: What Does Your Character Want, and What’s Stopping Them?

  • The Power of Surprises: Twists and Turns in Your Plot

• Building Suspense and Excitement

  • How to Keep Readers on the Edge of Their Seats

  • Creating Tension and Drama

  • Using Dialogue to Build Suspense

• Writing Dialogue: Bringing Characters to Life

  • How Do Your Characters Speak?

  • Dialogue Tags and Punctuation: Making Conversations Real

  • Showing Emotion Through Dialogue

• Descriptive Writing: Painting Pictures with Words

  • Using Adjectives and Adverbs to Describe People, Places, and Things

  • Writing with Action: Showing, Not Telling

  • Using Similes and Metaphors: Making Your Writing Colorful

• Writing Different Genres

  • Adventure Stories: Creating a Thrilling Journey

  • Mystery Stories: Solving the Puzzle

  • Fantasy Stories: Exploring Magical Worlds

  • Realistic Fiction: Writing About Everyday Life

• Revising and Editing

  • Why Revision is Important: Making Your Story Better

  • How to Edit Your Writing: Finding and Fixing Mistakes

  • Getting Feedback: Sharing Your Work with Others

• Sharing Your Work: Becoming a Confident Writer

  • How to Present Your Story: From Draft to Final Copy

  • Creating a Storybook: Writing and Illustrating Your Own Book

  • Sharing with Friends and Family: Reading Your Story Out Loud

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