TY - BOOK AU - Bowkett,Stephen AU - Hitchman,Tony TI - Developing thinking skills through creative writing: story steps for 9-12 year olds SN - 9780429029592 AV - LB1631 U1 - 428.00712 23 PY - 2020/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon PB - Routledge KW - Creative writing (Secondary education) KW - Critical thinking KW - EDUCATION / General KW - bisacsh N2 - Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing: Story Steps for 9-12 Year Olds is a practical and easy-to-use teacher resource helping children across a wide age and ability range to develop the skills necessary to write more effectively. Step-by-step instructions encourage children to tackle tasks of increasing difficulty while broadening their knowledge and experiences of fictional genres. With chapters separated into distinct genres: ghost story, fantasy, science fiction, history, pirate story, thriller and Gothic horror, this book: Offers a summary at the start of each chapter to help teachers select the relevant activities. Covers multiple aspects of storytelling from narrative structure, plots, characters and settings to vocabulary, word choice, sentence structure and punctuation. Provides a cross referencing grid showing which aspects of writing appear in each chapter. Includes guidance notes, extension activities and general tips. Adaptable to different teaching situations, this book offers the opportunity for teachers to work through the book genre by genre or take a 'skills route' with different activities from different chapters to create their own programme of study. Fully illustrated and supporting the requirements of the National Curriculum, Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing is a valuable aid for all Key Stage 2 teachers UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429029592 UR - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf ER -