{"product_id":"developing-thinking-skills-through-creative-writing-story-steps-for-9-12-year-olds-paperback","title":"Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing: Story Steps for 9-12 Year Olds - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteve Bowkett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTony Hitchman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeveloping Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing: Story Steps for 9-12 Year Olds\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith chapters separated into distinct genres: ghost story, fantasy, science fiction, history, pirate story, thriller and Gothic horror, this book: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a summary at the start of each chapter to help teachers select the relevant activities. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers multiple aspects of storytelling from narrative structure, plots, characters and settings to vocabulary, word choice, sentence structure and punctuation.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a cross referencing grid showing which aspects of writing appear in each chapter.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes guidance notes, extension activities and general tips.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdaptable 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, \u003ci\u003eDeveloping Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable aid for all Key Stage 2 teachers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Bowkett is a former teacher and author of numerous books for teachers. He visits schools to run creative writing workshops for children and works as an educational consultant specialising in the areas of thinking skills and problem solving, creativity and literacy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTony Hitchman has over 35 years of experience teaching throughout the Primary age range in diverse schools culminating in 11 years as a primary school Head Teacher. In his spare time(!), he has written scripts for the comic publisher DC Thompson, contributed cartoons and comic strips to various small press publications, illustrated educational books and collaborated with Steve Bowkett on \u003cem\u003eUsing Comic Art to Improve Speaking, Reading and Writing\u003c\/em\u003e (2012).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 214\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.5 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52504381686067,"sku":"9780367139957","price":66.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YnVCV3NpWXkvS2F4L3NSS3lzOUFZdz09.webp?v=1760194626","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/developing-thinking-skills-through-creative-writing-story-steps-for-9-12-year-olds-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}