Tag / creative writing
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Give me a title
Some children will respond to “What is a Butterphant?” with images and ideas flashing into their minds. Others may respond – “I don’t know what to write”. Frustrating.
August 29, 2023 -
Be original, but follow the rules
How can we teach children to follow the rules of English, and be creative at the same time? Creativity can appear simple, but is actually rather complicated.
August 24, 2023 -
Time to play with the language
What is the most effective way of teaching parts of speech and punctuation?
Imagine taking each individual element of the KS2 SPaG agenda and building a creative activity with which all the children in the class could become involved. What would the result be?
April 18, 2023 -
Creative Writing: Cracked
What is the most effective way of giving children the confidence to explore and experiment with their writing? The aim is something that we can all aspire to making creative writing an…
January 18, 2023 -
What’s been happening at Brilliant Publications?
Happy New Year! I hope you had a good break and were able to recharge your batteries. Talking of recharging batteries, one night many years ago when I was putting my son…
January 5, 2023 -
Just imagine!
How can you inspire children to try different approaches and ideas to writing? There’s a very old Chinese story about a young boy who is given a paintbrush. The boy is told…
December 6, 2022 -
Is it really possible to teach SPaG with games?
What child can resist the part of their English coursework that is titled “How to be rude – like William Shakespeare”? Or how about “A Martian is learning English”?
November 9, 2022 -
Author of the month – David Horner
David was our author of the month in October. So we can get to know him better, we asked David for some interesting facts about himself. Here is what he told us…
November 2, 2022 -
This not that
Suppose your blank sheet of paper, rather than being white, was black, and the ink you were writing with was white. Would that change what you wrote?
September 13, 2022 -
I play therefore I learn
What is the single most effective way of teaching English grammar at Key Stage 2? Give children the chance to play with and utilise the grammar they have learned.
August 25, 2022
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