Activities for writing fairy stories - Hilary Braund

A series of books of ready-made photocopiable activities plus teacherguidance that help teachers to do shared and guided writingwith whole class and groups. Each book covers one specific writingtype and aims to improve teacher confidence and knowledge aboutshared and guided writing, plus give them the teaching resourcethey need to improve practiceEach book has 4 sections: Section 1 'Using Good Examples' looks attwo specific writing models with Shared Writing activities thatenable children (and teachers) to develop knowledge and understndingof the text type. Section 2, 'Developing Writing', offers aset of supportive activities to prompt children to plan and wriewithin the text type. Section 3, 'Writing', shows children howto put their writing ideas and planning together into written work.Section 4, 'Review', gives opportunities for children to redraft,assess and improve their own writing, plus subject knowledgeuseful reference information, and advice for teachers.* clarity of teacher support* self contained package with lesson plans plus photocopiable resourcesThe activities in FAIRY STORIES (5-7) yrs enable children to:* approach story writing with confidence by starting with very familiarstory patterns, settings and characters* devlop understanding of key features of fairy stories* think carefully about beginnings and endings of fairy stories* think about different versions of same fairy story-and write theirown* work collaboratively* reflect on their own writing and assess it against key criteriaoffairy stories