Non-fiction Writing Skills: Key Stage 2 (Scholastic Writing Workshop Key Stage 2 S.)

by etc. (Author), Gill Friel (Author), Gill Friel (Author), Sue Ellis (Author), Peter Stevenson (Illustrator), Elaine Wyllie (Author)

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  Paperback
  1997

  $4.70

  This text supports the teaching of non-fiction writing for Key Stage 2. It contains over 100 activities to help teachers target specific skills requirements of children in their class. It has five chapters each covering a specific non-fiction writing genre. The book also contains linked photocopiable activity pages and a photocopiable anthology of models of different types of non-fiction writing. The book aims to help teachers introduce and develop specific aspects of the writer's craft within meaningful learning contexts which encourage children to use their own knowledge and skills. It contains practical advice and theoretical support to enable teachers to respond appropriately and constructively to children's strengths and weaknesses as writers.