Countdown to Creative Writing
Step by Step Approach to Writing Techniques for 7-12 Years
David Fulton Publishers – 2009 – 202 pages
Developing children's writing abilities boosts their confidence, creates enjoyment and relevance in the task and cultivates a range of decision-making and problem-solving skills that can then be applied across the curriculum. The Countdown series provides all the support you need in helping children to improve their prose, poetry and non-fiction writing.
Countdown to Creative Writing is a comprehensive and flexible resource that you can use in different ways:
In short Countdown to Creative Writing saves valuable planning time and gives you all the flexibility you need - teachers might want to utilise either the self-study or 'countdown' aspects of the book, or simply dip into it for individual lesson activities to fit in with their own programmes of work.
'Countdown to Creative Writing is a comprehensive and flexible resource that will help develop your class' writing abilities.' - Literacy Times
Introduction to Creative Writing Photocopiable modules - Narrative Storywriting Writing Poems Review Teacher's Notes
A former teacher, Steve Bowkett is now a full-time writer, storyteller, educational consultant and hypnotherapist. He is the author of more than forty books, including Jumpstart! Creativity and Imagine That.