Product Description
How to Teach Poetry Writing at Key Stage 1 is a practical, activity-based book of writing workshops for teachers of 5-7 year-olds. Each workshop will help teachers to build enjoyable activities for younger children, and to develop practical writing skills.

Workshops include redrafting and revising activities; poetry writing frames; poems from a range of cultures; traditional as well as contemporary poems; poems by children; lots of writing advice; and plenty of fun. Each workshop has been used successfully in classrooms across the country, and is linked to NLS objectives. ... Read more

Product Description
How to Teach Fiction Writing at Key Stage 3 is a practical manual to help teachers of 11-14 year-olds to develop effective modeling and scaffolding strategies for the teaching of narrative writing. Using a step-by-step approach, based on the 'word/sentence/text level' convention, the book shows how teachers can help pupils to build work in various genres and to move out from these to more complex writing. Each section has a workshop approach that leads into a narrative writing activity, giving pupils the chance to complete a fully realized piece of work at the end each time.

The workshops focus on genre features, the craft of the writer, and specific year-related needs (taken from the KS3 Framework).

The book has a clear progression through KS3, and extension and support activities for the most and least able pupils are provided as an integral part of each section. ... Read more

Product Description
How to Teach Fiction Writing is a practical manual to help teachers of junior classes to focus on the key aspects of developing children's storywriting. The book presents a series of essential writing workshops full of creative ideas and fun activities. It also offers a range of advice including how to set up and run an effective workshop and how to monitor NLS links. Workshops focus on capturing stories, characterization, creating settings, skilful paragraphing, writing in a variety of genres from myths and fables to adventures and science fiction, and writing style. ... Read more

Product Description
Designed for anyone encountering business correspondence who may have had little formal training in this area, this book teaches the skills of business writing, providing examples, exercises and encouragement at every stage. The contents are split into the writing process and types of business writing in order to cater for both those seeking comprehensive instruction and those who are merely dipping in for reference. ... Read more

Product Description
This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office. ... Read more

Product Description
Unlike most large-scale studies, which survey teachers after they have completed their programs, Kennedy documents changes in young men and women from the time they enter teacher education programs through their completion of those programs. And, unlike most studies of change, this study includes a variety of teacher education programs so that changes in novices can be examined in light of the programs they attended. Using the teaching of writing as the subject focus, this volume describes how college students think about teaching when they enter a program, shows how their thinking changes over time, and attributes the nature and direction of these changes to the content and character of the programs themselves. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the role teacher education programs play in forming new teachers and in determining the way writing is taught in schools. ... Read more

Product Description
Written by a science fiction author, this guide provides advice for readers on how to write for the genre. The craft of writing novels which stretch the imagination is explored. ... Read more

Product Description
How to Teach Story Writing at Key Stage 1 is a practical manual for teachers, to be used directly in the classroom. The book begins with a series of language games, designed to warm up creativity and strengthen the imagination. This is followed by a series of creative story workshops, based on the writer's own experience both as a teacher and poet running workshops in schools. These workshops focus on growing the roots of story writing through story telling and reading, and begin with the importance of learning a few well-known tales. There are ideas for drama, role-play and art, and a few model stories are provided for story telling. Other workshops explore simple ideas for creating new stories, based around simple familiar patterns. The book also offers advice on how to organize an effective workshop for younger children, and demonstrates how to teach story writing in a dynamic, creative and imaginative way in relationship with the KS1 national literacy framework.

Workshops include the story of our lives; stories that make a circle; stories about problems; days of the week tales; humbug, stuff and nonsense stories; quests; repetitive tales; wishing stories; warning stories; and cooking the story soup. ... Read more

Product Description
How to Teach Non-Fiction Writing provides a practical, accessible teaching sequence to help teachers of junior classes to teach about the organization and language features of the six non-fiction text types (recount, report, instruction, explanation, persuasion and discussion) and to link non-fiction writing to pupils' work across the curriculum, so they can use content learned in other subject areas as the basis for writing in a particular text type. It will help teachers develop pupils' ability to organize their non-fiction writing appropriately, in terms of text-type, layout and paragraphing and focus on significant language features of the text-types. The teaching sequence is also designed to develop pupils' appreciation of the underlying structures of non-fiction texts, thus linking the acquisition of literacy skills to "thinking skills" in general. ... Read more

Product Description
How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum at Key Stage 1 provides a range of practical suggestions for teaching non-fiction writing skills and linking them to children's learning across the curriculum. It provides clear explanations of simple techniques for using speaking and listening, drama and other activities as a preparation for writing; using information learned in a variety of curriculum areas as the content for the teaching of writing; organizing information - as notes or pictures - on 'skeleton' planning frameworks, so that children are very clear about content before they begin to write; familiarizing children with the key language features of different non-fiction text types; and demonstrating the writing of different non-fiction texts, including simple note-making and converting notes into sentences. ... Read more

Product Description
As the amount of curriculum in today’s classrooms expands and teaching time seems to shrink, teachers are finding that it makes sense to integrate content area and writing instruction. The author provides practical and helpful ideas for classroom teachers and content-area specialists to easily incorporate Writing Across the Curriculum in their classrooms.This comprehensive resource includes:student examples showing how writing regularly stimulates critical thinking and creativity in students activities that help students learn more content area information and improve their writing skills ideas to help teachers plan and organize content classes to include writing graphic organizers, templates, and mini-lessons that engage students in learning ... Read more

Product Description
What makes a good erotic novel? This guide for the novice writer provides advice and inspiration for how to go about writing within the erotic fiction genre. ... Read more

Product Description
This course is aimed at the beginner, and a language survival kit is provided in the first five units. Although designed mainly for those with no previous knowledge, this course is equally suitable for anyone wishing to brush up existing skills. Key structures and vocabulary are introduced and revised in a total of twenty five units. The emphasis is on communication and practical vocabulary for a holiday, business trip or a longer stay.

There is plenty of help throughout: tips and ‘handy hints’ on pronunciation and grammar; a pronunciation chart; verb tables; and two mini-dictionaries, Portuguese-English and English-Portuguese. In addition, plenty of exercises are available with a key so that learners can check their progress. Cross reference indexes at the end of the book enable quick access to the various topics and language points.

The Portuguese taught in this course is applicable to both Brazilian and European practice. The model dialogues focus on structures and vocabulary which are used on both sides of the Atlantic. The same applies to pronunciation. For a model the learner can identify with one of the Brazilian or European Portuguese native speakers on the recordings. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (7)

passed the only test that matters
I had to go on a five-day trip to Brazil and the timing didn't fit with taking conventional classes in Portuguese, so I tried this.I spent maybe 45 minutes to an hour with it, a few evenings a week.The lessons were well laid out and easy to follow.After several months I got on the plane down to Sao Paulo, and from there took a connecting flight that wasn't geared for passengers who spoke English.I found that I could (1) understand most of the in-flight magazine ... OK, those are not what you'd call heavy reading ... (2) get to my destination (3) understand what my hosts said to me (4) talk to them so they could understand me.

Disclaimer: I already have studied French, German, and Spanish.If you know French and Spanish you'll have little trouble with Portuguese.

Brazil is an interesting place, even if you aren't in Rio.

Absolutely super!
Fun, easy and very efficient. Excellent audio, slow enough for a beginner, excellent dialogues with the kind of words and structures you need in a foreign country. The language is explained in a way that makes it easy to understand. There are absolutely lots of exercises to practice what you are learning. This is a course I strongly recommend.

A better way of learning Portuguese
If more than five stars were available, I would give them to this course. Some courses specifically for Brazilian or European Portuguese teach you local expressions and colloquialisms that make learning harder for people like me who want to use the language on both sides of the Atlantic. After struggling with a couple of such courses, I was fortunate to find this one. In this course the starting point is the common ground between Brazilian and European Portuguese. The differences are then explained and you can pick what you need depending where you want to use the language.

I bought this course last year and have gone through most of it. So far, I have used what I am learning in Brazil, Portugal and Angola. When I spoke Portuguese in these countries, it was a fantastic feeling to see that I was actually understood. The accompanying audio gives you different voices, which also helps with the various accents even within Brazil (they sound quite different in the north and in the south).

Another feature I particularly like in this course is that it is very communicative. Everything you learn can be used straight away, in authentic situations: formalities on arrival, finding the way, hiring a car, hotel and other accommodation, food, shopping, health, meeting people socially or for business, and a lot more. This course is a superb buy.

A Flexible Friend
My fiancé and I visited Portugal this year for a semester. Since neither of us spoke the language we decided to purchase a teach yourself course. Having reviewed all the available material, we found the above book and audio package to be the best value. Best because it also covers Portuguese as spoken in Brazil; our next target.

What appealed to us about the book was the modern day approach which the author adopted. Its flexibility by allowing us to go as far into a topic as we wished. That the same book would serve us equally as well when we visited Brazil. Also and the number of different topics covered.

Quite naturally, when you are a beginner, grammar can be the biggest obstacle. No problem here. The grammar is presented in small amounts, each piece being targeted to your progress.

Dialogues used in the book to demonstrate model sentences use expressions which can be found in everyday situations. In fact, they too have been pitched to cater for your confidence in using the grammar.

Equally the vocabulary used is very realistic and typical of everyday use. We particularly liked the vocabulary lists at the back of the book for quick reference of Portuguese to English and vice versa.

The range of topics to was invaluable. In the early stages of our visit we pointed to the phrase or sentence in the book to get what we wanted but as we read and immersed ourselves in the environment we spoke more.

You would have thought that because of the environment we were in, the audio assistance would not have been used so much. Not true, we found it very useful, particularly when we refer to our next target of Brazil. Having the ability to relate the daily Portuguese we heard to the audio aid and then relating it to Portuguese as spoken in Brazil made us feel comfortable over a next venture. There is little doubt, however, that we shall take our `Flexible friend' with us.

A course you can trust
This course gave me what others failed to. I felt that the author was always with me, informing, guiding, anticipating my problems and providing answers. Dr Cook must be a very good teacher!
You can go as far as you want, use the first units just to get by or go through the whole book. You can stop where you want and still have learned something. Pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary are very clearly explained. I strongly recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn Portuguese, for Brazil, Portugal, and some countries in Africa or anywhere else where the language is spoken. ... Read more

Product Description

Product Description
How to Teach Non-Fiction Writing at Key Stage 3 is a practical manual to help teachers of 11-14 year-olds to focus on key aspects of developing their pupil's non-fiction writing. The book presents a clear teaching sequence that emphasizes the link between reading and writing, and can raise pupil's attainment levels in both areas. Practical writing workshops focus on the six main types of non-fiction as defined in the NLS Framework for Year 7: information, recount, explanation, instruction, persuasion and discussion texts.

Each workshop includes photocopiable sample texts, instructions for teachers, and tasks for pupils to complete.

With advice on how to make best use of a writing journal, and how to progress in sentence construction - how to make sentences more flexible and better adapted to purpose - the book is a practical and immediately useful resource for KS3 teachers. ... Read more

Product Description
These easy, step-by-step lessons show teachers how to use the interactive whiteboard to engage students in learning excellent writing craft techniques with models of strong writing. Expert writing teacher Lola Schaefer covers all the essentials-organizing, setting a strong focus, writing convincing leads, and more! Includes tips for both Promethean and SMART Board users, plus CD with models to use on screen. For use with Grades 5 & Up. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Writing Lessons for Interactive Whiteboard Worth the Money!
The price is right for this book! Cheapest I have seen so far. It will be very useful in my classroom this fall.I appreciated being able to preview parts of the book before ordering.Worth ordering if you have a Smartboard in your classroom. ... Read more

Product Description

Bring the world to others through travel writing

If you love to travel and long to write about it, Get Your Travel Writing Published will give you the essential tools to turn it into a profession. By the end of this book, you will know what steps you will need to take to get your work published, the ABCs of writing winning travel articles and the markets available, all while avoiding common beginner's pitfalls.

• One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.
• Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author’s many years of experience.
• Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.
• Extra online articles at teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of travel writing.
• Offers a unique insight into travel writing by a highly respected and widely published author.

Topics include:
I'm a travel writer: welcome to my world; Getting started; Trip preparation; On location; The newspaper market; Selling to magazines; Development of an article; The all-important query; Elements of a good article; Writing the book; Avoiding the pitfalls; Photography; Press trips and independent itineraries; Keeping records; Glossary; References