Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing - 9780367139940

Taylor & Francis

Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative WritingStory Steps for 912 Year Olds\nAuthor(s): Steve Bowkett, Tony Hitchman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367139940, 978-0367139940\nSynopsis\nDeveloping Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing: Story Steps for 9-12 Year Olds is a practical and easy-to-use teacher resource helping children across a wide age and ability range to develop the skills necessary to write more effectively. Step-by-step instructions encourage children to tackle tasks of increasing difficulty while broadening their knowledge and experiences of fictional genres. \n\nWith chapters separated into distinct genres: ghost story, fantasy, science fiction, history, pirate story, thriller and Gothic horror, this book:\n\nOffers a summary at the start of each chapter to help teachers select the relevant activities. \n\nCovers multiple aspects of storytelling from narrative structure, plots, characte.