Photos for Writing is a free teaching resource created by Pie Corbett (with photographs by Nicola Stables).It is a repository of ideas for using photos or other images in the classroom to spark writing.
Pie answers your FAQs: How can teachers encourage self editing?
In this video series, Pie Corbett answers your frequently asked questions. In this video, he outlines how teacher feedback can be used to encourage children to self edit and aid progression, as part of the Talk for Writing approach.
Pie answers your FAQs: Why is formative assessment the key to progression?
In this video series, Pie Corbett answers your frequently asked questions. In this video he explains how formative assessment works, and its importance in ensuring progression in Literacy through the Talk for Writing approach.
Pie answers your FAQs: How does shared writing work in the classroom?
In this video series, Pie Corbett answers your frequently asked questions. In this video, Pie gives a introduction to the concept of shared writing and its benefits within the Talk for Writing approach, along with some ideas on how to work shared writing into your teaching practice. He also touches on guided writing.
Pie answers your FAQs: What does ‘toolkit’ mean?
In this video series, Pie Corbett answers your frequently asked questions. Here, Pie explains what a writing ‘toolkit’ is, why it is important in the Talk for Writing approach, and how to incorporate toolkits in your planning and teaching, to better enable children to experiment with creative language and literacy devices appropriate to the purpose of their writing task.
Pie answers your FAQs: More on the Innovation phase
In this video series, Pie Corbett answers your frequently asked questions. In this video, Pie goes into greater detail about the Innovation phase, with more ideas about how to implement this aspect of the Talk for Writing approach.
Pie answers your FAQs: What is the Innovation phase?
In this video series, Pie Corbett answers your frequently asked questions. In this video, he discusses what is involved in the Innovation phase and how it works within the Talk for Writing process.
Pie answers your FAQs: What is the Imitation phase?
In this video series, Pie Corbett answers your frequently asked questions. In this video, he discusses what is involved in the Imitation phase and how it works within the Talk for Writing process.
Moving from discursive non-fiction writing in English to discursive writing across the curriculum
Upper KS2 teacher Jamie Grossmith shows how his class applied the skills they learnt about discursive writing in English to History, building their skills across a year.
Pie’s Poetry Unit – ‘What are you?’
Pie Corbett demonstrates how you can use a simple version of a repeating poem like What are you? to liberate the imagination of children.