Short burst writing in the Talk for Writing sequence
Talk for Writing trainer, Maria Richards, explores how to teach writing well through Talk for Writing’s short burst approach: “Short burst writing has transformed the way I think about teaching writing skills and I have now seen how it can powerfully transform children as writers too. Plan it into your Talk for Writing sequences and find your transformations”.
Feeling the impact at Carlton Hill
Maurice Leahy, teacher at Carlton Hill Primary School in Brighton, studied one child’s writing over a year to see the impact that Talk for Writing made.
Teaching languages through iLanguages and Talk for Writing
Louise St John explains how Victoria Road Primary School is using iLanguages and its links to the Talk for Writing approach to enhance the children’s ability to communicate in French and Spanish.
Teaching science at Selby using Talk for Writing
Tom Wrigglesworth, Year 6 teacher at Selby Community Primary School, explains how the Talk for Writing approach can enhance learning in science and develop vocabulary across the curriculum.
Talk for Writing saves the day in Thailand!
A Foundation Stage teacher working at Penn Wood in Slough employed Talk for Writing methods when called upon to unexpectedly teach English to children living in a Thai village. By the end of the session they all understood the plot of The Gingerbread Man and were able to use the English words.
Outstanding evidence of the writing process at East Hunsbury
Liz Martin, project leader at East Hunsbury Primary Schol: “the format of units in our books, which illustrates the Talk for Writing process clearly, show the progress…but they also showed the strength of self-editing; an area clearly highlighted in the new curriculum…which fits perfectly with the TfW strategy”.
Story Songs CD ROM
Pie Corbett has collaborated with Early Years music expert Steve Grocott to produce the Story Songs CD ROM. This collection is about how to bring the story out of your songs and how to put music into your stories. Emphasising the musical elements of a story is a very good way of calling forth active engagement from a young audience.
The Three Little Pigs at Highbank Primary
Highbank Primary and Nursery School posted a video on Twitter of a child in F1 (Nursery 2) telling the story of The Three Little Pigs to her peers. She is sat in the storytelling chair and is using key language and occasional actions to assist the flow of the story – she has the other children completely hooked.
Talk for Writing and Kensuke’s Kingdom
Janet Gough, Assistant Headteacher and English Subject Leader at Cockerham Parochial School in Lancashire, explains how to use Talk for Writing techniques to embed language skills within the context of the Michael Morpurgo novel Kensuke’s Kingdom.