Talk for Writing trainer Jo Pearce explains how a model text can be used to help pupils become effective writers of suspense stories. Download the model text here, along with teaching notes and worked examples.
Writing and text mapping your own model text
Talk for Writing consultant Kathryn Pennington explains how and why she writes and maps her own model text: “Having a model text is vitally important in the writing process…You need a clear example of what good looks like and that’s where the model text comes in.
How do I use this book with Talk for Writing?
Talk for Writing Expert Kathryn Pennington explains the role of a model text and how to select an appropriate model text for your purposes. This downloadable resource includes 4 model texts.
Little Vixen Street
A suspenseful model text by Talk for Writing Expert Dean Thompson, with accompanying teaching notes explaining how the text might be utilised to develop a unit of work: “Anthropomorphising the cunning or wily fox is a very popular idea in many stories”
Creating quality independent writing at Hallsville Primary
At Hallsville Primary, teachers have found that there is not one magic ingredient for creating quality independent writing, but many. What do they think is the most important? Reading: “We have found that the longer you linger with the text, the better the independent outcomes are”.
Winds in the North West – a Mary Poppins inspired unit of work
Following Talk for Writing training, Headteacher Sue Jackson invited an enthusiastic staff to plan a unit of work based on a creative hook and quality texts. This unit of work in Year 4 is based on Mary Poppins and exemplifies some key aspects of the Talk for Writing teaching sequence in action.
Bevendean Hearing Support Facility Project
Ali Davis writes about a TfW project at Bevendean Hearing Support Facility: “I have always taught in a very interactive way, igniting imagination and desire to write. Talk for Writing has given a new, innovative structure to this teaching method”.
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.