Cracking Creative Writing in KS1 contains 75+ tried and tested
activities to inspire children in Years 1 and 2 to write creatively,
have fun playing with language and build their confidence as writers.
The enjoyable activities encourage Key Stage 1 pupils to experiment with
how they use grammar and punctuation in their writing - so they can see
how it works, its rules, its possibilities - and crucially, therefore,
how they can use it to improve their creative writing.
Each sheet begins with a stimulus poem or passage, to share with pupils
and inspire them. The step-by-step teacher's notes explain what young
writers need to do to create their own piece of writing that they can be
proud of. Links to the grammar, spelling and punctuation elements of the
National Curriculum are clearly shown.
All the activities are designed to fit easily into one lesson making it
easy to integrate them into your planning. Children are usually excited
and surprised by what they can achieve in a short time. Differentiation
suggestions make the activities easily adaptable for children of
different abilities.
Writing matters. It matters to teachers, and it certainly matters to
children - they want to be able to do it - and be good at it. These
activities will help them to believe that they can write and that it is
fun!