A Creative Approach to Teaching Writing: The What, Why and How of Teaching Writing in Context

by Steve Bowkett

Why should children learn to write fluently? What difference will it make to them and the opportunities available to them later on in life? The ability to communicate clearly, accurately and persuasively is a vital life skill. Deficiencies in motivation and thinking skills pervade the challenge of improving children's literacy levels.
A Creative Approach to Teaching Writing combines practical activities to help children aged 7-11 develop their writing skills. The activities and techniques are practical, easy to apply and effective across a wide ability range. They help children
- develop a positive attitude towards writing by emphasizing observation and questioning as core skills
- organise and refine their ideas
- learn a range of 'how to' strategies that will allow them to write more creatively and also bring benefits in other areas of literacy Steve Bowkett, author, storyteller and education consultant, explains the key concepts and learning benefits of each strategy, along with a series of activities, extension ideas and useful links.

120 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Steve Bowkett was born and brought up in the mining valleys of South Wales. He started writing for pleasure at the age of thirteen and had his first book published in 1985.

Steve's background is in education. He taught English for 18 years though is now a full-time writer, storyteller, educational consultant and also a qualified hypnotherapist.

In his time he has written fantasy and SF for teenagers, adult and teen horror, romance, mainstream fiction for pre-teens, fiction and non-fiction for younger readers and poetry for all ages. He has also published a number of educational books, principally in the fields of literacy, creativity, thinking skills, philosophy and emotional resourcefulness. To date Steve has published over eighty titles plus numerous short stories and poems.