How do teachers identify the potential for greater depth writing and encourage children to meet their full potential? This book was created by people who are not only passionate about primary education, but who are also leading experts in their own particular areas. They have made use of their wide experience to offer practical guidance on greater depth writing, while underpinning this with theoretical understanding. We hope that reading this book helps you to reflect on what greater depth writing looks like and how you can encourage children to write at greater depth. You will find many suggestions for teaching lessons that encourage children to write at greater depth underpinned by theory.
Adam Bushnell is an Amazon number 1 best selling author of fictional and academic books. He has written over thirty books including Descriptosaurus: Story Writing, Modelling Exciting Writing and Quests in Epica. His book of 100 Ideas for Outdoor Learning, published by Bloomsbury, won the prestigious ‘Creative Play Awards’ in 2020.
He is a Literacy Shed author and has a series of books published with Vocabulary Ninja. He is featured as a recommended author on the ‘Reading is Fundamental’ and the ‘National Centre for Language and Literacy’ databases.
Adam works in the UK and internationally in both state and private education delivering creative writing workshops to all ages. He regularly appears as guest author at the Northern Children’s Book Festival as well as other Literature Festivals across the U.K. His books are also on the ‘Boys Into Books’ recommended reading list.
He is the Cultural Ambassador for Gateshead Council and takes part in voluntary work for several children's charities including Abraham’s Children in Crisis, helping the social, emotional and educational needs of children in the Holy Land. http://acincrisis.weebly.com
Writing is a huge issue at school at the moment. The Pandemic did not help our writers AT ALL. I'm trying to read up on the best approaches for writing to help my Year 6s.
Lots of good ideas and backed up by a ton of research.