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Helping to support teaching and learning.
Collaborative Development
This resource was developed in collaboration with Pie Corbett, offering a unique approach to enhancing children's creative writing skills through engaging activities.
Creative Writing Catalyst
Designed to spark imagination and creativity, this set is perfect for generating diverse ideas that captivate young minds and encourage storytelling.
Resource Rich
Includes thirty-five games complemented by photocopiable resources, making it easy to implement and repeat activities without additional preparation.
Enhanced Engagement
This set effectively combines elements of fantasy with realistic scenarios which can enhance engagement and participation in creative writing activities.
Curriculum Aligned
Aligns with the English curriculum at Year 2 and Lower Key Stage 2, focusing on core aspects of writing, such as composition and transcription.
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Unleash creativity with imaginative activities designed to enhance children's storytelling skills.
Ideal for fostering imaginative writing skills, this resource combines engaging fantasy elements with structured activities to develop children's writing abilities. It encapsulates the magical and practical aspects of writing, offering an enriching experience for young writers.
The set aligns with Year 2 and Lower Key Stage 2 of the English curriculum, specifically focusing on core aspects such as composition and transcription. It provides practical exercises to develop positive attitudes towards writing and the skills required to compose texts effectively.
Designed to stimulate creative thinking, the activities encourage children to write from memory and craft stories using a mix of taught spelling, grammar, and punctuation. This can help build confidence and improve their ability to communicate through written language.
Supports the National Curriculum
English, Year 2, Writing - composition
Develop positive attitudes towards writing.
English, Lower Key Stage 2, Writing - transcription
Write from memory simple sentences, dictated by the teacher, that include words and punctuation taught so far.
Suitable for 5 to 9 years
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Collaborative Development
This resource was developed in collaboration with Pie Corbett, offering a unique approach to enhancing children's creative writing skills through engaging activities.
Creative Writing Catalyst
Designed to spark imagination and creativity, this set is perfect for generating diverse ideas that captivate young minds and encourage storytelling.
Resource Rich
Includes thirty-five games complemented by photocopiable resources, making it easy to implement and repeat activities without additional preparation.
Enhanced Engagement
This set effectively combines elements of fantasy with realistic scenarios which can enhance engagement and participation in creative writing activities.
Curriculum Aligned
Aligns with the English curriculum at Year 2 and Lower Key Stage 2, focusing on core aspects of writing, such as composition and transcription.
Pie Corbetts Talk For Writing Fiction Box
Unleash creativity with imaginative activities designed to enhance children's storytelling skills.
Ideal for fostering imaginative writing skills, this resource combines engaging fantasy elements with structured activities to develop children's writing abilities. It encapsulates the magical and practical aspects of writing, offering an enriching experience for young writers.
The set aligns with Year 2 and Lower Key Stage 2 of the English curriculum, specifically focusing on core aspects such as composition and transcription. It provides practical exercises to develop positive attitudes towards writing and the skills required to compose texts effectively.
Designed to stimulate creative thinking, the activities encourage children to write from memory and craft stories using a mix of taught spelling, grammar, and punctuation. This can help build confidence and improve their ability to communicate through written language.
Supports the National Curriculum
English, Year 2, Writing - composition
Develop positive attitudes towards writing.
English, Lower Key Stage 2, Writing - transcription
Write from memory simple sentences, dictated by the teacher, that include words and punctuation taught so far.
Technical Summary
Suitable for 5 to 9 years
Download Technical Materials
- Idea 1 Product Notes Download PDF
- Idea 2 Product Notes Download PDF
- Writing Box Product Notes Download PDF
- Writing Box Product Notes 2 Download PDF
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The key to raising attainment
Talk for Writing, developed by Pie Corbett, supported by Julia Strong and the Talk for Writing team , is powerful because it is based on the principles of how people learn. The movement from imitation to innovation to independent application can be adapted to suit the needs of learners of any stage.
Talk for Writing has had an outstanding impact on schools. Typically, schools have found that children initially double their rate of progress and, where the approach has been applied systematically across a setting, many schools have moved from dire results to outstanding success. Schools already performing well have not only increased attainment, but also enjoyment and engagement.
The Talk for Writing approach
The Talk for Writing approach enables children to read and write independently for a variety of audiences and purposes within different subjects. A key feature is that children internalise the language structures needed to write through ‘talking the text’, as well as close reading. The approach moves from dependence towards independence, with the teacher using shared and guided teaching to develop the ability in children to write creatively and powerfully.
Schools underpin their English work by establishing a core reading spine of quality fiction, poetry and non-fiction that all children experience and draw upon. Imaginative units of work are developed to create a whole-school plan that is refined over the years, is well-resourced and documented to release teachers from planning and preparation so that they can focus on adapting their teaching for children’s learning.
The key phases of the Talk for Writing process, as outlined below, enable children to imitate orally the language they need for a particular topic, before reading and analysing it, and then writing their own version.
- 1. Baseline assessment and planning - 'cold' task
- 2. The imitation phase
- 3. The innovation phase
- 4. Independent application and invention - 'hot' task
- 5. Final assessment - building on progression
1. Baseline assessment and planning – the ‘cold’ task
2. the imitation stage.
The teaching begins with some sort of creative ‘hook’ which engages the pupils, often with a sense of enjoyment, audience and purpose. Writing challenges, such as informing Dr Who about how the Tardis works or producing leaflets for younger children about healthy eating, provide a sense of purpose. The model text is pitched well above the pupils’ level and has built into it the underlying, transferable structures and language patterns that students will need when they are writing. This is learned using a ‘text map’ and actions to strengthen memory and help students internalise the text. Activities such as drama are used to deepen understanding of the text.
3. The innovation stage
4. independent application and invention – the ‘hot’ task.
Eventually, students move on to the third phase, which is when they apply independently what has been taught and practised. Before this happens, the teacher may decide to give further input and rehearsal. Students are guided through planning, drafting and revising their work independently. It is essential to provide a rich starting point that taps into what students know and what matters so that their writing is purposeful. Writing may be staged over a number of days and there may be time for several independent pieces to be written. With non-fiction, students should apply what they have been taught across the curriculum. The final piece is used as the ‘hot’ task, which clearly shows progress across the unit.
It is important that at the innovation and independent application stages, the writing becomes increasingly independent of the original model rather than a pale copy. Whilst four-year-olds may only make a few simple changes, older students should be adding, embellishing, altering and manipulating the original structure. From Key Stage 2 onwards, almost all children will be using the text structure and writing tools to write, drawing on the model, their wider reading and experience so that they are writing independently at a high level. This has to be modelled in shared writing.
The aim of Talk for Writing is to develop imaginative, creative and effective writers. In the same way, the aim of Talk for Reading is to grow confident, critical and appreciative readers. No student can be said to really be a reader until they make their own choices about what to read and begin to develop a taste. In the same vein, children are not really writers until they decide what they want to write and have opportunities to create their own writing tasks and write about their interests and lives creating stories, poems and informative writing for themselves.
5. Final assessment – building on progression
The quality of the model texts is crucial to progress. The models should be short and provide excellent examples of the key linguistic features being focused on, and they should increase in difficulty. With younger children, the imitation stage will take longer, as the children need to establish the language patterns that will underpin their learning; this is so that they can see how to innovate on a text and write their own version independently. As they get older, more sophisticated ways of imitating text and a greater range of models can be used, and there will be a greater emphasis on ensuring that the innovation stage helps the pupils to move away from the initial model, so that they become increasingly skilled as independent writers.
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Transferable core principles, our key values.
The core teaching practices and principles that are transferable across subjects are:
Keep it simple and clear
Use a strong, core model:
- Read and explore models, attentively
- Teacher as model reader, writer, mathematician, etc
- Demonstrate how to do things – ‘I do, we do, you do’
- Teach language needed orally as well as through reading
- Think aloud to explain
- Use shared and guided work
- Provide other models
- Show examples and talk it through
- Use effective examples of children’s work and they talk it through
Small steps, bit by bit, for new and hard material:
- The daily drip, drip rather than once a week
- Don’t swamp children with too much
Pitch it high and expect everyone to succeed:
- Differentiate through scaffolding
- Lots of scaffolded practice where needed
- Guide less confident children
- Gradual release of responsibility
- Aim for high rate of success
Provide feedback in lessons, after lessons:
- Feedback leads to action by children
- Feedback leads to re-teaching in a new way
Capture learning points with examples on learning walls/ in journals:
- Use quizzes and reviews to embed learning
- Raise standards in English across the UK for all children
- Establish a rich, engaging English curriculum
- Develop schools and early-years settings that can independently sustain improvement
- Ensure top quality consultancy so teachers are inspired, know what to do and how to do it
- Promote a culture of learning from each other and sharing best practice
- Passion for purpose
- Openness, kindness and consideration
- Learning from each other and sharing good practice
- Providing real value for money
- Respecting teachers’ professionalism
- Accrediting other people
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Pie Corbett Sentence Games. Quick-fire daily sentence starters can have an impact on children's writing. I think that the ability to rapidly construct and vary sentences - almost without thinking about it - is one of the basic skills of writing. If children are labouring over sentence construction this must interfere with the flow of ...
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This free resource features Pie Corbett's original and exclusive meeting story, Poppy, Waldo and the Giant, as the basis for creative writing and story structure activities. Draw story maps and explore the tale through drama. Next focus on the grammar for writing and study the structure. Use all of this knowledge to write your own piece.
Jumpstart Poetry by Pie Corbett. Jumpstart Poetry is about involving children as creative writers through writing poems. The book contains a bank of ideas that can be drawn upon when teaching poetry but also at other times to provide a source for creative writing that children relish. There are more than 100 quick warm-ups to fire up the brain.
In May & June 2024, Pie Corbett and Jamie Thomas will be running Talk for Writing fiction and non-fiction training days at venues around the UK. Places are now available to book. ... Talk for Writing is an engaging teaching framework developed by Pie Corbett, supported by Julia Strong. It is powerful because it is based on the principles of how ...
By Pie Corbett. Edition 1st Edition. First Published 2008. eBook Published 28 November 2008. Pub. ... Storymaking is a collection of games and activities to develop the creative process of 'storymaking'. It focuses upon 'storytelling for writing' as well as creating a whole school culture of storytelling, reading and writing. ...
Take a look at more WW2 KS2 resources. Pie Corbett is an English educational trainer, writer, author and poet who has written over 200 books. He is also known for promoting creative approaches in the classroom. He has experience as a teacher, headteacher and Ofsted inspector. Follow him on Twitter at @PieCorbett.
Literacy Games, published by David Fulton (£8.99 PB) Kick-start your class' creative thinking with these five-minute ideas. This article is the first in a series of four writing workshops, designed to develop children's imagination and writing skills. This month, Pie Corbett introduces a selection of games that can be a useful part of a ...
Contains 35 games with photocopiable resources and many ideas to get your story telling and writing off to a great start. Developed with Pie Corbett this box of ideas mixes fantasy with reality to help children think out of the box and enter the weird and wonderful world of stories.
KS2. Age. Years 3-6. Subjects. English. Help your class to write at greater depth with Pie Corbett's greater depth writing Year 6 resource. It features a touching tale of two girls flung into unfamiliar surroundings. This download includes Pie's original short story 'Coral Ocean', as well as activities he has created to accompany it.
Jumpstart! Poetry is about involving children as creative writers through writing poems. The book contains a bank of ideas that can be drawn upon when teaching poetry but also at other times to provide a source for creative writing that children relish. There are more than 100 quick warm-ups to fire the brain into a creative mood and to ...
Pie Corbett, Julia Strong, Alison Wilcox, Tony Martin, Chira Lovat and Glynis Purnell, this FreeBook brings you ideas and activities for teaching grammar, poetry, speaking, listening and drama, and creative writing in the primary classroom. The four chapters that make up Ideas and Activities for Literacy Teaching in the Primary
KS2. Years 3-6. English. Use this creative writing KS2 resource to hone pupils' storywriting, grammar and vocabulary skills. Read Pie Corbett's chilling tale of steel-skinned rats, then explore the story using the accompanying drama ideas, comprehension activities and more. Everyone at some time or another has wished that things were different.
This collection of simple to use, fun, multi-sensory games and creative lesson starters will jumpstart pupils enthusiasm for literacy learning. The `jumpstarts' cover: Warming up the word - spelling and word games; Syntactic gymnastics - creating sentences and written style ; Games to stimulate - talk, drama and writing
About This Lesson. Pie Corbett's writing games printed on separate A5 sheets. These are a selection of his best games as published at www.everybodywrites.org.uk and slightly edited to fit to an A5 format.
Talk for Writing Creator. Pie Corbett is an inspirational trainer, poet, author and editor of over 250 books, including the bestselling Creating Storytellers and Writers and Jumpstart! Literacy. A former teacher, headteacher, lecturer and English inspector, Pie is best known in the education world for developing the transformational Talk for ...
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Take time to reflect. Writers nearly always read their work aloud, and this is an important habit to develop with children. You read your work aloud primarily to 'listen' to it - to hear how it sounds, whether it flows and the effect it creates. "The children should be doing most of the thinking and writing".
This resource was developed in collaboration with Pie Corbett, offering a unique approach to enhancing children's creative writing skills through engaging activities. Creative Writing Catalyst Designed to spark imagination and creativity, this set is perfect for generating diverse ideas that captivate young minds and encourage storytelling.
Talk for Writing, developed by Pie Corbett, supported by Julia Strong and the Talk for Writing team, is powerful because it is based on the principles of how people learn. The movement from imitation to innovation to independent application can be adapted to suit the needs of learners of any stage. Talk for Writing has had an outstanding impact ...
Suspense writing KS2. The Old Mill story is sufficiently dramatic to hold the attention of most children and has a simple pattern that you can re-use to create new versions. You could kickstart this unit of work by showing images of old forests, trees with twisted roots and dark shadows. Look at photos of mill ponds so that the children can ...
Pie Corbett (born 3 April 1954) is an English educational trainer, writer, author and poet who has written more than two hundred books. He is now best known for creating the Talk for Writing approach to learning, which is widely used within UK primary schools. He is also known for promoting creative approaches in the classroom and has experience as a teacher, head teacher and Ofsted inspector.
Fire up KS2 pupils' imagination with this collection of 20+ fictional stories, written by literacy expert Pie Corbett. Each resource consists of a Powerpoint version of the story and a PDF lesson plan. This explains how to work with the story and inspire children to write their own versions. Download All Resources.