Developing Young Writers in the ssroom: I've got something to say

Educators want young people to grow up knowing that writing is an important and deeply satisfying life skill, one that helps them make more sense of themselves and their world, and one that helps them to communicate effectively.Sadly, too often writing becomes merely an exercise in ‘getting words right’, or writing to teacher-prescribed tasks. Developing Young Writers in the Classroom explores the principles of developing literacy through authorship, allowing children to describe, question and celebrate their own experiences and personal creativity.The book offers detailed guidance, supported by planning documents, poetry and prose, examples of children’s work and stimulating visuals. Inspiring topics explored include:creating a classroom environment which supports an independent writer students’ lives brought into the classroom finding significance in our experiencesthe use of memoir for recording experiences description in all kinds of writingchoosing and writing about a characterwri