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How to be Brilliant at Writing Stories


Written by Irene Yates
52 pages, Photocopiable
7 - 11 years old
ISBN 978-1-897675-00-7
Price £ 15.00

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The 40 photocopiable worksheets in How to be Brilliant at Writing Stories focus on the process of writing - from the initial idea gathering to redrafting and the final product. The activities recognize that a sense of audience and a sense of purpose are crucial, and allow children to feel ownership of their stories and to understand that not all stories need to be published.

The activities include:

  • getting ideas
  • making notes
  • making a plot table
  • planning the beginning, middle and end
  • making up characters
  • using a dictionary and thesaurus
  • using speech marks
  • different kinds of story
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