TALK FOR WRITING New learning approach to teaching writing

Aims of the session Understand the theory that underpins the project Know how the process of writing will be taught across the school Understand how to support your child at home

What is Talk for Writing? 2 Year project working with 12 other local schools Led by author Pie Corbett and his team of teachers who have been developing and refining the programme over a number of years A whole-school, cumulative and systematic process for teaching writing based on what works well in schools Enables children to make faster progress and gain confidence as well as pleasure in writing

How does it work? Impossible to write stories or texts without reading and knowing them Grammar, spelling and sentence structure also learned through seeing and hearing examples Develop a rich wealth of stories by learning them off by heart and using them to develop own ideas Structured learning & teaching sequence: Imitation, Innovation and Invention

THE IMITATION STAGE  The ‘Hook’ to get everyone on board  Using Story Maps  Telling the Story  Being active  Key hand gestures  Introducing key vocabulary

Reading as a reader - comprehension

Reading as a writer – language/style features

Boxing up the text

After shared writing – writing the text in sections

Further writing in sections (each part of the boxing up into paragraphs

Quality marking to support improvement Drafting of final piece

THE INVENTION STAGE  Creating your own version  Using Story Maps  Using key vocabulary, grammar and punctuation  Following the learned structure

Hot assessment Final piece published

SUPPORT AT HOME  Telling stories at home  Learning stories at home – lots of Pie Corbett extracts on Youtube  Supporting reading, reading diaries and reading comprehension  Modelling good reading and writing -writing for a purpose, quiet area to work etc. Make reading time regular and special Make a visit to the library/book shops part of his regular routine Make predictions before reading books/review them afterwards Don’t stop reading to them just because they can read! Model being a reader and a writing – show it as a worthwhile activity

SUPPORT AT HOME Encourage wide and varied reading Talk through ideas before they start to write Tackle writing in ‘chunks’ Use mindmaps, diagrams, flowcharts to support writing (This builds on planning skills) Give lots of praise and encouragement Write about what interests them Try hot seating a character in a story they are writing or a book they are reading Have books in the home environment from the word go! Give books as presents and rewards Read books that are TV or film ‘tie-ins’ to entice a reluctant reader