Three years ago I set up an after-school writing club. It's been running non-stop ever since, is popular with boys and girls equally, and is regularly oversubscribed. I believe there is a real appetite among most children to write freely, experimentally and for pure pleasure, but given the demands on primary curriculum timetables, that kind of space is becoming harder and harder to find.
So on this blog you'll find ideas for one-off or starter exercises that can be fitted into an hour and are all about children having fun with language. You can use the ideas in a club setting, or as full-blown literacy lessons at KS2. Many of the techniques I suggest are ones employed by professional novelists, and all the exercises are based around a structured framework that supports students who may not be too confident with their creative writing. At the same time, there's plenty to engage those pupils whose creative brains fire up quickly.
Feel free to take what you like and share it around. If you want more ideas, have a look at my brand new book, or at the sample pages on my personal website.
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