Product Description
Crafting Brilliant Writing - Sentence Writing Skills: Reception and Key Stage 1
Author: Lindsay J Skinner
Format: Paperback
Collins Crafting Brilliant Writing is a research-informed programme that provides the support and resources you need to implement purposeful, impactful writing lessons and ensure every child sees themselves as a writer.
Gain the knowledge and confidence to model high-quality sentence crafting, embed oral composition and apply grammar and punctuation accurately and meaningfully – giving every child autonomy, enjoyment and a strong foundation in their writing journey.
Fully aligned with the DfE Writing Framework, Sentence Writing Skills is a carefully sequenced, lesson-ready resource that focuses entirely on sentence-level understanding: how sentences are constructed, how they can be crafted for effect, and how children can begin to develop fluency and accuracy in using them independently. This research-led progression is designed to transform sentence-level writing outcomes in your school and can be slotted in with your existing provision.
This teacher’s handbook includes a complete and inclusive whole-school progression for teaching sentence skills, along with assessment guidance and accompanying downloadable PowerPoints and worksheets.
The teaching progression in this handbook aligns directly with the Developing Writing Fluency Teacher’s Handbook, so both can be taught together.
About the Author
Lindsay J Skinner is Director of Education for the Ted Wragg Trust, leading curriculum and line managing headteachers from all-through and secondary schools. Previously, she was headteacher for five years at St James in Exeter, a school selected as a leader in the DfE's Behaviour Hub program. Prior to this, she was deputy headteacher at an all-through school and an English teacher. Lindsay created a Crafting Accurate Sentences intervention program for Exeter University which is being used nationally as part of the university's student-led tutoring model. She co-wrote an article about the program with Lee Elliot Major OBE for the Kerslake Collection, a publication in memory of Lord Kerslake. Lindsay has written four books with HarperCollins, three with other authors. Crafting Brilliant Sentences, her solo project, was the 5 Star Winner for the Curriculum Impact Award at the 2019 Teach Secondary Awards.
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