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Talk4
Writing
As part of our School Improvement Plan we aim to develop the skill and enjoyment of writing across the school using:
Talk 4 Writing
What is Talk 4 Writing?
Who is Pie Corbett?PoetAuthorEducationalist
Talk 4 Writing?
Was developed by Pie Corbett, supported by Julia Strong
It is a powerful programme based on the principles of how children learn
It enables children to imitate the language they need for particular topics orally
They can then read and analyse, before writing their own version
Talk 4 Writing?
Begins with a “cold” or unaided task From this teachers produce individual
targets and teaching points For example using description or joining
sentences with and, but, so, then or because
Talk 4 Writing – ModellingImitation Stage
Teachers model a short story based on the cold task e.g. The Three Little Pigs, which children learn with accompanying action
“Once upon a time, there lived a mother pig, in a cosy cramped thatched cottage. She had not one, not two, but three lazy, spoilt, selfish sons”
Target areas at word and sentence level are addressed, for example time connectives and quotation marks
A story map is drawn showing the sequence in pictures, words and actions
Talk 4 Writing – ModellingInnovation
Comprises looking at the five points of the story:
Opening
Build up
Problems
Resolution
Ending
Making a ‘story map’ or ‘boxing-up’ and then working-together to change the story.
“In a far off land, there lived a Mummy and Daddy Cheetah in a dark, dusty, spacious cave, with not one, not two, but three cute, cuddly, baby cheetahs”
Talk 4 Writing – ModellingInvention (Final Stage)
Encourages the children to work individually on the story making it their own
Culminating in the ‘hot’ writing task – another unaided piece of writing
Talk 4 WritingConclusion
I have given the children a questionnaire on the enjoyment of writing and the results have been overwhelmingly positive, with 80% of pupils saying they enjoyed “Talk 4 Writing”
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