It can be hard to encourage creativity in the classroom. Students complain of not knowing what to write about so where do writers start and where do they get their ideas from? One of the ways good writers work is to use writing prompts. A writing prompt is a topic around which you start scribbling or jotting down … Read more
Using Similes in Creative Writing in the Classroom Grammar and creative writing? They sound wrong together. Some people think that creative writing is all about the flow, the emotion, the themes and they forget about their grammar. They are right in one way. Good writing does stir and emotion and gets the reader asking questions … Read more
Review:The Literacy Box 1-3 from Prim-Ed If you have read my review on Writing Prompts box from Prim-ed, you will know that I loved the cuteness of the cards in the teacher box! The Literacy Boxes 1-3 are even cuter but on a larger scale! The Literacy Box series is a set of three boxes … Read more
How do you make grammar more fun for kids? That’s the question that’s never been successfully answered. Teachers seem resigned to “just getting through it” and hoping that it will stick. From the number of shop signs with inappropriate apostrophes scattered all over the place, it’s not working – or should that be “its not … Read more
How do you make grammar more fun for kids? That’s the question that’s never been successfully answered. Teachers seem resigned to “just getting through it” and hoping that it will stick. From the number of shop signs with inappropriate apostrophes scattered all over the place, it’s not working – or should that be “its not … Read more