Books by Pie Corbett

Pie Corbett’s ground-breaking Talk for Writing approach has been successfully used by thousands of schools to teach writing creatively in an engaging way that motivates children.Now Pie and Julia take this multi-sensory approach to Early Years settings introducing a simple way to inspire young children’s language development through storytelling.Children learn language through memorable, meaningful repetition. The Talk for Writing approach enables children to internalise the language of story so that they can imitate it, innovate on it and create their own effective stories independently. Talk for Writing in the Early Years will show you how to put rhyme and story at the heart of your work with children and parents so that young learners language development and creativity flourishes.This multimedia resource shows you how to:• Select a story or rhyme the children will enjoy and tell it engagingly, encouraging the children to join in•Use a story map so they can picture what happens •Use actions to reinforce meaning and emphasise key language patterns•Help children build a bank of tales, developing their linguistic repertoire The 2 OLCs contain:1 Footage of Pie Corbett conferences with EY teachers showing Talk for Writing in action2 Clips of nursery children engaged in the Talk for Writing approach3 Advice on how to use the OLC and handouts to train all staff in the approach4 Interviews with parents and nursery school teachers on the impact of Talk for Writing5 21 stories with story maps

This bestselling resource has been fully updated, putting formative assessment at the heart of the Talk for Writing process and showing how to help children love writing across the curriculum.By helping children speak the language of non-fiction in a fun engaging way before they attempt to write, the Talk for Writing approach builds children''s confidence and linguistic ability enabling them to craft their own writing.In the new edition, this practical resource offers: • Fully worked, tried and tested examples of how to apply Talk for Writing to each non-fiction text type • A wide range of fun activities helping children internalise how to express and link text effectively• A process that co-constructs learning so that children learn how to structure text and create toolkits of key ingredients• Guidance for teachers in England on how to apply the approach across the primary curriculum• An OLC including new footage of Pie Corbett demonstrating Talk for Writing and new footage of classes engaged in the  approach • Advice on how to use the DVD and handouts to train all staff in the approach • Evidence of impact from cold to hot tasksDesigned for busy teachers, Talk for Writing across the Curriculum, second edition, will help transform children''s writing and attainment across the curriculum."This book celebrates the importance of talk in becoming and growing as a writer: talk to share ideas; talk to analyse text; talk to co-construct writing; and to talk to evaluate writing.  Throughout the book constantly underlines the importance of talk for learning and the many creative and rich ways talk can be used to help young writers internalise the rhythms and patterns of text.  Full of practical ideas and activities, the teaching combines being creative and being critical in a wholly integrated way.  An invaluable resource for primary school teachers!"Debra Myhill, Professor of Education at the University of Exeter, UK"The teaching of reading has always taken priority in policy and practice in literacy. Pie Corbett and Julia Strong have produced a very welcome counterweight to that dominance in their Talk for Writing Across the Curriculum. It is so refreshing to see suggestions for teaching to bring elements of language together, especially when done in such an entertaining and engaging way as this. This new edition makes a ''classic'' even better."David Wray, Emeritus Professor, University of Warwick, UK"This latest update of Pie and Julia''s best-selling book reflects changes in the curriculum, strengthening the T4W approach, using cold and hot tasks, showing new worked examples of how to apply T4W to each non-fiction type and placing formative assessment at the heart of the process.  It is exciting to see how all the best ideas and findings in education are converging, evidenced in this latest ''up to the minute'' excellent publication."Shirley Clarke, Formative Assessment Expert 

Now in its third edition, Badger Sentence Writers helps you teach children a range of sentence constructions and the words used within them for different purposes. The books in this successful series will help your pupils to write a variety of sentence types more clearly and with greater independence.

Every kind of poem you will every need for Key Stage 1

A diverse selection of traditional stories from around the world that introduce juniors to classic plots and powerful characters. These fascinating stories are beautifully illustrated to bring each tale to life. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book. This pack contains 6 copies of 6 different books.

Wolf Fables retells three fables originally told by Aesop, in each story you will meet a wolf and decide whether or not wolves can be trusted! Each fable will entertain you and make you think. TreeTops Myths and Legends are a fascinating selection of the best traditional stories.

Every kind of poem you will ever need for Key Stage 2.

The first in a brand-new series of poetry books created with KS1 teachers and students in mind, but packed with glorious poems that will appeal to a wide audience. This topic-based collection features brand-new poems about fairies, mermaids, princesses, monsters, mythical creatures, dinosaurs, pets, transport, families, seasons, school, people who help us, pirates, the senses, space, feelings, holidays and festivals, minibeasts, food, where we live, nature, friends and the past.

A stunning collection of poems from a master wordsmith.

A collection of games and activities to develop the creative process of 'storymaking'. It focuses upon 'storytelling for writing' as well as creating a whole school culture of storytelling, reading and writing. It contains 'quick-fire' ideas that could be used as creative warm-ups and starters or developed into lessons.

A good poetry idea should help the children feel excited about writing and enable them to think of what to write - developing their imagination, creativity and writing skills. This book contains ideas that can be drawn upon when teaching poetry but also at other times to provide a source for creative writing that children relish.

A practical manual for teachers, to be used directly in the classroom. The book begins with a series of poetry games, designed to warm up creativity and strengthen the imagination. These are followed by a a series of creative poetry workshops.

A practical manual to help teachers of junior classes to focus on the key aspects of developing children's story-writing. It presents a series of essential writing workshops full of creative ideas and fun activities.

These fun multi-sensory games should jumpstart pupils' enthusiasm for learning. The games will: help busy teachers save time using photocopiable spreads; consolidate pupils' previous learning; and stimulate pupils' memory.

Teachers who want to cut lesson planning time should welcome this title. It aims to help teachers cover every sort of writing type they need with a model provided for each one, fine tune lessons by following key teaching points, deliver the literacy hour to pupils of varying ability and more.

Teachers who want to cut lesson planning time should find this title useful. It aims to help teachers cover every sort of writing type they need to with a model provided for each one, fine tune lessons by following key teaching points, deliver the literacy hour to pupils of varying ability and more.

Teachers who want to cut lesson planning time should welcome this title. It aims to help teachers cover every sort of writing type they need to at Key Stage 2 with a model provided for each one, fine tune lessons by following key teaching points, deliver the literacy hour to pupils of varying ability and more.

Teachers who want to cut lesson planning time should welcome this series. It aims to: help teachers cover every sort of writing type they need to at Key Stage 2; fine tune lessons by following key teaching points for each model; and deliver the literacy hour to pupils of varying ability.

A practical manual to help teachers of junior classes to focus on the key aspects of developing children's story-writing. It presents a series of essential writing workshops full of creative ideas and fun activities.