Writing from Reading
Picture story texts make an excellent starting point for children’s writing. They provide the stimulus and the model for many original, inventive ideas which can lead to book making. Make children into writers for real reason .... turn them into authors! Look at some of the book titles below which were used as stimuli for children’s writing plus the book covers of work done by children aged 3 – 11years old. All children like making books – it gives them a reason for their writing. Don’t forget to use popular culture texts too .... Bob the Builder, Pokemon, Harry Potter and others all have their part to play into motivating children to become writers.
If you would like Janet to do some bookmaking with the children in your school contact her on: janetevans@btinternet.com
I Spy by Lucy Micklethwait
Book by 3and 4 year olds
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jnr and Eric Carle
Book by 4 & 5 year olds
Wonderful World by George Weiss & Bob Thiele
Book by 5& 6 year olds
Bob the Builder Annual by Brenda Apsley
Book by 6 & 7 year olds
Once Upon a Time by John Prater
Book by 6 & 7 year olds
Into the Tunnel by Anthony Browne
Book by 7 & 8 year olds
Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne
Book by 8 & 9 year olds
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by A Wolf by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith
Book by 10 & 11 year olds
War and Peas by Michael Foreman
Books by 4 & 5 and 10 & 11 year olds
