Writing - worksheets
Here are suggestions and ideas on ways to inspire your child to enjoy writing in its various forms. We start with emergent writing and move on to more advanced planning up to writing about Shakespeare. Most of the early writing skills will progress from colouring, to pencil skills, and then to pen. Children should use computer skills to enhance their work at all stages. At the bottom of the writing page we have added some fiction ideas as the reading of books and poetry helps stimulate the imagination, increase vocabulary and gives ideas for the different forms of story writing needed as children approach secondary school and beyond.
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Emergent writing
Emergent writing refers to a child's early attempts to use print in a meaningful way. It helps children master some of the skills needed to learn to read and write.All these pages arise from adults and children talking together about a story or nursery rhyme. Reading stories to your child helps their concentration and imagination. Your child's vocabulary and writing skills can be improved by creating a different story on a theme.
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Development of reading, writing and understanding
Here are some ideas to help you inspire your child. It is often a good idea to spend some time to discuss ideas before they put pen to paper. This can be fun and the children need to feel very proud of the outcome of their writing..
Story ideas
The story ideas below are included to encourage children to have the ability to describe and convey feelings, emotions and imagination through different forms of creative writing. Try discussing some of the ideas below with your child and suggest that they make a list of the ones they like and help them compile a story plan.
To encourage children to enjoy writing it is best to keep any exercises short at first. Gradually the content of the work can be increased as the child's confidence grows. Encourage all children to use a wide vocabulary with colourful adverbs and adjectives.
Big Writing and VCOP
Poetry helps writing skills too. See our poetry worksheets.
More story writing ideas
Below we have included a selection of ideas, headings, and beginnings of stories to encourage use of imagination, increase your child's range of vocabulary and to enjoy story writing.
Some children think logically and therefore find factual writing easier than creative. It is necessary to be able to do both, so we have included some factual writing examples below.
Children often enjoy writing postcards and actually posting them!
Fiction
Here are some passages from well known fiction books which can be used to encourage reading and understanding.
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