Understanding
the craft of the writer: fiction and poetry
A
full day course for P6-S2 teachers which offers practical explorations
of the writer’s craft in order to deepen textual understandings
and develop classroom practice in the reading and writing of fiction
and poetry.
It is important that we provide opportunities for children to read
as if they were the writers who created the text, and help them
to write with a view to the needs and enjoyment of the reader –
in other words understand the craft of the writer and explore the
close links between the two modes of reading and writing and understand
how they impact upon each other. Such an approach helps to demystify
the difficult art of writing by making explicit the techniques used
by authors to engage and entertain the reader. In addition, by developing
teacher understanding of texts and how they work, children can be
enabled to harness the tools of the author’s trade to become
more confident readers and writers themselves.
Run in City of Edinburgh and University of Glasgow .
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