EPISODE #4 | Parent-Teacher Training | How to teach creative writing/reporting to your children
English: Creative Writing and Reporting
VIDEO: https://odysee.com/@SarahPlumley:4/Parent-Teacher-Training-000-004:2
Parent-Teacher Training EPISODE #4
30-minute session on how to create, teach, and assess creative writing/reporting lessons. Use of online timers, unlimited free texts for inspiration and necessary constraint, plus going outdoors to provide experiences to be able to write from. Batch your prep, so that you create 10 lessons in less than 90 minutes. That’s creative writing covered for the term.
The subject is ENGLISH and the focus is CREATIVE WRITING/REPORTING.
The AIM is to be able to plan, prepare, teach and assess creative writing.
TEACHING AGE RANGE: 5-16+ years (depending on the difficulty of the text/life experience you select).
“Creative writing will be a rare and precious thing in the dystopian future of computer screens, coding, and A.I. Keep the human creative spirit alive, learn to write!”
- Sarah Plumley 2021
RESOURCES:
Link to English: Creative Writing. Template to enable you to create 10+ CREATIVE WRITING lessons in 90 minutes! Includes teacher reminders and explains the concept of ‘SCAFFOLDING.’
https://sarahplumley.substack.com/p/resource-creative-writingreporting
Here are the links to everything seen in the training video:
Link to classroom timers:
https://www.online-stopwatch.com/classroom-timers/
Link to online egg timer:
https://www.online-stopwatch.com/
Link to football (soccer) teams:
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/teams
Link to Salford City FC (BBC Sport) page:
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/teams/salford-city
Link to Salford City v Northampton Town report (25th Sept 2021)
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/58606375
Link to Tranmere Rovers v Salford City report (18th Sept 2021)
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/58525324
You can apply these techniques TO ANY TEXTS/SCENARIOS and can therefore ensure that it is age and ability appropriate for your son/daughter.
I challenge you to make 10 of these lessons in one go! #90minutes
Sarah Plumley
Thinker-Teacher-Truther