Wordtamer by Judy Waite

Wordtamer by Judy Waite

Written by award-winning childrens author Judy Waite, Wordtamer offers over fifty exciting, innovative writing activities and creative workshop ideas. It explores how authors actually work and what they achieve through their methods, and how teachers and children can incorporate these techniques into their own work to improve creative writing.

‘The techniques from this book have inspired my classThe different activities stimulate the children's imaginations, engaging them immediately - reluctant and non-confident writers are putting pen to paper before they even realise. The sessions give a 'can do' feel for writing, with no one stuck for ideas. It has transformed attitudes to writing by providing approaches that give the children strategies and skills that they can draw upon time and time again.’

Katie Hadlow, Teacher, Redlands Primary School, UK

‘Enticing and engaging by turn, this book is also highly practical, offering teachers a rich array of strategies to support young writers shape their stories. Judy Waite’s accessible text reinforces the argument that teachers benefit if they too are involved as writers, profiles visualisation as a form of creative focus and includes a range of examples of creative writing. It will undoubtedly help teachers to develop young wordtamers who take delight in the art and craft of writing.’

Teresa Cremin, Professor of Literacy, Open University, UK and Past President of the UKLA.

Judy Waite is an award-winning author and has written over fifty titles ranging from picture books for very young readers, to hard-hitting teenage novels. Having formerly worked in the field of learning support at primary and secondary level, Judy also has extensive experience working in schools as an author and regularly runs writing workshops and residencies for all ages. Judy is Senior Lecturer on the Creative Writing course at the University of Winchester, UK.

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ISBN 13	9781138694606
ISBN 10	1138694606
Title	Wordtamer
Author	Judy Waite
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2017-12-14
Number of pages	230
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.