How can I find a moment in time worth writing about? Try thinking about times when you have experienced one of these strong emotions...
These different feelings are usually attached to memories we have stored in our long-term memory - like the joy you felt when you your team won its first game or the disgust you had when you found the sandwich that had been living at the bottom of your school bag all term! Check out these videos to get a better idea of how our memories work and how, by pulling out a memory and writing about just that memory we can be great writers!
Plan and write
The lessons below can be used in any order to encourage skills children can apply to all different kids of writing. It's really fun to make books, so by simply folding up some blank paper, your child can get into writing and creating!
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Plan and write - Can you make a book starring me as a character?
Comeback lines are a fun thing to add to your stories to help you write just like a professional author! Here are some stories that have comeback lines in them. Listen carefully and see if you can spot the phrase or sentence that keeps coming back throughout the story.
Other stories that have repetition like this are - The Gingerbread Man, No David!,