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The ERA award-winning author, Pie Corbett, presents a groundbreaking range of resources to ignite the imagination and enhance the creating writting skills of your school. The Story Makers Chest itself contains an essential section of multi sensory resources and is supported by the innovative Story Maker's Writting Mats and the Story Generator Cube.
'The pack includes: • 80 Story Maker’s Playing Cards- great for whole class use, these beautifully illustrated cards can be used for games, discussion and inspiring drama. • Story Maker’s Curiosity Sack- this deliciously tactile goodie-bag contains a versatile mixture of props to get ideas going, as well as over twenty object cards for endless ideas. • Three Story Wheels- these invaluable spinners can be used to enhance ideas about characters. • Two Story Making Banner Posters- refresh your pupils’ memory with a recipe for story making, and focus their creativity with the useful ‘Story Mountain’ (both measure 100 x 30cm). • Teaching Creative Writing Book- central to the effectiveness of the Story Maker’s resources is Pie Corbett’s indispensable teacher’s guide. Includes photocopiable worksheets. A4 with 120 pages. • Four Story Starter Games- these lively and motivating Story Starter Games provide an opportunity to focus on the basics with reluctant or struggling writers.
Key Stage :
Key Stage 2
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 4
Learning Objectives :
Creative story-making promoting use of imagination
Group discussion & interaction