- A non-nonsense framework that reduces teachers' workload and planning time whilst raising standards in writing - Includes easy-to-use, tried-and-tested, effective models of planning as well as recommendations for quality texts and how they can be used as hooks to units of work - Ideal for those student teachers, newly qualified teachers, primary school teachers and literacy subject leaders

- A non-nonsense framework that reduces teachers' workload and planning time whilst raising standards in writing - Includes easy-to-use, tried-and-tested, effective models of planning as well as recommendations for quality texts and how they can be used as hooks to units of work - Ideal for those student teachers, newly qualified teachers, primary school teachers and literacy subject leaders

Written by an experienced teacher and literacy consultant, Planning to Teach Writing offers an easy-to-use, tried-and-tested framework that will reduce teachers' planning time while raising standards in writing. Using the circles planning approach, it provides fresh inspiration for teachers who want to engage and enthuse their pupils, with exciting and varied hooks into writing, including picture books, short stories, novels and films. Exploring effective assessment practice, each chapter puts the needs and interests of pupils at the forefront of planning, and models how to design units of work that will lead to high-quality writing outcomes in any primary school classroom. The book uses a simple formula for success: 1 Find the gaps in learning for your students. 2 Choose a hook that you know will engage your students. 3 Select a unit plan that you know will support you to get the best writing out of your students. 4 Tailor it. 5 Teach it! With a fantastic range of hooks to inspire teaching and learning, Planning to Teach Writing ensures successful planning that will maximise engagement, enjoyment and achievement. This book is an accessible and necessary resource for any teacher planning to teach writing in their classroom.

Written by an experienced teacher and literacy consultant, Planning to Teach Writing offers an easy-to-use, tried-and-tested framework that will reduce teachers' planning time while raising standards in writing. Using the circles planning approach, it provides fresh inspiration for teachers who want to engage and enthuse their pupils, with exciting and varied hooks into writing, including picture books, short stories, novels and films. Exploring effective assessment practice, each chapter puts the needs and interests of pupils at the forefront of planning, and models how to design units of work that will lead to high-quality writing outcomes in any primary school classroom. The book uses a simple formula for success: 1 Find the gaps in learning for your students. 2 Choose a hook that you know will engage your students. 3 Select a unit plan that you know will support you to get the best writing out of your students. 4 Tailor it. 5 Teach it! With a fantastic range of hooks to inspire teaching and learning, Planning to Teach Writing ensures successful planning that will maximise engagement, enjoyment and achievement. This book is an accessible and necessary resource for any teacher planning to teach writing in their classroom.

Collins Big Cat Guided Reading Handbooks provide a continuous programme of teaching and assessment that take every reader from phonics to fluency. Detailed support for both collaborative guided reading sessions and independent sessions for every Big Cat book. Supports practice of reading comprehension strategies through focused, targeted lesson plans and resource sheets, ensuring every pupil reaches age-related expectations. Includes advice for demonstration and modelling in every lesson plan, supporting pupils in developing key skills such as inference and deduction from the start. Vocabulary Boost sessions for every book to extend pupils' expressive and receptive vocabulary. Formative and summative assessment opportunities to fully assess pupil progress in reading. Matches to the current programmes of study for English, Science, History and Geography. Supporting resource sheets and editable lesson plans available at collins.co.uk.

Collins Big Cat Guided Reading Handbooks provide a continuous programme of teaching and assessment that take every reader from phonics to fluency. * Detailed support for both collaborative guided reading sessions and independent sessions for every Big Cat book. * Supports practice of reading comprehension strategies through focused, targeted lesson plans and resource sheets, ensuring every pupil reaches age-related expectations. * Includes advice for demonstration and modelling in every lesson plan, supporting pupils in developing key skills such as inference and deduction from the start. * Vocabulary Boost sessions for every book to extend pupils' expressive and receptive vocabulary. * Formative and summative assessment opportunities to fully assess pupil progress in reading. * Matches to the current programmes of study for English, Science, History and Geography. * Supporting resource sheets and editable lesson plans available at collins.co.uk.