‘Super engaging and accessible’ PIERS TORDAY ‘Empowers children to be creative, perseverant and write independently’ TEACH PRIMARY ‘A must-have book for any young writer’ JANE CONSIDINE ‘An imaginative and affordable resource’ CLASS READS If you’re looking for emergency literacy help in a handy, pocket-sized book, then Write Like a Ninja is perfect for you. Crammed full of writing and grammar tips, prompts to get children thinking of rich alternatives and Alan Peat’s exciting sentences, this gem of a book is perfect for children aged 7 upwards either as an invaluable classroom aid or a brilliant dip-in thesaurus to use at home. It contains everything a budding writer needs to flourish as an author and meet the demands of the Key Stage 2 National Curriculum for English. This engaging, easy-to-use book allows children to write with confidence. There are awesome alternatives for overused adjectives, as well as themed vocabulary lists for describing settings, characters, food and drink, and more. From examples of metaphors, similes and superlatives to verbs, conjunctions and adjectives, this is a user-friendly book that children will turn to again and again to build their own ideas and enrich their writing. This neat little book will save hours of time spent tracking down resources and finding examples for children, and empower them to write independently using rich vocabulary, varied language and exciting sentences – all leading to becoming top writing ninjas! For more must-have Ninja books by Andrew Jennings (@VocabularyNinja), check out the Vocabulary Ninja and Comprehension Ninja classroom and home learning resources.

This book is a companion volume to the popular "Teaching Poetry" with 7-12 year olds. It includes a broad selection of exciting and enjoyable poems that can be used to develop enthusiasm for poetry reading and writing. For ease of use each poem is specifically linked to both a 'Key Objective' and accompanying 'Teachers' Notes'. All of the poems in this book have been used successfully in school workshops with 4-8 year olds. Most are written buy Alan Peat, but the collection also includes poems by Wes Mcgee and Andrew Taylor. In this title, a broad range of poetry styles is included, and related 'language play' activities are discussed.

Many teachers are devoting substantial amounts of time searching for resources to effectively teach poetry. This pack has been specifically developed to link poems with key objectives and a wealth of practical teaching ideas. There is a 'Notes for Teachers' section that accompanies each poem and includes both suggestions for using the poem with either a whole class or a group, and extension activities. All of the poems in the pack have been used on school workshops with 7-12 year old children - most are written by Alan Peat, but the collection also includes poems by Colin McNaughton and Michael Rosen. All poetry styles are covered, including rhyming and non-rhyming, haiku, expanding/contracting poems, shape poems, rap and free verse. Alan Peat also provides five writing frames to help children to structure their responses to poems effectively.