Now in an updated second edition How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum: Ages 8-14 provides a range of practical suggestions for teaching non-fiction writing skills and linking them to children's learning across the curriculum. Emphasising creative approaches to teaching children's writing in diverse and innovative ways, it provides: * information on the organisation and language features of the six main non-fiction text types (recount, report, instruction, explanation, persuasion and discussion) * suggestions for the use of cross-curricular learning as a basis for writing * planning frameworks for children to promote thinking skills * advice on developing children's writing to help with organisational issues - paragraphing and layout, and the key language features * examples of non-fiction writing * suggestions for talk for learning and talk for writing (including links to 'Speaking Frames'; also published by Routledge) * information on the transition from primary to secondary school. With new hints and tips for teachers and suggestions for reflective practice as well as a wealth of photocopiable materials, How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum: Ages 8-14 will equip teachers with all the skills needed to create enthusiastic non-fiction writers in their classroom.

Sue Palmer is a former primary teacher whose interest in practical approaches to cross-curricular literacy began with her first book, I See What You Mean twenty years ago. Since then she has written many books and educational TV programs on literacy teaching. She is a regular contributor to the Times Educational Supplement and Child Education, and acts as a literacy consultant to educational publishers, the BBC and the National Literacy Strategy. Sue has contributed to several NLS initiatives, including Grammar for Writing and non-fiction writing skills.