Miles Tandy and Jo Howell are advisers with Warwickshire’s Educational Development Service, UK.

'The book can be read from start to finish easily, but I suspect many teachers will want to revisit, dipping in to draw on the ideas and approaches described. This is an outstanding and accessible text, which has the potential to change practice. It will enhance the focus on text as a starting point in the renewed literacy framework for primary schools and support teachers in the development of 'talk for writing', giving them the theoretical background alongside so many practical approaches.' - NATE'This is an extremely useful book which- in the context of Primary Curriculum Reviews and the greater flexibility offered by the Renewed Framework- has been published at just the right time. It acknowledges the ways in which the Literacy Strategy has helped in the genre-led teaching of sentence structure, and textual cohesion and then goes on to offer a more wide-ranging perspective on the writing process and on the pedagogies that will help develop confident, engaged writiers across all ages.' - NATE Classroom

• Introduction 1. Something worth writing about? 2. Getting out more 3. Good books matter 4. Using drama and imaginative play 5. Using sound and images 6. Creating a range of texts 7. Practical, productive planning 8. Building a community of writers

Miles Tandy and Jo Howell are advisers with Warwickshire’s Educational Development Service, UK.

'The book can be read from start to finish easily, but I suspect many teachers will want to revisit, dipping in to draw on the ideas and approaches described. This is an outstanding and accessible text, which has the potential to change practice. It will enhance the focus on text as a starting point in the renewed literacy framework for primary schools and support teachers in the development of 'talk for writing', giving them the theoretical background alongside so many practical approaches.' - NATE'This is an extremely useful book which- in the context of Primary Curriculum Reviews and the greater flexibility offered by the Renewed Framework- has been published at just the right time. It acknowledges the ways in which the Literacy Strategy has helped in the genre-led teaching of sentence structure, and textual cohesion and then goes on to offer a more wide-ranging perspective on the writing process and on the pedagogies that will help develop confident, engaged writiers across all ages.' - NATE Classroom

• Introduction 1. Something worth writing about? 2. Getting out more 3. Good books matter 4. Using drama and imaginative play 5. Using sound and images 6. Creating a range of texts 7. Practical, productive planning 8. Building a community of writers