Lindsay J. Skinner – författare

Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, EduqasLevel & Subject: Key Stage 3 English, GCSE 9-1 English Language, GCSE 9-1 English LiteratureNext GCSE exams: June 2027Joint 5 Star Winner for Curriculum Impact in the 2019 Teach Secondary AwardsTake your students’ writing into the highest mark bands with this practical teacher pack.The Crafting Brilliant Sentences teacher pack provides a systematic approach to teaching sentence grammar to help students craft successful narrative, descriptive, discursive and analytical writing for GCSE.60 readymade lessons will build your department’s confidence in teaching grammar to improve accuracy and boost results.Each chapter focuses first on understanding an element of the sentence and then on using it in different ways to craft effective narrative, descriptive, discursive or analytical writing. Provides a consistent approach for your department, working through each aspect of the sentence and enabling you to target areas of weakness.Gives you everything you need to teach from detailed lesson plans, including answers, to PowerPoints and worksheets.Supports progress: further intervention activities for each lesson will help students to embed their learning, while a progress-tracking spreadsheet allows you to identify where more support is needed.Adapt the resources to your needs: the flexible format means lessons can be taught as a full grammar and writing programme, or dipped into to fit your own schemes of work.Expert support from Lindsay Skinner, Headteacher St James and a PiXL Associate.Download all resources in Word, PDF, and PowerPoint from www.collins.co.uk/pages/craftingbrilliantsentences-downloads

Collins Crafting Brilliant Writing is a research-informed programme that provides the support and resources you need to implement purposeful, impactful writing lessons and ensure every child sees themselves as a writer.Gain the knowledge and confidence to model high-quality sentence crafting, embed oral composition and apply grammar and punctuation accurately and meaningfully – giving every child autonomy, enjoyment and a strong foundation in their writing journey.Fully aligned with the DfE Writing Framework, Sentence Writing Skills is a carefully sequenced, lesson-ready resource that focuses entirely on sentence-level understanding: how sentences are constructed, how they can be crafted for effect, and how children can begin to develop fluency and accuracy in using them independently. This research-led progression is designed to transform sentence-level writing outcomes in your school and can be slotted in with your existing provision.This teacher’s handbook includes a complete and inclusive whole-school progression for teaching sentence skills, along with assessment guidance and accompanying downloadable PowerPoints and worksheets.The teaching progression in this handbook aligns directly with the Developing Writing Fluency Teacher’s Handbook, so both can be taught together.