Developing children's writing abilities boosts their confidence, creates enjoyment and relevance in the task and cultivates a range of decision-making and problem-solving skills that can then be applied across the curriculum. The Countdown series provides all the support you need in helping children to improve their prose, poetry and non-fiction writing. Countdown to Creative Writing is a comprehensive and flexible resource that you can use in different ways: 60 stand-alone modules that cover all the essential aspects of writing a storycountdown flowchart providing an overview showing how modules are linked and how teachers can progress through them with the children photocopiable activity sheets for each module that show how to make the decisions and solve the problems that all writers face along the road from first idea to finished piece of work teachers' notes for each module with tips and guidance including how modules could be used as stand-alone units, but also with suggestions for useful links between modules, and curriculum links a self-study component so that children can make their own progress through the materials, giving young writers a sense of independence in thinking about their work 'headers' for each module showing where along the 'countdown path' you are at that point. In short Countdown to Creative Writing saves valuable planning time and gives you all the flexibility you need - teachers might want to utilise either the self-study or 'countdown' aspects of the book, or simply dip into it for individual lesson activities to fit in with their own programmes of work.

Developing children's writing abilities boosts their confidence, creates enjoyment and relevance in the task and cultivates a range of decision-making and problem-solving skills that can then be applied across the curriculum. The Countdown series provides all the support you need in helping children to improve their prose, poetry and non-fiction writing. This guide provides all the support you need in helping pupils to improve their poetry writing. Countdown to Poetry Writing is a comprehensive and flexible resource that you can use in different ways, including: stand-alone modules that cover all the essential aspects of writing a poem, including word play, use of metaphor, rhyme and many otherscountdown flowchart providing an overview showing how modules are linked and how teachers can progress through them with the pupilsphotocopiable activity sheets for each module that show how to make the decisions and solve the problems that all writers face along the road from first idea to finished piece of work teachers’ notes for modules, with tips and guidance, including how modules can be used in the classroom, links to other modules and curriculum links, and advice on helping and guiding pupils in their writinga self-study component so that children can make their own progress through the materials, giving young writers a sense of independence in thinking about their work and offering built-in scaffolding of tasks so that less experienced or less confident children get more support from the resource 'headers' for each module showing where along the 'countdown path' you are at that point.In short, Countdown to Poetry Writing saves valuable planning time and gives you all the flexibility you need - teachers might want to utilise either the self-study or 'countdown' aspects of the book, or simply dip into it for individual lesson activities to fit in with their own programmes of work.

Developing children's writing abilities boosts their confidence, creates enjoyment and relevance in the task and cultivates a range of decision-making and problem-solving skills that can then be applied across the curriculum. The Countdown series provides all the support you need in helping children to improve their prose, poetry and non-fiction writing. Countdown to Non-Fiction Writing is a comprehensive and flexible resource which you can use in different ways. It includes: 37 stand-alone modules which cover all aspects of writing and understanding non-fiction texts, including the nature of language, logical thinking, recognising ‘facts’ and planning; A countdown flowchart provides an overview, showing how modules are linked and allowing teachers and pupils to track their progress; Photocopiable activity sheets for each module that show how to make decisions and solve problems which writers face on the journey to a finished piece of work; Teachers’ notes for each module with tips and guidance, including how modules can be used in the classroom, links to other modules and curriculum links, and advice on helping and guiding pupils in their writing; A self-study component so pupils can make their own progress through the material. This option gives young writers a sense of independence in thinking about their work and through offering a scaffolding of tasks, encourages confident and effective writing; 'Headers' for each module showing where along the 'countdown path' you are at that point; Contents page for quick access to particular modules and relevant aspects of writing. In short, Countdown to Non-Fiction Writing saves valuable planning time and gives you all the flexibility you need in helping pupils to prepare for, understand, and write non-fiction. The structure of the book allows teachers to utilise the modules for ‘self-study’, as a longer programme following the ‘countdown’ structure, or to dip into the book for individual lesson activities and ideas to fit in with wider programmes of study.

Developing children's writing abilities boosts their confidence, creates enjoyment and relevance in the task and cultivates a range of decision-making and problem-solving skills that can then be applied across the curriculum. The Countdown series provides all the support you need in helping children to improve their prose, poetry and non-fiction writing. This guide provides all the support you need in helping pupils to improve their poetry writing. Countdown to Poetry Writing is a comprehensive and flexible resource that you can use in different ways, including: stand-alone modules that cover all the essential aspects of writing a poem, including word play, use of metaphor, rhyme and many otherscountdown flowchart providing an overview showing how modules are linked and how teachers can progress through them with the pupilsphotocopiable activity sheets for each module that show how to make the decisions and solve the problems that all writers face along the road from first idea to finished piece of work teachers’ notes for modules, with tips and guidance, including how modules can be used in the classroom, links to other modules and curriculum links, and advice on helping and guiding pupils in their writinga self-study component so that children can make their own progress through the materials, giving young writers a sense of independence in thinking about their work and offering built-in scaffolding of tasks so that less experienced or less confident children get more support from the resource 'headers' for each module showing where along the 'countdown path' you are at that point.In short, Countdown to Poetry Writing saves valuable planning time and gives you all the flexibility you need - teachers might want to utilise either the self-study or 'countdown' aspects of the book, or simply dip into it for individual lesson activities to fit in with their own programmes of work.

Developing children's writing abilities boosts their confidence, creates enjoyment and relevance in the task and cultivates a range of decision-making and problem-solving skills that can then be applied across the curriculum. The Countdown series provides all the support you need in helping children to improve their prose, poetry and non-fiction writing. Countdown to Creative Writing is a comprehensive and flexible resource that you can use in different ways: 60 stand-alone modules that cover all the essential aspects of writing a storycountdown flowchart providing an overview showing how modules are linked and how teachers can progress through them with the children photocopiable activity sheets for each module that show how to make the decisions and solve the problems that all writers face along the road from first idea to finished piece of work teachers' notes for each module with tips and guidance including how modules could be used as stand-alone units, but also with suggestions for useful links between modules, and curriculum links a self-study component so that children can make their own progress through the materials, giving young writers a sense of independence in thinking about their work 'headers' for each module showing where along the 'countdown path' you are at that point. In short Countdown to Creative Writing saves valuable planning time and gives you all the flexibility you need - teachers might want to utilise either the self-study or 'countdown' aspects of the book, or simply dip into it for individual lesson activities to fit in with their own programmes of work.

COUNTDOWN It's 1999. Party like there's no tomorrow. Pray that there will be. JANUARY On New Year's Day, it happens: Over six billion people die within twenty-four hours. The stunned survivors are left to fend for themselves in a world where chaos reigns. A world with no rules, no order...and no adults. Because the only people left are teenagers.

It's 1999. Do you know where your parents are? It's been one month since a savage plague killed everyone on earth except teenagers. The young survivors thought they had lived through the worst of it. But now, driven from cities overrun with violence, fueled by hunger and desperation, they are about to come face-to-face with an even greater threat: Each other.

In the third book of the Countdown series, a group of teenagers assume they are the only ones left alive after a brutal plague strikes, but as something evil lurks in the shadows, they soon discover they’re not alone. It’s 1999 and the overpopulation problem has been solved… but at what cost? On a planet decimated by a brutal plague, the number one pastime has become staying alive. The survivors—teenagers—thought they were the only people left on Earth, but they quickly discover they’re not the sole survivors. Something is watching them. Something ancient and evil. Something that has waited for centuries for its time to arrive.

COUNT DOWN It's 1999. The overpopulation problem has been solved. On a planet decimated by a brutal plague. The number one pastime has been staying alive. The survivors -- teenagers -- thought they were the only people left on earth. But they are about to discover they're not alone. Something is watching them. Something ancient. Something evil. Something that has waited for centuries for its time to arrive.... The wait is finally over.

It's 1999. And you thought that first plague sucked? MAY The plague that killed every adult on the planet was vicious. It wasn't the last. A devastating new plague has descended upon the teenage survivors -- a swarming, deafening terror that blackens the sky. From this new darkness, a leader will emerge. But does he bring salvation -- or destruction?

COUNTDOWN It's 1999. Not even love can save you now. JUNE When the plague killed every adult on earth, the teenagers thought they had been spared. Now, one by one, they're dying, too. Two people believe one thing can endure: their love. They're convinced that their bond is stronger than the menace surrounding them. Their power to create will fill the planet's void. Their passion will outlive their peril. They're wrong.

COUNTDOWN It's 1999. Know your enemy. Wait -- you already do. JULY Ever since the plague, it's been a world with no adults. Now the teenage survivors are dying, too. Trust has never been so important. Or so deadly. Because the only one who can save them will be deceived by the person she trusts most.

COUNTDOWN It's 1999. There's no cure for the end of the world. Or is there? AUGUST The survivors of the plague thought everyone over twenty was dead. They're in for the shock of their lives. Because a cure exist. Its discovery could lead to a new hope. A chance for survival. A future. Or it could lead to the deadliest betrayal yet...

COUNTDOWN It's 1999. The Earth moved. Really. SEPTEMBER Only the strongest teens have survived. But now Earth is crashing and crumbling down around them, advancing -- piece by piece -- toward a final, grinding halt. It can be stopped. There is a key -- a key that can save the world from total annihilation. If it doesn't fall into the hands of she who has been chosen...to kill them all.

COUNTDOWN It's 1999. Anyone here know how to save the world? OCTOBER Ever since the plague killed every adult on the planet, the teenage survivors have faced relentless terrors -- each one predicted by an ancient prophecy. Only one girl knows how to stop the prophecy from reaching its catastrophic conclusion. She is humanity's final hope. She will push herself to the ultimate limit. She will destroy herself to save Earth. Her bravery and courage will be endless. And completely in vain.

COUNTDOWN It's 1999. Plagues. Curses. Hunger. The Pilgrims sure had it easy. NOVEMBER Finally, there's something to be thankful for. The Demon has been vanquished. No more death, destruction, or devastation. Only relief, restoration, and renewal. That is, if you ignore a couple of minor details. The countdown is still going strong... ...and the Demon could be, too.

Countdown It's 1999. You better watch out -- you better not die. December They've spent a year fighting for survival. Their time has run out. Only one battle remains to be fought. One savage struggle between the Chosen One and the Demon. One defining moment that will decide the future of the planet. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1...?

Developing children's writing abilities boosts their confidence, creates enjoyment and relevance in the task and cultivates a range of decision-making and problem-solving skills that can then be applied across the curriculum. The Countdown series provides all the support you need in helping children to improve their prose, poetry and non-fiction writing. Countdown to Creative Writing is a comprehensive and flexible resource that you can use in different ways: 60 stand-alone modules that cover all the essential aspects of writing a storycountdown flowchart providing an overview showing how modules are linked and how teachers can progress through them with the children photocopiable activity sheets for each module that show how to make the decisions and solve the problems that all writers face along the road from first idea to finished piece of work teachers' notes for each module with tips and guidance including how modules could be used as stand-alone units, but also with suggestions for useful links between modules, and curriculum links a self-study component so that children can make their own progress through the materials, giving young writers a sense of independence in thinking about their work 'headers' for each module showing where along the 'countdown path' you are at that point. In short Countdown to Creative Writing saves valuable planning time and gives you all the flexibility you need - teachers might want to utilise either the self-study or 'countdown' aspects of the book, or simply dip into it for individual lesson activities to fit in with their own programmes of work.

Developing children's writing abilities boosts their confidence, creates enjoyment and relevance in the task and cultivates a range of decision-making and problem-solving skills that can then be applied across the curriculum. The Countdown series provides all the support you need in helping children to improve their prose, poetry and non-fiction writing. This guide provides all the support you need in helping pupils to improve their poetry writing. Countdown to Poetry Writing is a comprehensive and flexible resource that you can use in different ways, including: stand-alone modules that cover all the essential aspects of writing a poem, including word play, use of metaphor, rhyme and many otherscountdown flowchart providing an overview showing how modules are linked and how teachers can progress through them with the pupilsphotocopiable activity sheets for each module that show how to make the decisions and solve the problems that all writers face along the road from first idea to finished piece of work teachers’ notes for modules, with tips and guidance, including how modules can be used in the classroom, links to other modules and curriculum links, and advice on helping and guiding pupils in their writinga self-study component so that children can make their own progress through the materials, giving young writers a sense of independence in thinking about their work and offering built-in scaffolding of tasks so that less experienced or less confident children get more support from the resource 'headers' for each module showing where along the 'countdown path' you are at that point.In short, Countdown to Poetry Writing saves valuable planning time and gives you all the flexibility you need - teachers might want to utilise either the self-study or 'countdown' aspects of the book, or simply dip into it for individual lesson activities to fit in with their own programmes of work.

Developing children's writing abilities boosts their confidence, creates enjoyment and relevance in the task and cultivates a range of decision-making and problem-solving skills that can then be applied across the curriculum. The Countdown series provides all the support you need in helping children to improve their prose, poetry and non-fiction writing. Countdown to Non-Fiction Writing is a comprehensive and flexible resource which you can use in different ways. It includes: 37 stand-alone modules which cover all aspects of writing and understanding non-fiction texts, including the nature of language, logical thinking, recognising ‘facts’ and planning; A countdown flowchart provides an overview, showing how modules are linked and allowing teachers and pupils to track their progress; Photocopiable activity sheets for each module that show how to make decisions and solve problems which writers face on the journey to a finished piece of work; Teachers’ notes for each module with tips and guidance, including how modules can be used in the classroom, links to other modules and curriculum links, and advice on helping and guiding pupils in their writing; A self-study component so pupils can make their own progress through the material. This option gives young writers a sense of independence in thinking about their work and through offering a scaffolding of tasks, encourages confident and effective writing; 'Headers' for each module showing where along the 'countdown path' you are at that point; Contents page for quick access to particular modules and relevant aspects of writing. In short, Countdown to Non-Fiction Writing saves valuable planning time and gives you all the flexibility you need in helping pupils to prepare for, understand, and write non-fiction. The structure of the book allows teachers to utilise the modules for ‘self-study’, as a longer programme following the ‘countdown’ structure, or to dip into the book for individual lesson activities and ideas to fit in with wider programmes of study.

Developing children's writing abilities boosts their confidence, creates enjoyment and relevance in the task and cultivates a range of decision-making and problem-solving skills that can then be applied across the curriculum. The Countdown series provides all the support you need in helping children to improve their prose, poetry and non-fiction writing. This guide provides all the support you need in helping pupils to improve their poetry writing. Countdown to Poetry Writing is a comprehensive and flexible resource that you can use in different ways, including: stand-alone modules that cover all the essential aspects of writing a poem, including word play, use of metaphor, rhyme and many otherscountdown flowchart providing an overview showing how modules are linked and how teachers can progress through them with the pupilsphotocopiable activity sheets for each module that show how to make the decisions and solve the problems that all writers face along the road from first idea to finished piece of work teachers’ notes for modules, with tips and guidance, including how modules can be used in the classroom, links to other modules and curriculum links, and advice on helping and guiding pupils in their writinga self-study component so that children can make their own progress through the materials, giving young writers a sense of independence in thinking about their work and offering built-in scaffolding of tasks so that less experienced or less confident children get more support from the resource 'headers' for each module showing where along the 'countdown path' you are at that point.In short, Countdown to Poetry Writing saves valuable planning time and gives you all the flexibility you need - teachers might want to utilise either the self-study or 'countdown' aspects of the book, or simply dip into it for individual lesson activities to fit in with their own programmes of work.

Developing children's writing abilities boosts their confidence, creates enjoyment and relevance in the task and cultivates a range of decision-making and problem-solving skills that can then be applied across the curriculum. The Countdown series provides all the support you need in helping children to improve their prose, poetry and non-fiction writing. Countdown to Creative Writing is a comprehensive and flexible resource that you can use in different ways: 60 stand-alone modules that cover all the essential aspects of writing a storycountdown flowchart providing an overview showing how modules are linked and how teachers can progress through them with the children photocopiable activity sheets for each module that show how to make the decisions and solve the problems that all writers face along the road from first idea to finished piece of work teachers' notes for each module with tips and guidance including how modules could be used as stand-alone units, but also with suggestions for useful links between modules, and curriculum links a self-study component so that children can make their own progress through the materials, giving young writers a sense of independence in thinking about their work 'headers' for each module showing where along the 'countdown path' you are at that point. In short Countdown to Creative Writing saves valuable planning time and gives you all the flexibility you need - teachers might want to utilise either the self-study or 'countdown' aspects of the book, or simply dip into it for individual lesson activities to fit in with their own programmes of work.

COUNTDOWN It's 1999. Party like there's no tomorrow. Pray that there will be. JANUARY On New Year's Day, it happens: Over six billion people die within twenty-four hours. The stunned survivors are left to fend for themselves in a world where chaos reigns. A world with no rules, no order...and no adults. Because the only people left are teenagers.

It's 1999. Do you know where your parents are? It's been one month since a savage plague killed everyone on earth except teenagers. The young survivors thought they had lived through the worst of it. But now, driven from cities overrun with violence, fueled by hunger and desperation, they are about to come face-to-face with an even greater threat: Each other.

In the third book of the Countdown series, a group of teenagers assume they are the only ones left alive after a brutal plague strikes, but as something evil lurks in the shadows, they soon discover they’re not alone. It’s 1999 and the overpopulation problem has been solved… but at what cost? On a planet decimated by a brutal plague, the number one pastime has become staying alive. The survivors—teenagers—thought they were the only people left on Earth, but they quickly discover they’re not the sole survivors. Something is watching them. Something ancient and evil. Something that has waited for centuries for its time to arrive.

COUNT DOWN It's 1999. The overpopulation problem has been solved. On a planet decimated by a brutal plague. The number one pastime has been staying alive. The survivors -- teenagers -- thought they were the only people left on earth. But they are about to discover they're not alone. Something is watching them. Something ancient. Something evil. Something that has waited for centuries for its time to arrive.... The wait is finally over.

It's 1999. And you thought that first plague sucked? MAY The plague that killed every adult on the planet was vicious. It wasn't the last. A devastating new plague has descended upon the teenage survivors -- a swarming, deafening terror that blackens the sky. From this new darkness, a leader will emerge. But does he bring salvation -- or destruction?

COUNTDOWN It's 1999. Not even love can save you now. JUNE When the plague killed every adult on earth, the teenagers thought they had been spared. Now, one by one, they're dying, too. Two people believe one thing can endure: their love. They're convinced that their bond is stronger than the menace surrounding them. Their power to create will fill the planet's void. Their passion will outlive their peril. They're wrong.

COUNTDOWN It's 1999. Know your enemy. Wait -- you already do. JULY Ever since the plague, it's been a world with no adults. Now the teenage survivors are dying, too. Trust has never been so important. Or so deadly. Because the only one who can save them will be deceived by the person she trusts most.

COUNTDOWN It's 1999. There's no cure for the end of the world. Or is there? AUGUST The survivors of the plague thought everyone over twenty was dead. They're in for the shock of their lives. Because a cure exist. Its discovery could lead to a new hope. A chance for survival. A future. Or it could lead to the deadliest betrayal yet...

COUNTDOWN It's 1999. The Earth moved. Really. SEPTEMBER Only the strongest teens have survived. But now Earth is crashing and crumbling down around them, advancing -- piece by piece -- toward a final, grinding halt. It can be stopped. There is a key -- a key that can save the world from total annihilation. If it doesn't fall into the hands of she who has been chosen...to kill them all.

COUNTDOWN It's 1999. Anyone here know how to save the world? OCTOBER Ever since the plague killed every adult on the planet, the teenage survivors have faced relentless terrors -- each one predicted by an ancient prophecy. Only one girl knows how to stop the prophecy from reaching its catastrophic conclusion. She is humanity's final hope. She will push herself to the ultimate limit. She will destroy herself to save Earth. Her bravery and courage will be endless. And completely in vain.

COUNTDOWN It's 1999. Plagues. Curses. Hunger. The Pilgrims sure had it easy. NOVEMBER Finally, there's something to be thankful for. The Demon has been vanquished. No more death, destruction, or devastation. Only relief, restoration, and renewal. That is, if you ignore a couple of minor details. The countdown is still going strong... ...and the Demon could be, too.

Countdown It's 1999. You better watch out -- you better not die. December They've spent a year fighting for survival. Their time has run out. Only one battle remains to be fought. One savage struggle between the Chosen One and the Demon. One defining moment that will decide the future of the planet. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1...?