{"product_id":"storycraft-martin-griffin-9781785834028","title":"Storycraft: How to Teach Narrative Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003eMartin Griffin and Jon Mayhew's \u003ci\u003eStorycraft: How to teach narrative writing\u003c\/i\u003e is an inspiring and practical resource to support secondary school teachers in developing their students' creative writing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This book is not a style manual. Authors Martin Griffin and Jon Mayhew think there are plenty of those about. Instead, it picks apart the craft of narrative writing and equips teachers with activities designed to help their students overcome the difficulties they experience when tasked with creating something from nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Written by two fiction writers and English teachers with over forty years' combined experience in education, \u003ci\u003eStorycraft\u003c\/i\u003e packs in expert guidance relating to idea generation and the nature of story and provides off-the-peg writing prompts that teachers can immediately adopt and adapt in the classroom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The book breaks down the simple components that must be in place for a narrative to work the crafting of character, setting, shape and structure and shares fifty-one stimulating activities that will get students writing narratives regularly, more creatively and with greater confidence\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Martin and Jon also include helpful advice in a chapter dedicated to the process of editing in which they provide activities designed to help students diagnose and improve misfiring narratives, and they close the book with invaluable tips for GCSE exam preparation written directly for students and with an impending creative writing exam in mind.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Suitable for English teachers of students aged eleven to eighteen. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Griffin,Jon Mayhew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1785834029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781785834028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown House Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/22\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 7.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Martin Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442572603647,"sku":"9781785834028","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_96529751-ec0f-4da1-b4f0-79fb83491079.jpg?v=1777198297","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/storycraft-martin-griffin-9781785834028","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}