How can we help children become good writers of narrative? Essay gives advice to teachers about story writing in the classroom

How can we help children become good writers of narrative? To become good writers of narrative children need to have a wide range of experience in hearing and reading stories. 'The roots of story writing lie in a rich experience of listening to and watching stories, drama and role play, early story reading, frequent re-reading of favourites and the telling/retelling of all forms of story' (Writing Narrative: writer flier 2:NLS) As well as an …

…that there is a product at the end of the tasks these are not pointless stories for the teacher but things to be proud of and make theirs. 'Investigating through reading "_ imitating and experimenting in shared writing "_ applying and developing in guided and independent writing' (Telling tales: Handout 6: NLS) Conclusion 'What becomes more and more obvious is that for children the practice for being a writer is reading. Children who read absorb writing skills.'