WRITE - A - BOOK PROJECT

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hat is it?

"It is an all-embracing concept, reaching out to every part of human experience and drawing a spontaneous response from children - not just a piece of writing or drawing but the making of an object loaded with personal meaning to be cherished and valued. Nothing stimulates children more than their sense of achievement that the book art object symbolises and there is no better stimulus for making a book than the one that has gone before it."

- Paul Johnson

"Literacy Through the Book Arts"

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	Oral Work
	Writing
	Visual Arts
	Bibliography

	Role of Oral Work in the WABP
	"Teacher Talk" - how much of classroom time is taken with the teacher talking? Some thought-provoking points on oral work in the classroom.
	Story Sounds - sounds to add to the telling of stories/poems in the classroom.
	Looking at a Book - what elements make up a book.
	Book Terminology - language to use/to teach

	Authors' Circles - Power Point list of who is in each authors' circle
	Write - A - Book Project - backround.
	Character Creation - templete to help create characters. Four sections to be filled in: (1) Name; (2) Kind of Person; (3) Distinctive Features; (4) Descriptive words and comparisons.
	Descriptive Portraits - short booklet to help pupils describe characters in the story.
	Contract - for pupils to sign before writing book.
	Calendar - Timeline showing how to run the project over six week period.
	Self-Conference - questions to ask yourself to help improve the story.
	Peer Conference - Partner Proofreading Checklist - questions for partners to ask when reading another pupil's story.
	Word Bank - photocopy a number of times and bind into "Word Bank" books to leave in library as a resource to help authors improve language when writing a story. Handy for the editing stage of a story.
	Contract - for pupils to sign before writing book. (2nd version)
	Editing - questions for children at different levels to ask themselves when editing.
	Fable Plan - plan when writing a fable - follow the format
	Happy Endings - how to write effective and different endings to stories.
	New Beginnings - how to write effective and different beginnings to stories.
	The Writing Process - the process to go through when writing the story.
	The Writing Process Steps- the main steps taken when writing the story.
	Planning a Book - suggestions to get started.
	The First Draft - also called the "sloppy Copy".
	The Final Draft
	Ordering a Book
	Ideas for Infant Books
	Setting the Scene - writing descriptive paragraphs
	Audience and Purpose - writing for your audience
	Editing Symbols to be used by teacher and pupils when editing work.
	Editing the first draft: pictures of first drafts aka "sloppy copies".
	Book Writing Wordsearch

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	Design and Illustrations for a book.
	Types of Books

	A Book of One’s Own – Developing literacy through making books: Paul Johnson (Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1998, 2nd edition) ISBN: 0 340 724803
	Words and Images on the Page – Improving children’s writing through design. Paul Johnson (David Fulton Publishers, London, 1996) ISBN: 1-85346-443-0
	Literacy Through the Book Arts: Paul Johnson (Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1993) ISBN: 0 340 59540 X
	Dancing with the Pen: Ministry of Education, Wellington, New Zealand. ISBN: 0 478 05560 9
	Teaching and Learning: Periodical published by Questions Publishing Co., 27 Frederick St., Birmingham, B1 3HH. Tel: 0121 212 0919 www.education-quest.com
	"Making Books": Charlotte Stowell (Kingfisher, London, 1994) ISBN 1 85697 231 3
	"Bright Ideas - Writing and Making Books": Moira Andrew (Scholastic, 1995) ISBN 0-590-53350-9
	"Cover to Cover: Creative Techniques for Making Beautiful Books, Journals and Albums": Shereen La Plantz (Lark Books, New York, 2000) ISBN 0-937274-87-9
	"Making Books That Fly, Fold, Wrap, Hide, Pop Up, Twist and Turn": Gwen Diehn (Lark Books, New York, 1998) ISBN 1-57990-023-2
	"How a Book Is Made": Aliki Brandenburg (Harper Trophy, 1988) ISBN 0-06-446085-1
	"From Pictures To Words - A Book About Making a Book": Janet Stevens (Holiday House, New York, 1994) ISBN 0-8234-1154-0

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