Sailor Bear

Lost and with no-one to play with, Sailor Bear goes to sea. This book by Martin Waddell is aimed at younger pupils. This document for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the book as a cross-curricular resource in the Senior Infant classroom. (.pdf file...

Owl Babies

On a tree in the woods, three owl babies sit and think and wait for their Owl Mother to come home This book by Martin Waddell is aimed at younger pupils. This document for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the book as a cross-curricular resource in the...

Mr. Bear to the Rescue

One stormy night Mr Bear is woken up by a small rabbit voice crying ‘Help’. The warren has collapsed, the Hoor-Toowits’ nest has blown away, the Buzzes’ hive is ruined, and worst of all, Baby Flora bunny can’t be found anywhere. So, armed...

Mr. Bear’s Picnic

Mr. Bear sets off for the perfect, peaceful picnic with Baby Bear. Then the little Grizzle-Bears, Fred, Ted and Fuzz, decide to come too. It can only mean one thing -TROUBLE! This book by Debi Gliori is aimed at younger pupils. This document for the teacher contains...

The Giraffe Who Came to Dinner

Giraffe is coming to visit, but kittens Cosy and Posy don’t know what a giraffe looks like. When they find out that a giraffe has a very long neck and lots of spots they are scared. But they soon learn that friends come in all shapes and sizes. This is a picture...

Book Wordsearch

This wordsearch requires pupils to search for words associated with books. (.doc file 559KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...

Setting the Scene

This resource provides suggestions for writing descriptive paragraphs to set the scene for a story / book for the Write-A-Book Project. (.doc file 25KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...

Infant Books

This resource provides suggestions for the teacher for making books with infant classes for the Write-A-Book Project. (.doc file 27.5KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...

Ordering a Book

This handout details the order sections should appear in the book for the Write-A-Book Project. (.doc file 25KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...

The Writing Process

This handout details the different steps to undertake when completing creative writing and especially for the Write-A-Book Project. (.doc file 28KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...

New Beginnings

This handout details how to write effective and different beginnings to stories. It is useful when completing creative writing and especially for the Write-A-Book Project. (.doc file 28KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member?...

Happy Endings

This handout details how to write effective and different endings to stories. It is useful when completing creative writing and especially for the Write-A-Book Project. (.doc file 28KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member?...

Fable Plan

This is a template for pupils to follow to make a plan for writing a fable. This is then used when writing the first draft of the story. (.doc file 26.5KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...

Editing Checklist

Editing written work is an integral part of the process writing approach to the Write-A-Book Project. This handout details a list of questions for children at different levels to ask themselves when editing a story. (.doc file 28KB) Download File… RegisterThis...

Word Bank

There are 25 pages of useful words and expressions in this resource. It is useful to photocopy it a number of times and bind into “Word Bank” books to leave in the class library as a resource to help authors improve language when writing a story. It is...