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 …showed first 75 words of 1541 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1541 total…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.'