THE WRITE KIT KS3 COMPLETE SINGLE DVD

CREATIVE WRITING DVD TOOLKIT FOR KEYSTAGE 3

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BETT AWARD SHORTLISTED PRODUCT. 17 video-based Creative Writing exercises on interactive DVD to boost students' imaginative responses. Devised by Whitbread Poetry Prizewinner Michael Symmons Roberts, Professor of Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. Featuring novelist Adele Geras, playwright Hardeep Singh Kohli and journalist George Dearsley. Each exercise is mapped to the National Curriculum and National Literacy Strategy.

"The quality of the production is excellent and very easy to navigate. I've tried it out on the interactive whiteboard and it worked extremely well. Students are obviously very receptive to this sort of visual stimulus as long as the quality is good, which this certainly is. I congratulate you on an excellent product that combines engaging and entertaining content without compromising the integrity of the writing process."
Jane Bluett, NATE Regional Coordinator, East Midlands

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Infused with humour, each mini-drama is broadcast-quality and guaranteed to grab the attention and increase contribution to discussion, while promoting individual creative development.

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This product has been specially developed and designed by 186 Media uniquely to exploit the power of high quality moving image and sound with the flexibility of DVD. The design of The Write Kit takes interactivity to a new level:

Compatible with interactive whiteboards, DVD players and PCs
Very high quality pictures, music and sound
Suitable for whole class teaching, small project groups and individual assignments
Easy to use with no complex installation
Clear navigation
Context-sensitive help from leading writers
Online mentoring and support service
Opportunity for publication of student work online
Unlimited scope for using the resource to create activities

Divided into 4 genres: Poetry, Prose, Drama & Persuasive Writing. Exercises are craft based with clearly stated Learning Objectives. Designed to stimulate a creative response and encourage imaginative freedom. Unlimited possibilities for extending challenges to students.

Students learn to observe, listen and empathize. Using the exercises will develop an understanding of structure and form, character development, dialogue, motivation, genres, imagery and 'special effects'.

Includes full Guidance Notes for teachers, complete shooting scripts, National Curriculum cross-referencer and sample layouts.

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Poetry Section:

Animal of Light
Use the imagination to capture in poetry a strange creature which disturbs the peace of a rural village. With randomized word library.

Riddles
Craft the finest riddles and outwit the enigmatic Riddler. With randomized image library.

Tree Poems
Identify three very different perspectives on the same natural object and express them in poetry. With supporting interview material.

Advice section
Put your questions to poet Michael Symmons Roberts

Prose:

Other People’s Diaries
Develop empathic skills by exploring an emotionally charged domestic conflict which spotlights issues of duty, responsibility and gender roles. With supporting 'news' interviews.

Story Spaces
Plan narrative, plot and character through close study of 5 different environments: The Classroom, The Forest Clearing, The Kitchen, The Horror Space, The Romantic Space. With unique 'story viewer' that reveals hidden details.

The Bomb
Come to grips with structure by creating a story out of the recollections of a group of adults involved in a tense and dramatic incident as children. Chapter by chapter guided writing.

Advice section
Put your questions to novelist Adele Geras

Drama:

Object Dialogues
Invest objects with character to produce vivid radio scripts. With unique 'story viewer' that reveals hidden details.

The Stranger
Explore character development and work out how motivation changes the outcome of a scene. 6 alternative endings.

Three Bears
Swap smoothly between genres to breathe new life into old stories. With supporting 'genre' help.

Advice section
Put your questions to dramatist Hardeep Singh Kohli

Persuasive Writing:

Hard Sell
Write the copy for the perfect radio ad and sell the unsellable. With randomized image library.

New Uniform
Write a letter expressing views on the School Uniform Task Force’s latest plans. Unique viewer enables close examination of the details

The House
Write a convincing presentation to win the job of making over a lottery winner’s house. Unique viewer enables close examination of the details

Advice section
Put your questions to journalist George Dearsley

Extras:
The Writer’s Desk
From the coffee cup to the rubbish bin, the writer’s life exposed

Tips & Tricks
The Inside Out Trick
The Mirror Trick
The Nonsense trick
The Out Loud Trick
The Reading Trick
The Rhyme Trick
The Triple Trick