Write Away!

This series consists of the 15 products

Grade Level: Primary (1-3)
Subjects: English Language
Produced By: Channel Four Learning
Year: 1999
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

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These programmes demonstrate the importance of writing and develop essential, practical skills. In each programme, children set out to produce a written piece in a specific style. With assistance from animated characters, The Writing Rescuers, an adult writer is selected to help them. The series covers a wide range of writing techniques and styles including character sketching, note taking, story settings, instructions, reports, persuasive letter writing and poetry. 10 x 15 min.

This series consists of the following products

Volume 1

By Channel Four Learning - 1999

Recipes for My Dad; Match Reporter. Includes Teacher's Guide and Activity Book.

Volume 2

By Channel Four Learning - 1999

Daniella's Diary; Witrh Love From Merrylegs. Includes Teacher's Guide and Activity Book.

Volume 3

By Channel Four Learning - 1999

Your Zoo Needs You!; A Song for Summer. Includes Teacher's Guide and Activity Book.

Volume 4

By Channel Four Learning - 1999

Who is Stereo Steve?; It Was a Dary and Lonely Night. Includes Teacher's Guide and Activity Book.

Volume 5

By Channel Four Learning - 1999

Beginnings, Middles and Endings; Amber's Play. Includes Teacher's Guide and Activity Book.

Recipes for My Dad

By Channel Four Learning - 1999

This video shows you how to write a recipe. It also shows you how to follow a recipe once it is writen down.

Match Reporter

By Channel Four Learning - 1999

In this video learn how to write up a sporting event report, how to get the facts straight, as well as notes and how to write it all up.

Daniella's Diary

By Channel Four Learning - 1999

This video shows you what to write in a diary. It helps you find the interesting part of your day and what you thought of how things went.

With Love From Merrylegs

By Channel Four Learning - 1999

In this video learn how to write a persuasive letter, how you go about getting facts, putting things in order and writing the letter from another…

Your Zoo Needs You!

By Channel Four Learning - 1999

This video shows you how to make a poster, it shows how to take pictures, how to write a tag line, what kind of information you need, and how to put…

A Song for Summer

By Channel Four Learning - 1999

This video shows you how to write a song, what works and what doesn't, and what you need in a song to write a song, like a chorus, and verses.

Who is Stereo Steve?

By Channel Four Learning - 1999

In this video it shows you how to creat a comic book character. How you will need to really think about the character, how it acts, how it feels, and…

It Was a Dark and Lonely Night

By Channel Four Learning - 1999

This video shows you how to write up a spooky story. It shows you what you need to make the story scary.

Beginnings, Middles and Endings

By Channel Four Learning - 1999

In this video it shows how you need to write a good story. It shows you that you need a beginning, a middle and a end.

Amber's Play

By Channel Four Learning - 1999

This video shows you how to write a good play. It shows you what you need to make a good play, as in scenes, action and script.