Books with author Chris Smithers

This handbook describes a revolutionary way of delivering primary education. In a storytelling school all children learn to be storytellers, retelling and improving stories from memory as a way of learning both language and subject content across the curriculum. Children graduate with a repertoire of their own stories to tell. This approach has been shown to raise standards and fire imaginations in schools throughout the UK. Chris Smith and Adam Guillain show you how to make this happen. The handbook draws on more than ten years experience researching and developing this way of teaching. Piloted, researched and updated, this second edition includes new chapters on non-fiction teaching and cross-curricular integration across the school. It is packed with practical activities, examples, theory, charts, diagrams and pages to photocopy. The Storytelling School offers step-by-step explanations on how to become a storytelling school, including how to: • Tell stories to your class• Develop and innovate on a learned story• Invent new stories• Link storytelling to improving writing standards• Apply the method to non-fiction teaching• Plan across the curriculum using the Storytelling School approach

~~~The Inspiring Story of a Young Girl Who Never Lost Hope in the Face of Hitler's Horrendous Persecution of the Jewish People~~~*** Includes a FREE VIDEO of Anne Frank's life... plus FREE BONUS excerpts from the Diary of Anne Frank, study questions, essay topics, Anne Frank quotes, and even a video tour of the place where Anne Frank and her family hid for over two years to escape the Nazis.***Anne Frank was just like any other young teenager you might know, maybe even like yourself. She could be serious one minute and silly the next. She often talked a little too much and sometimes didn't get along with her parents or her sister. She liked talking to her friends and going to the movies. If she had been born during a different time and place, she might have been a journalist or even a movie star, as she dreamed of being. She might have married and had children and grandchildren. Unfortunately, her life was tragically cut short at the hands of the German Nazis during World War II, only because she was Jewish. Even though she was just 15 years old when she died, Anne's life lives on through the words she wrote in her diary and stories. This easy-to-read book for children ages 9 to 12 details the important events in Anne's life, centering on her years hiding with her family in a hidden space above a factory in Amsterdam.You and your children will be inspired by Anne's courage and hope even in the face of the horrendous Nazi persecution of the Jewish people. You will discover why Anne Frank is still remembered today as a symbol of the struggle against oppression all around the world.

***he Incredible Story of the Courageous War Hero Who Saved the World From Nuclear Destruction and Set the Stage for Humans to Land on the Moon***John F. Kennedy was an unlikely hero in many ways. Even though he suffered from a serious disease and was in pain most of his life, he became a war hero who helped save the lives of 10 of his fellow Navy patrol boat crew members. Although he was the youngest elected president, he stood up to the powerful Soviet Union and saved the world from nuclear disaster. Despite the fact that he came from one of America's wealthiest families, John dedicated himself to helping poor people and children in the United States and around the world have better lives. When many people said it could not be done, John courageously pushed forward to set the stage for one of America's greatest achievements: landing a person on the moon.Read all this and much more in this fascinating children's book for ages 9 to 12 about this brave and determined man who changed American history forever.

Collection of stories for teaching science in primary schools with a set of follow up activities for each topic. Stories cover commonly taught topics, designed to be learned and retold orally by students. Each story comes with engaging and inclusive ways to link that story to science teaching, English and other subjects. A one stop shop for primary science teaching with stories that have been tried and tested in the classroom .