Ian MacDonald

Writer in Residence

To really make a difference to writing standards in your school Ian is available for longer term writing projects over three or more days.  With more than twenty years teaching experience in schools, Ian provides a writer-in-residence service to promote and improve writing in your school.

• target key year groups
• story projects across the age range
• fiction and non-fiction writing
• creative book making projects  

"The children really enjoyed the opportunity to write an extended story and two non-fiction genres.  It's given me some great ideas for role play - especially for non-fiction!"

Julie Prout Year 4 teacher Brenzett C.E. Primary nr Ashford

Using one of his own stories as a starting point, Ian shows children how  to plan, write and develop a complete story in several chapters, each with its own guided writing focus.

Story themes from:

Non-Fiction Writing

Again, using one of his own stories as a starting point, this time Ian shows children how to write a range of non-fiction text types , including...

• diary form
• letter writing
• playscript
• newspaper front page

Ian uses excerpts from his stories, images and drama techniques to bring non-fiction writing to life in the classroom.