These creative off-the-shelf activities will spark children's thinking skills through speaking, listening, reading and writing. Busy teachers wanting to shake up their lessons will find them indispensable. Includes:

• problem-solving: creative and critical thinking; emotional thinking; questioning skills and plan-do-review formats
• clear explanation of underpinning theory
• advice on differentiating activities
• links to the National Literacy Strategy Framework.

Contents:

Introduction
1. Speaking and listening
2. Reading
3. Writing
Each of the three chapters is organised into sections:
Problem-solving
Creative thinking
Critical thinking
Affective thinking and emotional literacy
Questioning skills
Case study
Further reading, contacts and resources
Index