{"product_id":"9781785830136","title":"Opening Doors to Quality Writing","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eOpening Doors to Famous Poetry and Prose\u003c\/em\u003e, Bob Cox introduced teachers to engaging strategies which use literary heritage texts as the stimulus for excellent learning. This new companion book, \u003cem\u003eOpening Doors to Quality Writing\u003c\/em\u003e, for \u003cstrong\u003eages 6 to 9\u003c\/strong\u003e, puts the focus on pupils producing quality writing – developing their literacy skills and a love of reading in the process.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003eIn the course of his educational consultancy work, Bob has seen many teachers successfully use the scope and depth which literature can offer to inspire high standards, mastery learning and, above all, a love of language in its many forms. 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His Waistcoat and Trousers Were Made of Pork Chops – ‘The New Vestments' by Edward Lear \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e2. Prefabulous Animiles – ‘The Hippocrump' by James Reeves \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e3. Slowly the Tide Creeps Up the Sand – ‘Slowly' by James Reeves \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e4. Colour Your World – ‘What is Pink?' by Christina Rossetti \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e5. The Nymph and the Goblin – ‘Overheard on a Saltmarsh' by Harold Monro \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e6. Pictures in My Head – ‘A Child's Thought' by Robert Louis Stevenson \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e7. He's Behind You! – ‘The Elf Singing' by William Allingham \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e8. The Sounds of Silence – ‘Lonely Street' by Francisco López Merino \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e9. Pond Dipping – ‘Daddy Fell into the Pond' by Alfred Noyes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Opening doors to prose\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e10. The Making of World-pap – \u003cem\u003eThe Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby\u003c\/em\u003e by Charles \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e11. Master No-book and the Fairy Teach-all – \u003cem\u003eUncle David's Nonsensical Story about Giants and Fairies\u003c\/em\u003e by Catherine Sinclair\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\"\u003e12. 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