BookWrites teaching sequences and book lists

Our BookWrites lists are the carefully selected books and other writings which we base our teaching sequences on.

There are a great many wonderful texts out there to share with children. However, we put a great deal of thought into the ones we choose to write teaching sequences for to ensure they offer all of the following:

• something worth discussing;
• rich language to explore;
• national curriculum age-related structures (text and grammatical) that can be replicated to inspire pupils' original compositions.

Each teaching sequence is based around a core text, and follows a three part structure: Learning About the Text, Practising Writing and Independent Writing.

To hear from some of our chosen authors, visit our Meet the Authors page. Here, several of our favourites talk to us, and you, about their writing!

Download our BookWrites lists, which we regularly update and add to, and visit our Publications page to find out more, including how to purchase our teaching sequences via our shop. 

Find out more about teaching sequences and how to use them.

BookWrites is an innovative support package containing teaching sequences for planning in English. (formerly No Nonsense Literacy)

The teaching sequences follow a three-part plan: Learning about the text, practising writing and independent writing. Each sequence is based on quality children's literature and has reading activities and grammar taught in context included.  There are over 200 sequences, all of which are available in Word format, so that teachers can make their own adaptations to suit their class. These sequences are a core element in raising standards in writing. See further information about teaching sequences here and the texts we have written the sequences around.

Assessment of Writing is an innovative set of resources providing support and guidance to help teachers make accurate, evidence-based assessments of writing across KS1 and KS2 and establish appropriate expectations for each year group. These are used by schools to support teachers who are moving year groups, to raise and set expectations and to support standardisation, assessment and moderation procedures in school.  There are examples of writing from Y1 to Y6 all of which have been assessed using our Evidence Gathering Sheets and statutory criteria for Y2 and Y6. The writing has been annotated, much like an exemplification file, to show how the judgements have been made. Much of the writing is outcomes from the teaching sequences so it is also used to show what can be expected from the planning.

The annual subscription to the sequences is £180 +VAT, which includes at least 18 new teaching sequences each year.

We offer a range of training to support the use of these resources.

The sequences in our BookWrites subscription can also be purchased as individual teaching sequences via the shop.

This is an innovative package of support for English writing assessment.

It consists of samples of writing from Year 1 to Year 6, all of which have been assessed and annotated to show what the assessment criteria look like in children's writing.  Alongside the annotated examples of writing are unannotated versions which makes this a very flexible resource.

It also includes complete samples of childrens' writing assessed at Expected (EXS) and Greater Depth (GDS) for all year groups from Y1 to Y6. Visit our assessment page to see the Y3 example of EXS and to see our range of assessment tools for reading and writing.

Lastly, there is a third section that looks closely at pupil progress through a sequence of teaching from initial elicitation task to a final independent piece of writing. For each year group in the primary age range there are helpful notes and observations, written in a similar style to STA-produced statutory moderation commentaries.

Teachers have found this resource invaluable when making accurate judgements through standardisation and moderation. Schools have also used the materials to support teachers who have moved year groups and to help those who are using our teaching sequences to show the quality of work and progress that can be expected from the children.

The one-off cost for Assessment of Writing is £180 + VAT and is available as digital downloads.

We offer a range of resources to support assessment on our Assessment page and can provide training and support in assessment of writing, standardisation and moderation.  Visit our School support and Training pages to see the full range of support.