Table of Contents

1 The impact of Talk for Writing and its origins                                           
2 The Talk for Writing process      
3 The political context and research background for Talk for Writing         
4 Recount         
5 Instructions                                                                                                 
6 Information                                                                                                 
7 Explanation                                                                                                
8 Persuasion                                                                                                  
9 Discussion                                                                                                  
10 Spreading Talk for Writing across a school                                             
11. Involving families

About the Author

Pie Corbett is an inspirational trainer, poet, author and editor of over 250 books, including the bestselling Jumpstart! Literacy. A former head teacher, lecturer and English inspector, he is widely known for developing the transformational Talk for Writing approach.

Julia Strong now works with Pie Corbett on developing Talk for Writing. A former English teacher, deputy head and Deputy Director of the National Literacy Trust, she is an inspirational trainer and the author of a number of bestselling books including Talk for Writing in Secondary Schools (2013).