James Clements is an experienced teacher, researcher and education writer. He has worked with groups of schools, education organisations and governments in the UK and across the world to support the teaching of English. Prior to this, James was a primary teacher and school leader in central London. He is the author of Teaching English by the Book and co-author of' Understanding and Teaching Primary English.

On the Write Track: An introduction 1. Theory and principles 1. What can we learn from the research around teaching writing? 2. Finding the right track: a personal philosophy for teaching writing 2. Assembling tracks: practical approaches to teaching writing Introduction 3. Starting with children's interests 4. Starting with children's experiences 5. Starting with imagination 6. Writing and poetry 7. Children's literature and writing 8. Using and creating film, multimedia and multimodal texts 9. Starting with knowledge 10. Spoken language and writing 11. Drama, play and writing 12. Collaboration: working and writing together 3. Building a process-led sequence for teaching writing Introduction 13. Pre-writing: Laying the foundations 14. Planning: Organising and playing with ideas 15. Drafting: Putting words onto the page or screen 16. Revising: Evaluating, editing and polishing 17. Creating outcomes: Producing something to be proud of 4 . Using language for effect Introduction 18. Grammar and syntax for writing 19. Punctuation for clarity and effect 20. Vocabulary for expression 5.Putting it into practice