Clicker®

Talking Books

Writing

Write your own stories or accounts using pop-up word grids

Pop-up grids provide emerging or struggling writers with all the words they need to complete a sentence to go with a picture.

Alternatively a pop-up grid can provide a bank of key words to use in conjunction with the keyboard – simply click on the word in the pop-up grid and it appears in the text box!

This encourages learners to become more independent in their writing, as the pop-up grid content can be tailored to their needs.

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Download "At School - Write" | Download "Old and New Toys - Write" | Download "All About Animals - Write"

Reinforce vocabulary for reading and writing

The example below shows both a reading and writing version of a book. The same vocabulary is used in both books, so that learners listen to and rehearse the vocabulary using the first book, and then write their own book using the pop-up grid in the second book.

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Download "At the Farm - Read" | Download "At the Farm - Write"

Determine the order of the content of a book

In these examples, the learner first chooses a picture, and then chooses appropriate words or phrases to add to the text box – so the learner decides on the content of each page. Print the book as a record of the activity – and also as a further reading resource!

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Download "People at Work - Write"

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Download "At the Seaside - Write"

Record your own account

Clicker has a microphone icon on every page of the Book Making templates for learners to record their own voices quickly and easily. Pupils read the text included on the page, or talk about the picture before composing their writing.

This is useful for emerging or very reluctant writers as it provides evidence of their activity. It’s also helpful for those with specific learning difficulties, where their recorded speech may provide much more information than their written work.

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