<P>What does it mean to teach English creatively to primary school children? </P><I><P>Teaching English Creatively</I> encourages and enables teachers to adopt a more creative approach to the teaching of English in the primary school. Fully updated to reflect the changing UK curricula, the third edition of this popular text explores research-informed practice and offers new ideas to imaginatively engage readers, writers, speakers and listeners.</P><P>Underpinned by up-to-date theory and research and illustrated throughout with more examples of children¿s work, it examines the core elements of creative practice and how to explore powerful literary, non-fiction, visual and digital texts creatively. Key themes addressed include:</P><P>¿ Developing creativity in and through talk and drama </P><P>¿ Creatively engaging readers and writers </P><P>¿ Teaching grammar and comprehension imaginatively and in context </P><P>¿ Profiling meaning and purpose, autonomy, collaboration and play </P><P>¿