‘My spelling isn’t that great’: Michael Morpurgo on why teaching kids to love writing is more important than grammar

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‘My spelling isn’t that great’: Michael Morpurgo on why teaching kids to love writing is more important than grammar
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The author, poet and playwright on why we should move away from Michael Gove-mandated lessons on fronted adverbials and back to unleashing the creative potential of children

that this emphasis on grammar in primary school does not improve six- and seven-year-old children’s writing.

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