Content and teaching | Assessment | Availability

Module content and teaching

Principal aims

The aims of this module are to introduce students to specific issues relative to the writing and reading of contemporary children's fiction; to give student practical experience of writing for a wide range of children and young people; to enable them to locate themselves as writers in the filed of contemporary children's literature.

Principal learning outcomes

By the end of the module the student will be able to: demonstrate a theoreticla and practical awareness of the technical skills needed to write contemporary juvenile fiction for different ages and in various genres; be able to identify and use the modes of writing that best suit the requirements of different young readers.

Timetabled teaching activities

Each session will comprise both a traditional seminar and a writing workshop where we discuss writing produced in response to the previous sessions.

Departmental link

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/postgrad/current/masters/modules/writingforchildren/

Module assessment

Assessment group	Assessment name	Percentage
20 CATS (Module code: EN978-20)
A (Assessed work only)	Assessed Course Work	100%
30 CATS (Module code: EN978-30)
A (Assessed work only)	Assessed Course Work	100%
36 CATS (Module code: EN978-36)
A (Assessed work only)	Assessed Course Work	100%
45 CATS (Module code: EN978-45)
A (Assessed work only)	Assessed Course Work	100%

Module availability

This module is available on the following courses:

Core

N/A

Optional Core

N/A

Optional

• in World Literature (Q2PE) - Year 2
• Postgraduate Taught English Literature (Q3P1) - Year 2
• MA in Writing (Q3P7) - Year 2
• Postgraduate Taught Philosophy and Literature (V7P7) - Year 2