Talk for Writing - The Teacher Pleaser Machine by Pie Corbett (adapted for a Grade 1/2 class) This resources includes PPTs of lesson ideas and story map It goes through the different stages of Talk for Writing: Imitation (including story map), Innovation and Independent application. Language focus: causal conjunctions (lots of tuning in games which can be played as lesson starters) There are also some slides explaining how to use rhetorical questions and the importance of chronological order (using sentence signposts).