Oz Lit Teacher Blog
In my last blog post, I shared three fab new mentor texts that you can use to help teach persuasive writing. One question I received after posting tha...
It’s NAPLAN season, which means it’s the time of year when teachers start reaching for the same old, tired, persuasive writing mentor texts.
You kn...
Are you looking for a class writing project for the last few weeks of school?
Perhaps something a little different from the usual dull Christmas acti...
Mentor texts are pieces of writing you can hold up as good in-practice examples for students.
They enable you to ‘show’ your students, rather than ‘t...
A ‘mentor text’ is the name given to any piece of text that can be held up as a strong example of effective writing. Mentor texts essentially help stu...
When I was a child, 'show, don’t tell' was an approach my brother took to sneaking looks at our Santa presents before Christmas Day. I’ll show you wha...
There’s a limited amount of time in schools, so it makes sense to make links between curriculum areas where you can.
Here are 8 picture storybooks yo...
National Sorry Day occurs on May 26 every year in Australia. On this day in 1997, a report called Bringing Them Home was tabled in Parliament. It
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A quick look at the Australian calendar will tell you that the month of March is all about celebrating, commemorating, and discussing fabulous women.
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I recently finished reading the final book in Jessica Townsend’s AMAZING Nevermoor series. This series, touted as a cross between Harry Potter and...
