Oz Lit Teacher Blog

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...

In part 1 of my series on teaching students about the all-important ‘show, don’t tell’ strategy in writing, I introduced a...

Recently I published a post introducing the ‘show, don’t tell’ writing strategy. I talked about what the strategy is and why...

French was one of my favourite subjects in high school. I loved learning the words and being challenged by the grammar. Although I continued to...

After being asked countless times how students should use their writer’s notebooks in the classroom, I thought the best way to answer that...

When I was a child, 'show, don’t tell' was an approach my brother took to sneaking looks at out Santa presents before Christmas day. ...

With NAPLAN just around the corner, I've been thinking about how teachers could best use these next 5 weeks to strengthen their students’...

I’m not sure how or why the idea of writing a haiku poem every day popped into my head when I was making New Year’s resolutions at...

 I was keen to read Pip Harry's latest novel August and Jones because it was inspired by the true story of 2 students from the school where I...

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while now, you’ll know I’ve been researching the use of writer’s notebooks out in the...