Oz Lit Teacher Blog
After being asked countless times how students should use their writer’s notebooks in the classroom, I thought the best way to answer that question wo...
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. I’ll show you wha...
With NAPLAN just around the corner, I've been thinking about how teachers could best use these next 5 weeks to strengthen their students’ writing skil...
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 this time last ...
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 wild (i.e. the world outsid...
A question I'm always asked when teachers are learning about the 6+1 writing traits is, 'will teaching my students about the traits improve their
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I’m often asked for tips on how to engage in effective writing conferences with students.
Conferring with writers can feel a bit overwhelmin...
Often when schools want to work on improving their students’ growth in writing they start by changing their teaching. (‘Something isn’t working- l...
It’s been a while since I’ve had an author in my interview chair, so I was very excited when award-winning, Sydney based writer, Victoria Mackinla...
The admiring lens is an incredibly powerful tool to use in the writing classroom. The thing is, us teachers need to be constantly reminded of its
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