Oz Lit Teacher Blog
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...
In Michelle Obama’s book, Becoming, she mentions a motto she and Barrack used when dealing with the low acts of the opposition:...
A few years ago I started a research project. I wanted to learn more about how published authors REALLY used their writer's notebooks so I could...
A quick look at the Australian calendar will tell you that the month of March is all about celebrating, commemorating, and discussing fabulous...
In my recent blog post on effective writing conferences, I discussed the idea of stripping these now complex meetings back to their original...
There are a lot of ‘ph’ words involved in teaching reading, but unfortunately too many of us were never exposed to them in our...
I’m often asked for tips on how to engage in effective writing conferences with students.
Conferring with writers can feel a bit...
Often when schools want to work on improving their students’ growth in writing they start by changing their teaching. (‘Something...
Last week on the blog, I reshared a post I wrote about self-care for teachers and leaders. It was inspired by a presentation I'd attended by ...
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,...
