Oz Lit Teacher Blog
Being a writer has been a lifelong dream of mine.
From a young age, I’d tell Mum and Dad I was going to be an author, an illustrator and a teach...
Happy World Poetry Day!
Today is a wonderful day for me as I’ve always loved reading and writing poetry.
I can’t remember exactly where ...
Lots of teachers ask me how to engage their reluctant writers.
It's like they know my secret when they ask me.
The secret that my family...
It’s no surprise that I get a lot of questions about the 6+1 traits of writing.
I do, after all, bang on about them ALL. THE. TIME.
Why?...
I get asked this question quite a lot and it excites me.
Why?
Because it’s generally asked after a teacher has had their eyes opened to ...
Notebook writing is the perfect start-of-year activity for your literacy classroom- it builds community and teaches students timely strategies for
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I love a good inspirational quote.
My childhood gymnastics coach, Mr Palmer, introduced them to me. You couldn’t even go to the bathroom in his ...
When my year 3 teacher, Mrs Margaret Browne, told us she had to pull on a pair of gloves before she could start reading our new class novel, I don’t...
I’m in the middle of running the Writing Traits Masterclass at the moment (and LOVING it!) and I’ve had lots of questions about planning for genre
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Jodi Toering is a Victorian author and primary school teacher who last year released her stunning debut book, Mallee Sky. As soon as I read this b...
