Oz Lit Teacher Blog
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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In this post I'll be answering 5 of the most frequently asked questions I received after my previous post titled, ‘What is Phonological Awareness ...
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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In Michelle Obama’s book, Becoming, she mentions a motto she and Barrack used when dealing with the low acts of the opposition: “When they go low...
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 hel...
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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In my recent blog post on effective writing conferences, I discussed the idea of stripping these now complex meetings back to their original roots...
There are a lot of ‘ph’ words involved in teaching reading, but unfortunately too many of us were never exposed to them in our university degrees....
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...
