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In my last blog post, I shared three fab new mentor texts that you can use to help teach persuasive writing. One question I received after posting tha...

It’s NAPLAN season, which means it’s the time of year when teachers start reaching for the same old, tired, persuasive writing mentor texts.  

You kn...

Are you looking for a class writing project for the last few weeks of school?

I have the perfect mentor text and writing project for you!

The men...

Mentor texts are pieces of writing you can hold up as good in-practice examples for students.

They enable you to ‘show’ your students, rather than ‘t...

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 essentially help stu...

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...

There’s a limited amount of time in schools, so it makes sense to make links between curriculum areas where you can.

Here’s 8 picture story books you...

A quick look at the Australian calendar will tell you that the month of March is all about celebrating, commemorating, and discussing fabulous women.