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Persuasive Writing Mentor Text Feb 16, 2025

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...

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3 Mentor Texts For Persuasive Writing Feb 02, 2025

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...

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What Are Book Sells And How Do You Teach Them? Oct 10, 2021

I recently finished reading the final book in Jessica Townsend’s AMAZING Nevermoor series. This series, touted as a cross between Harry Potter and...

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Should You Teach Genre Or The 6 + 1 Traits? Feb 14, 2021

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 ...

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