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Iāve noticed a worrying trend in schools latelyā¦Ā
With all the pressure to ācatch kids upā, āprepare for the NAPLANā, and ensure theyāre āimplementin...
Iām often asked about the best way to structure writing lessons/ units. E.g.:
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Should we base our writing units around genre? OR
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Should we ba...
In a previous blog post I talked about the benefits of using cold writes to diagnose student needs (in the same way pre-tests are used in the maths cl...
A ācold writeā is a piece of writing students do in a genre before theyāve had any explicit instruction in that genre.Ā Ā
Cold writes are usually admi...
Being a writer has been a lifelong dream of mine.
From a young age, Iād tell Mum and Dad I was going to be an author, an illustrator and a teach...
My husband and I enjoy rogaining (long distance orienteering that requires a minimum of two people per group).
Itās not just the fact that i...
I get asked this question quite a lot and it excites me.
Why?
Because itās generally asked after a teacher has had their eyes opened to ...
Iām in the middle of running the Writing Traits Masterclass at the moment (and LOVING it!) and Iāve had lots of questions about planning for genre
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