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5 Tips For Setting Up The Writing Environment In Your Classroom Jan 30, 2022

Often when schools want to work on improving their students’ growth in writing they start by changing their teaching. (‘Something isn’t working- l...

3 Reasons Students Need To Publish Their Writing Aug 22, 2021

Something you may not know about me is I’m the esteemed author of ‘The Great Big, Enormous, Gigantic Banana.’

You may have heard about this ...

Strategies For Supporting Reluctant Writers Mar 14, 2021

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...

How to teach students to come up with ideas for writing

5 Teacher Tips For Overcoming "I Don't Know What To Write About" Feb 02, 2020

After spending all weekend working out the best way to teach a genre, locating the required resources and then executing the perfect minilesson, the...

things to do instead of writing about your holidays

5 Alternatives To The Dreaded “Write About Your Holidays” Prompt Jan 28, 2020

I once had a neighbour ask me about orienteering as she thought her son might like to give it a go. After giving her all the information about the n...

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