Oz Lit Teacher Blog
Iâve noticed a worrying trend in schools latelyâŚÂ
With all the pressure to âcatch kids upâ, âprepare for the NAPLANâ, and ensure theyâre âimplementin...
Iâm 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...
Every writer has a 'writing history'.
This history is made up of all the positive and negative writing-related experiences weâve had in our lives.
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This post is dedicated to spreading the word about dyslexia. Â
Thereâs been a lot of progress made in this field since I was at university (and didnâ...
Itâs NAPLAN results time.
The time when teachers and leadership teams want to know how to improve their student data in the most efficient and effect...
I once participated in an online course for business owners that taught me more about the principles of effective teaching than anything about busines...
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In part 1 of my series on teaching students about the all-important âshow, donât tellâ strategy in writing, I introduced a helpful tool to assist s...
 In Michelle Obamaâs book, Becoming, she mentions a motto she and Barrack used when dealing with the low acts of the opposition: âWhen they go low...
Iâm in the middle of running the Writing Traits Masterclass at the moment (and LOVING it!) and Iâve had lots of questions about planning for genre
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