Oz Lit Teacher Blog
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...
Every writer has a 'writing history'.
This history is made up of all the positive and negative writing-related experiences weāve had in our lives.
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This post is dedicated to spreading the word about dyslexia.Ā Ā
Thereās been a lot of progress made in this field since I was at university (and didnā...
Itās 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 āshow, donāt tellā strategy in writing, I introduced a helpful tool to assist s...
Ā In Michelle Obamaās book, Becoming, she mentions a motto she and Barrack used when dealing with the low acts of the opposition: āWhen they go low...
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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