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I’m currently reading a fabulous biography on the life, times and writing of Banjo Patterson. I loved Banjo’s poems as a child and was thrilled to nab...

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...

Are you looking for a class writing project for the last few weeks of school?

I have the perfect mentor text and writing project for you!

The men...

Recently I published a post introducing the ‘show, don’t tell’ writing strategy. I talked about what the strategy is and why writers should use it, an...

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