Evidence-based practices for teaching writing – which ones do your teachers use?
Any school focusing on improving outcomes in writing would do well as a staff to read the article by Amy Gillespie and Steve Graham http://education.jhu.edu/newhorizons/Better/articles/Winter2011.html...
View ArticleWhat do teachers really want from professional learning on writing?
Preparing students to be 21st century learners has increased the focus on writing, not decreased it as some pundits have suggested. The internet with email, twitter and blogs as well as text messaging...
View ArticleA night with Poet E.A.Gleeson – Recipe for Inspiration
Inspiration to serve many INGREDIENTS You need: An eclectic group of people A handful looking for ideas A few already dabbling in poetry and wanting to learn more A measure enjoying connecting to a...
View ArticleKnowing and supporting yourself as a teacher of writing.
We work hard to support our students as writers with evidenced based best practice for teaching writing. There are many convincing reasons why teachers should write so I am wondering how you go about...
View ArticleBendigo Writer’s Festival
This weekend Anne and I had the pleasure of attending Bendigo’s first Writer’s Festival. We signed up weeks earlier upon seeing the line up in the paper. What sane reader or writer would ever miss the...
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Improving Student Writing
Students in my class have recently been involved in an investigation on Information Reports. They started by writing (what they thought was) an information report about the school before we started...
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