As my first year back teaching draws to a close, it’s been a pleasure to re-visit this end of year writing unit designed to consolidate student writing skills. Our Country […]

How to strengthen your identity as a writer? Consider this writing exercise that is a combination of an old favourite, and the use of two quotes from an Into English […]

Since Term 2, I have been researching and writing a teaching resource on the work of Shaun Tan (scheduled to be released on the NSW DoE site in 2022) with […]

Since school shifted from Level 2 to full lockdown two weeks ago, my Year 10 class began a new uint of work: Conceptual Study of Poetry. Deb Westbury was an […]

While studying Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew with my Year 11 Advanced class, we explored different perspectives of the lead roles: Petruchio and Katherina. Students readily identify the inherent […]

In exploration of Paris for Year 11 Narratives that Shape our World we considered how this exotic city is represented in two texts: Ernest Hemingway’s memoir A Movable Feast, and […]

As part of the Year 9 unit on Imagining the World of Shaun Tan, and as preparation for NAPLAN, I introduced the form of ekphrastic poetry as one way to […]

Following this afternoon’s presentation on Reflective Writing and Teachers as Writers, for the NSW Department of Education Statewide Virtual Staff Meeting, I thought it might be useful to mention some […]

Character development can be enhanced when students write ‘what you know’ in taking their character out into the world. As characters are revealed through their actions and interactions, dialogue and […]

Using writing strategies that are important elements in my writer’s toolbox, my senior English Advanced class engaged with a popular text from the ‘Changing’ stimulus (HSC 2001 and 2002). In […]