by nicola | Oct 2, 2019 | #WritingRocks, The Writing Web
This overview of the principles and practices of pupil conferencing is based on a workshop I designed and lead at the first UKLA Writing for Pleasure conference in July 2018. Teachers celebrated and enriched their existing practice by: investigating approaches that...
by nicola | Aug 31, 2019 | #WritingRocks, The Writing Web
August’s #WritingRocks chat focused on Ralph Fletcher’s ‘The Writing Teacher’s Companion’. Please find responses to the four questions below, incorporating the threads of conversation provoked by quotations we posted in the weeks before the chat itself. BIG Thanks to...
by nicola | Aug 21, 2019 | #WritingRocks, The Writing Web
Special exhibition at the British Library until 27th August 2019. I was immersed for almost two hours this exhibition, following the journey of writing from hieroglyphs to emojis, when I visited earlier this Summer with my mum. We were lucky to find ourselves...
by nicola | Jun 18, 2019 | Fiction, The Writing Web
I visited one of The Writing Web creative writing groups a couple of weeks ago and PickledGherkins challenged us all to create a story outline, which we shared with the rest of the group. I loved my visit and would like to share the first part of my story here, where...
by nicola | Jun 1, 2019 | #WritingRocks, The Writing Web
This month’s chat focused on how the lessons from Donald H Graves’ ‘Writing: Teachers and Children at Work’ are reflected in and influence our classroom practice. HUGE thanks to everyone who contributed this month:...
by nicola | Apr 15, 2019 | #WritingRocks, The Writing Web
This year, I have chosen some of the key research that underpins @lit4pleasure’s Writing for Pleasure Manifesto to inform our monthly chats on Twitter. You can view the entire 2019 #WritingRocks schedule here. Last month, we kicked off the series of chats by...
