by Elena | Mar 21, 2021 | #WritersByNight, Poetry
We have been exploring the words and pictures of the book Rain Before Rainbows to help children represent the changes of feelings during lockdown through metaphors linked to nature. This was the model I shared and edited with the children. The children then drew their...
by 1teacherandherbooks | Mar 7, 2021 | #WritersByNight, Poetry
I thought, on the eve of our return, I would share something I wrote back in May and was too scared to share. But, I’m grabbing the bull by the horns so to speak and, following the inspiration and feeling from last week’s Twitter chat, I’m sharing this. Although...
by HillWalker | Mar 7, 2021 | #WritersByNight, Memoir
This is a reflection, a first draft, of a very joyful memory of teaching. I am sure it will go through a number of versions as I continue to work on it over the next few months, or when the mood takes me. But I hope you enjoy this first version. THE JOY OF TEACHING:...
by andrewrough | Feb 28, 2021 | #WritersByNight, Fiction
This is a short story that I was inspired to write by Ben Harris after his recent #booksnearbedtime chat on Twitter. He had a question that was devilishly cruel and asked us which book we would choose if we had to give all of our books away but were allowed to choose...
by nicola | Feb 28, 2021 | #WritersByNight, #WritingRocks
This is the third in a series of #WritingRocks chats where we explore writer-teachers’ Examples of Practice published on the Writing for Pleasure Centre website. This month, experienced classroom teacher, Benjamin Harris, generously shares his experience of...
by Booklover2013 | Feb 24, 2021 | #WritersByNight, Food
One day Cat,Poppy,Cat’s brother and Digger went to a restrauant where they ordered pizia as they got it Poppy said can “I have it all?”. “No”, they said, so Poppy go angry so she threw the piziz at Cat. Then he got hold of pasta from a...
