by nicola | Jun 20, 2020 | #WritersByNight, #WritingRocks
Do you teach young people to write? Do you write yourself? Do you ever share your writing process or outcomes with your class? This week, we launch #WritersByNight, a friendly online community where writer-teachers come together and support one another in their...
by nicola | Jun 17, 2020 | #WritingRocks
BIG thanks for your contributions: @lit4pleasure @TobiasHayden @BillyBeanWrites @BeckyMarie80 @navangovender1 @KirstieMS1 @lrwhaxby @Marcelavb3 It was an honour to have Peter Elbow join us via email. You can find comprehensive guidance on different aspects of...
by nicola | Jun 2, 2020 | #WritersByNight, #WritingRocks, Fiction
Martha in Year 8 at The John Roan School runs their Creative Writing Club and invited me to join their lunch time sessions, now that they’ve moved online. She gave us a 15 minute writing prompt, challenging us to personify the Corona Virus. I filled this page of my...
by nicola | May 4, 2020 | #WritingRocks
BIG thanks for your contributions: @one_to_read @lit4pleasure @Mrs_T_V @MrsSmanwar @Marcelavb3 @katehitchings1 @WymansWonders @yvo3 @SadiePhillips @melissacreate15 @TeachWriteEDU @one_to_read AND @JRJacobson HERSELF! Question 1 The teacher assigning the subject...
by nicola | Feb 19, 2020 | #WritingRocks
The first #WritingRocks chat of 2020 featured faces (old and new) reflecting honestly on how the messages in Margaret Meek’s ‘On Being Literate’ are reflected in and might inform our classroom practice. BIG thanks for your contributions:...
by nicola | Jan 20, 2020 | #WritingRocks
Our final #WritingRocks chat of 2019 focused on how some of the key messages in Michael Rosen’s succinct and practical handbook: ‘Writing for Pleasure’ are reflected in and might inform our practice. It was a lively and supportive Writing for Pleasure masterclass....
