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 | Jul 22, 2019 | #WritingRocks
June’s #WritingRocks chat focused on Carolyn Steedman’s ‘The Tidy House’ and just so happened to fall on: #NationalWritingDay. The Tidy House first came out in 1982. The book The Tidy House was written as a group effort by Carla, Lindie and Melissa, three 8 year old...
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 | May 13, 2019 | #WritingRocks
This month’s #WritingRocks chat focused on contemporary psycholinguist Frank Smith’s ‘Joining the Literacy Club’. HUGE thanks to everyone who contributed to the whirlwind of practical suggestions on how to join the literacy club, in the spirit of Frank Smith,...
