Revisit (or Learn) the Theory
Preparing for a class? Watch a 10 minute theory video the week (or night) before, to reinforce the key points of the lesson ahead. You could even watch them in weekly staff meetings for short training sessions!
Reclaim Your Time
Lessons, templates, activities and games at your fingertips – access over 150 resources you can print and use in your classroom instantly. Grab a writing prompt or an entire lesson – all from one spot.
Get Inspired to Inspire Others
Feel inspired to share the Seven Steps with your students. Look forward to writing classes, and ignite your passion for writing. Explore expert insights into communicating, storytelling and writing.
Learn All About the Ultimate Support for Teachers
Create engaging classrooms where students learn to love writing and become lifelong communicators.
To your students, you’re the expert…
but even experts need support! All the answers you need to unlock your students’ writing potential on Seven Steps Online.
Learn the Seven Steps
Learn or re-learn the theory of a single Step through a quick 7 to 12 minute video. Then download a set of resources to scaffold your next writing lesson.
Narrative Training Videos & Resources
Narrative writing is all about connecting with others. When a reader finishes a story, you want them to laugh or cry – or even sigh in wonder or despair! With 9 training videos and over 110 downloadable resources on narrative writing, explore exactly how authors invoke emotion and how to teach it to your students.
Persuasive Training Videos & Resources
Persuasive writing aims to present an idea to the reader and persuade them to agree with the writer’s point of view. Developing a strong ability to persuade is a crucial life skill for all students. Deconstruct the ethos, logos, and pathos of persuasion as well as other critical writing elements with 9 training videos and over 80 additional resources.
Persuasive Training Videos & Resources
Persuasive writing aims to present an idea to the reader and persuade them to agree with the writer’s point of view. Developing a strong ability to persuade is a crucial life skill for all students. Deconstruct the ethos, logos, and pathos of persuasion as well as other critical writing elements with 9 training videos and over 80 additional resources.
Informative Training Videos & Resources
Informative writing tries to conveys information accurately. The writer’s aim is to increase the reader’s knowledge, to help the reader better understand a procedure or process, or to increase the reader’s comprehension of a concept. So you shouldn’t use creative techniques right? Wrong! Show your students how with 17 videos and more than 50 resources tailored to specific informative text types including; factual recounts, reports, interviews and news articles.
Our whole school Seven Steps Online licence has been invaluable in up-skilling our staff (many beginning teachers) with the tools to use Seven Steps in the classroom. We have used the online course in a variety of ways at staff meeting PD sessions and teachers are able to access the information again, whenever they want.
– Lynn, Master Teacher
Our whole school Seven Steps Online licence has been invaluable in up-skilling our staff (many beginning teachers) with the tools to use Seven Steps in the classroom. We have used the online course in a variety of ways at staff meeting PD sessions and teachers are able to access the information again, whenever they want.
– Lynn, Master Teacher
Teach with the Ultimate Resource Library
Search, download and print the perfect resource for any writing lesson. Have the freedom to quickly download other activities and tools for additional scaffolding or fast finishers.
INTRODUCE IT
Classroom Powerpoints
Introduce the key concepts for each Step to your students using the Classroom PowerPoints, which include both theory and activities.
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TEACH IT
Lesson Plans
Teach the Seven Steps techniques using the Explicit Teaching Model with these sample Lesson Plans which include links to both the Australian Curriculum and NAPLAN requirements.
PRACTISE IT
Activities
Practise each Step using writing prompts, short Action Activities and writing Challenge Cards, which consolidate students’ understanding and gives students more opportunities to build muscle memory.
MASTER IT
+13 Unique Resource Types
Discover every students’ true potential by taking the complexity out of writing. With over 150 resources to model, scaffold, plan, play, assess and reward, the Ultimate Resource Library has everything teachers need to take their students’ writing to their next level.
Sample Chatterbox Template to help generate ideas.
Plan and Assess with ease
PLAN
Curriculum Matrix
Simple and clear alignment to the Australian Curriculum broken down into Steps and pointing directly to the relevant pages in the teaching manuals.
Curriculum Matrix Extract (Year 2)
NAPLAN Preparation
Learn how the Seven Steps techniques relate to the various aspects of the NAPLAN assessment and how to improve students’ writing results.
Sample NAPLAN and Sizzling Starts PowerPoint
ASSESS
Seven Steps Assessment
Marking Guides that allow teachers to provide focused feedback and ensure consistency.
Track Your Success
Track, analyse and report on student progress with simple yet powerful spreadsheets.
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Inspire Great Writing
Learn theories, share lessons and run activities designed by writers, literacy leaders and experts.
Author Insights
Real world writers, authors and creatives;
- Share their tips on amazing writing from personal experience
- Explore insights into the Seven Steps theory
- Answer your questions on writing, literacy and the Seven Steps.
Author Insights
Real world writers, authors and creatives;
- Share their tips on amazing writing from personal experience
- Explore insights into the Seven Steps theory
- Answer your questions on writing, literacy and the Seven Steps.
NAPLAN Insights
Seven Steps creator Jen McVeity sits the 2017 NAP test for writing. In a series of short videos, Jen explains what she learned from the test, where she lost marks, and what strategies she would recommend for students tackling these tests in future.
A Step Above Blog
The Members’ Blog gives you exclusive ideas and inspiration from the Seven Steps team to help keep up the momentum in your classroom.
A Step Above Blog
The Members’ Blog gives you exclusive ideas and inspiration from the Seven Steps team to help keep up the momentum in your classroom.
Having completed the Workshop and subsequently the Coaches Course, this writing program has changed the way I teach writing and I now see the evidence that it makes an enormous difference to the way my students write. Every teacher should be teaching writing this way. The online resources are great and continue to inspire my teaching.
– Rita Renwick, Key Literacy Teacher
Having completed the Workshop and subsequently the Coaches Course, this writing program has changed the way I teach writing and I now see the evidence that it makes an enormous difference to the way my students write. Every teacher should be teaching writing this way. The online resources are great and continue to inspire my teaching.
– Rita Renwick, Key Literacy Teacher
How will Seven Steps Online help my school?
Consolidate the learning after the fast and furious training
Help your literacy leaders and coaches roll-out the Seven Steps school-wide
Bring new teachers up to speed – quickly
Refresh your knowledge!
“Seven Steps has transformed my teaching of writing and my students learning of writing. The online resources and community have been invaluable. It keeps lesson ideas fresh and focused and has helped to keep me on track with the program in my classroom after the training.”
Learn the theory, then shape your classrooms from planning to teaching to assessment
Help your literacy leaders and coaches roll-out the Seven Steps school-wide
Perfect for remote and international schools who can’t attend training
“Before the Seven Steps I was unsure of how to approach writing and had absolutely no confidence. I was teaching the class Persuasive Texts and followed the Seven Steps, using the resources every day in the lead up to Naplan. I would have had no idea how to structure my program without the Seven Steps.”
– Jennifer Cotham, Year 5 Teacher
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Seven Steps Online?
Seven Steps Online is the ultimate support tool for teachers in writing and designed for all teachers F-10.
There are 5 main areas it focuses on:
Learn
Choose how you learn the Seven Steps theory! You can access the narrative and persuasive theory videos online, or experience it in person at a Seven Steps Workshop or School PD.
Plan
Plan your lessons, projects and year of writing with these resources that link the Seven Steps to the Australian Curriculum.
Teach
Search for Action Activities, Lesson Plans, Exemplars, Templates, PowerPoints, Writing Prompts and much, much more. Find resources that will transform any ordinary writing lesson into a Seven Steps one, instantly!
Assess
Implement simple assessment practices with powerful resources that will help you track progress and provide actionable feedback to your students.
Inspire
The Seven Steps are everywhere. Explore the real world and inspire students to be passionate about communicating their beliefs, thoughts and stories.
Explore exactly what’s available with a free 10-day trial.
How does your 'Get Summer For Free' offer work?
We want to help you and your teachers get ready for 2020! So sign up for a Seven Steps Online School Licence before 30 November 6 December, and you’ll get up to 8 weeks of a school licence (worth up to $365) for free. This means every teacher in your school will have access to the hundreds of online training videos, downloadable resources and planning tools to get ready for their 2020 writing classroom.
Sign up by 30 November 6 December, then once we’ve received all of your teachers’ details, we’ll get you all set up. Your membership will then automatically renew on 1 February 2021, but don’t worry, we’ll give you plenty of notice before that happens!
Note that this offer only applies to School Licences purchased from 19 to 30 November to 6 December 2019. It does not apply to individual memberships.
I’ve attended a Seven Steps event, can I log into the membership side of the website?
Seven Steps Online is a stand-alone resource for teachers and schools wanting to use the Seven Steps.
Schools are able to bundle it with their PD package and receive 15% off the first year’s subscription. Learn more at: www.sevenstepswriting.com/packages/
Individual memberships can also be purchased by classroom teachers. However, please note this membership is not for Coaches, leaders or HoCs and is designed to be used by a single classroom. Please read the Terms and Conditions carefully for full details.
Seven Steps Online vs. the Tool Kit and Manuals. What's the difference?
While Seven Steps Online contains everything you and your school needs to unlock the power of the Seven Steps, the Tool Kits and Manuals offer another option for teachers who prefer things in hard copy.
One of the most important things when implementing change in a school is to make it simple for each and every teacher. The printed resources, therefore, offer a way for those who prefer to quickly find resources, activities or lessons from a hard copy book. However, these resources are specifically designed to supplement a School PD, Workshop, Coaches Course or Seven Steps Online’s theory videos rather than providing development for teachers.
We’re also dedicated to continuously providing new and inspiring content to our online members. As we try, test and discover what resources teachers like, we will continue to develop more and more resources for Seven Steps Online.
