Boo! It’s time to get your scare on: hello, Halloween! Many of us love to dress up for Halloween, but it’s also the perfect time to go beyond spooky sartorial choices and explore your students’ writing creativity. These five Halloween writing activities will help your students create a creepy tale or two. 1. Picture Writing…
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How to create a fun daily writing activity that students love!
Repetition makes muscle memory. Which is why daily writing is so important – the more your students practise brainstorming, planning and writing, the ‘stronger’ they’ll become. But we all know we can’t ask students to write a full story every day. It’s just too much! Instead, focus on one skill at a time and introducing…
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Facts can be as fun as fiction: improving informative writing
So, what is informative writing? At its simplest, any text that seeks to ‘inform’. This includes a fabulous variety of things like: reports emails documentaries news articles sports reports science experiments even things like the description of how a fridge works! In this wonderful digital era, texts are completely multimodal – they can be written,…
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The Educator Hot List 2019: Seven Steps Creator named for the fourth year running!
It’s official! Seven Steps creator and CEO, Jen McVeity has been named in The Educator’s 2019 Hot List for the fourth year in-a-row! The Educator is one of the most renowned Australian publications for senior educational professionals and decision-makers. This lists highlights the outstanding work and research in the name of ensuring students have the…
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