The Reading–Writing Connection:

Details

Date: Term 3 date TBC
Time: TBC
Duration: 45min
Cost: Free

Who is this webinar for?

• Classroom teachers
• School leaders
• Literacy coordinators
• Principals
• Librarians
• Any educator looking to improve student writing

You’ll learn how to:

• teach students to read like a writer and write like a reader
• make your students’ writing stronger and richer
• boost student creativity and literacy skills.

About

Research shows that an integrated approach to reading and writing instruction has great benefits for both students and teachers. Join us at this dynamic, interactive workshop to find out how to ensure that the symbiotic relationship between reading and writing is alive and well in your classroom.

We’ll show you how Seven Steps to Writing Success helps students:

• read like a writer – understand and respond to texts by analysing the techniques authors use, such as vocabulary, text features, language devices, voice and style
• write like a reader – create texts that engage the reader by applying the techniques professional writers use.

You’ll finish the session excited to explore the techniques authors use in existing texts and then get students experimenting with those techniques to supercharge their own writing.

Includes 3 activities to run back in your classroom – based on the 2025 National Simultaneous Storytime book: The Truck Cat written by Deborah Frenkel.

Presenter: Pina Sernio

Now a passionate Teacher Librarian, Pina has taught Prep to Year 6 in some of the toughest and some of the best schools in both Catholic and private education. With over 32 years of experience working within the education sector, Pina has used her mathematical and creative capabilities to teach an eclectic range of subjects including art, PE, drama, maths and of course, literacy.