The Situation You want your students to write under timed conditions. The Solution Eventually, students need to sit exams. It is a sad, sad true, but one they will need to face eventually. Writing is not just a mental skill, but a physical skill. It requires the capacity to focus for long periods of time … Continue reading WRITING PROMPT OF THE WEEK
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Formulating Ideas: Sentence Starters
The Situation Your students find it difficult to begin their writing. The Solution Sentence starters are a necessary part of the writing process and getting students to be success with showcasing their ideas. Some students may find it difficult to generate the ideas that have in their mind into a response on the page. While … Continue reading Formulating Ideas: Sentence Starters
Show, Don’t Tell
The Situation Your students tend to tell, instead of showing the reader. The Solution Show, don't tell is a classic mantra for writing. For example, Instead of saying Ethan hates going to school, a more effective and interesting piece of characterisation might be For the third day in a row, Ethan screwed up his worksheet … Continue reading Show, Don’t Tell
Rally Robin
AITSL STANDARD :3.3 - Use teaching strategies Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem solving and critical and creative thinking. The Situation You want your students to develop a list of ideas or responses. The Solution When writing a narrative, it is beneficial that students write a list of adjectives to … Continue reading Rally Robin
Do Now Activity!
The Do Now Activity is just that: an activity that students complete after walking into the classroom. The activity must be obvious to the student and they should be able to do it with minimal instruction from the teacher. You might like to let them get started immediately, or give them a 10 second snapshot of the task. Either way, it has to be obvious and straightforward.
The English Classroom 