How is your research going?

This is a series of activities I moved through with the tutorial group in Year 7E. I created the booklet from the documents that all teachers use in the Information Writing and Oral Presentation unit, together with a small group focus to incorporate the direction the classroom teachers decided to take within the unit. Highlighting … Read more

Year 7 Autobiographical Writing

What's your story as a stimulus question

In this unit, students are enabled to learn about the following outcomes. Scattered memories into paragraphs Julius begins to flesh out his own stories A ‘cold ‘ reading of Roald Dahl’s Boy Ezekia tells his story, and I challenge him to remember feelings as well as happenings. Shane goes from mind mapping to writing his … Read more

Year 7 Information Writing and Oral Presentation

Learning Intentions: We are learning about informative texts  Success Criteria: The Initial Plan The organisation of the Year 7 unit for tutorial participants was as follows” Focusing on a philosophical discussion The Year 7 tutorial groups were given the following ‘broadsheets’ to discuss the features of information texts. For instance, how the essential assumption in … Read more

How should you respond to what you read?

Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies. We devour novels, films, and plays. Even sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. It’s easy to say that humans are “wired” for story, but why? …Jonathan Gottschall offers the first unified theory … Read more

Character Insights

The following sentences and paragraphs are written from one of Tim Winton’s Blueback (2008) characters’ points of view. The name of the student writer is shown in (brackets).

A Fantastic View Of Human Learning

Phrases like “That’s a fantastic result”! and “Fantastic work!” trumpet high praise for students in our classrooms. What is the meaning behind those praises and ‘the fantastic’ in general as a creator of learning experiences? This is how I see it.

Yr 9 Text Response

Welcome 9E Tutor Group. On this page you’ll find what work you’ve learned and what you can look forward to learning about even more.