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Welcome! 

​All About Writers is an education consultancy in Canberra dedicated to writing classes being All About Writers.

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We want to not only raise the quality of student writing and classroom teaching, but also the love of writing for students and teachers. Our focus on writers who think and make decisions, who choose what to write about and learn how to write well about it through process and craft. 

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Our aim is to make build the capacity of teachers and leaders across the ACT who will then lead from within their schools and take their knowledge to other schools. Our pedagogical approach is not new or revolutionary, but we offer a way to implement this great practice and support teachers and students. 

Let's get here!

Assigning Writing

  • Give a topic for writing

  • Teach text types, focused on structure

  • Ask students to sit and write 'cold'

  • Consider first drafts published pieces

  • Assess what has not been explicitly taught

  • Make the decisions for the writers

  • Do the editing

  • Read finished pieces and offer comments

Teaching Writing

  • Assign the genre for a piece

  • Give thorough revisions for a piece

  • Give feedback in the first draft

  • Grade specific skills that have been taught for a piece

  • Confer about the topic of writing

  • Find genre-specific mentor texts for a specific piece

  • Provide specific points for revision or editing

Teaching Writers

  • Help students find a genre or form that fits their idea

  • Help students make long-term writing plans

  • Confer about growth from piece to piece

  • Encourage students to revisit old pieces with new learning and perspective

  • Incorporate mentor texts for multiple moves

  • Incorporate reflection

  • Assess skills you have taught across all units

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