The Writing Network Connect #6
Our Sixth Network Connect session
Term 3 2022
A key goal of the Think Forward Writing Network is to open a conversation about writing in the classroom, using research, trialled techniques, assessment and data collection.
Recording
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Read the blog post from convenors Jeanette Breen and Dr Nathaniel Swain and continue the discussion after the session!
Next time, join us for another Network Connect Session
In this free, dynamic Professional Learning and Networking opportunity we delved into the big ideas in writing as well as the incremental small steps that you can use in your classroom every day to make a difference to your students.
Do you accept that correct sentence structure is the building block of quality writing? Then you possibly have entered into a journey with grammar that feels like a road map of rules, terms, symbols and arrangements that are blasting cognitive load. While we know to teach grammar in context, we have to also understand that parts of grammar are sequential. We advocate for taking the time in your writing scope and sequence to focus on small aspects of grammar, cement it in working memory, practice it, retrieve it and then drop in opportunities for reference or application among all the other moments when students are writing. Read more and come along to writing network discussion!