

Tip #4: Authentic audience
Image credit: cottonbro from Pexels Students tend to find many school-based writing tasks to be inauthentic and artificial (McCarthy,...
Oct 19, 20202 min read


Tip #3: Stop, collaborate and listen
Image credit: Fox from Pexels A student-centred approach to dialogue and feedback is key to helping young writers improve their craft....
Oct 19, 20203 min read


Tip #2: Keep it interesting
Image credit: Clear Light Bulb Placed on Chalkboard by Pixabay When students are given choice in their writing, their existing knowledge...
Oct 19, 20204 min read


Tip #1: Don't be a control freak - let the students run the show
Image credit: Julia M Cameron from Pexels Teacher-librarians are used to serving the needs of library users, as the library of the 21st...
Oct 19, 20202 min read


Start here: successful student-led writing groups
Image credit: Lisa Fotios from Pexels While teacher-librarians often focus their literacy work on literature promotion and reader...
Oct 19, 20202 min read