Students Write Now

The secrets of successful student-led writing groups

Oct 19, 2020
2 min

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, 2020
3 min

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, 2020
4 min

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, 2020
2 min

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, 2020
2 min

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...

ABOUT ME

I'm a teacher-librarian at an independent school in Brisbane. I am passionate about literature, multiliteracies and participatory culture. This blog is designed to share my knowledge about how to engage young people in student-led writing groups that tap into elements of youth popular culture to engage recreational writers.