A Step-by-Step Plan for Teaching Argumentative Writing

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The Elementary Good Work Toolkit The Elementary Toolkit is a work in progress. To access our most updated draft, click here! Despite the versatility of the Good Work Toolkit, one space to which it was not immediately adaptable was the elementary classroom. Mentor Texts: The What, Why and Where - Oz Lit Teacher Narissa Leung We’ve just moved houses and, after living in a rental house with a complete mishmash of furniture (like uni students who haven’t really even grown up), my husband and I have decided to try our hand at living like proper grown-ups by getting ourselves some matching furniture. Unfortunately, neither of us have any interior design skills so it’s going to be a long and potentially arduous process for us (despite how many episodes of The Block we’ve watched). Our first step has been to seek out examples of styling designs we like. We’ve realised that there are some that float our boat and others that certainly don’t suit our style (I’m looking at you Hollywood Glam).

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3 reasons students need to publish their writing - Oz Lit Teacher Narissa Leung Something you may not know about me is I’m the esteemed author of ‘The Great Big, Enormous, Gigantic Banana.’ You may have heard about this book’s famously oversized front cover- cleverly fitted with a fold out flap in the shape of a banana (complete with dark parts representing the bruises). I’ll fess up here and tell you that this book didn’t make the Book Week awards but, thanks to Mrs Brown’s talent spotting skills, it did get me selected as my school’s only representative at the region’s Young Writer’s Conference when I was in year 2. I still remember the feeling of proudly brandishing my carefully contacted book as I read its contents aloud to my fellow writers at the conference.

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Ohio Leadership Advisory Council * Recently Updated * This newly updated module explores various ways that educators create, adapt, adopt, and modify curriculum. It addresses many relevant topics, including: Standards – what they are and how to use them.Learning progressions.High expectations and depth of knowledge.Extended learning standards.Textbooks as curriculum guides.Curriculum development, especially backwards design. This module aligns with: Using Scaffolds to Support Students in the Writing Process A scaffold is a support structure to ensure each student reaches the learning target and/or completes a task or project that you have assigned to them. Scaffolds are not only best practice for students with disabilities and/or English learners, but also for each student who needs them. According to Collaborative Classrooms: