for inspiration and ideas
for inspiration and ideas
Includes: a template and exemplar
Focus: vocabulary building
Includes: a collection of fun writing ideas for the beginning of the year
Focus: holiday memories and getting to know students
Includes: a desk and table mat template and exemplar
Focus: introducing students and setting goals
Includes: a template and two exemplars
Focus: reflecting on the year and recording interesting learnings
Includes: a template with six kindness coupons
Focus: showing gratitude and fostering generosity
Includes: two elaboration prompts posters
Focus: supporting students to explain their thinking and add detail to their ideas
Includes: a three page resource containing activities for using the Question dice and Detail dice.
Focus: questioning and identifying evidence in texts, and adding detail to writing
Includes: a Partner-check card for junior students
Focus: editing writing
Includes: a publishing mobile template and student exemplar
Focus: publishing writing
Includes: retelling talking strips at two levels in te reo Māori
Focus: retelling
Includes: PDF of printable tiles for narrative retelling
Focus: narrative retelling
Includes: ideas for different ways to retell a story
Focus: narrative retelling
Includes: a template and an exemplar
Focus: creating meaning using a selection of random words
Includes: a Word-building template and an exemplar
Focus: adding affixes to base words
Includes: Venn diagram template and two exemplars
Focus: comparing and contrasting
Includes: a template with 3 bookmarks
Focus: to review and recommend books
Focus: generating and organising ideas and words
Focus: a post-holiday Quick Write activity
Focus: improving opening sentences through the introduction of a student support resource
Focus: using similes and metaphors to create a poem about the moon
Focus: vocabulary development
Focus: vocabulary development
Focus: writing activity idea to support students get to know their classmates
Focus: using conversation prompts to encourage student-talk in the classroom
Focus: an activity to support students to generate ideas for writing
Focus: generating words
Focus: an activity idea to support inferencing
Focus: Harry Potter-related ideas
Focus: using engaging images and videos as motivation for writing
Focus: writing a story in six sentences
Focus: providing opportunities for students to practise speaking and listening skills in the context of an everyday conversation
Focus: using interesting and thought-provoking images to motivate students for writing
Focus: Diwali-themed resources
Focus: anti-bullying-themed writing ideas
Focus: Christmas-themed writing ideas
Focus: writing an introduction to a narrative
Focus: poetry writing
Focus: Father's Day and Mother's Day writing ideas
Focus: organisation tips and ideas to support students with news sharing
Focus: tips and strategies for establishing groupings that promote student talk in the classroom
Focus: writing book organisation ideas
Focus: introducing and establishing self-check and partner-check routines
Focus: providing students with easy access to writing tools and supports, available in The Writing Book
Focus: clever classroom writing resource organisation tips
Focus: home-school oral language activity ideas
Focus: supporting students with turn-taking
Focus: encouraging students to ask questions
Focus: book reviews
Focus: using digital resources for shared reading with middle and senior students
Focus: supporting older students to discuss and generate ideas around current environmental topics
Focus: creating a vocabulary display that could support students to use more descriptive words in their writing
Using funny animal images to warm students up for writing
Focus: generating ideas, sentences, words, spelling, punctuation, editing
Focus: shared reading, note-taking and creative writing
Using simple props to support oral language development
Focus: retelling known stories
Useful links and resources to support The Reading Book
Includes: a note-taking poster
Focus: explicitly teaching students note-taking skills
Focus: using picture books to support students to develop interesting setting descriptions
Focus: using current events and clever inventions to motivate students for writing
Focus: Anzac Day-themed writing
Focus: Quick Write activity to support students to generate interesting ideas
A fluency phone, also referred to as a whisper phone or phonics phone, is a self-amplifying device.
Focus: using a fluency phone to support students during writing self-checks
Focus: publishing and celebrating students' work in interesting ways
Focus: using a publishing template to celebrate and share writing
Focus: developing vocabulary
Developing general knowledge and providing ideas for writing through non-fiction video clips
Focus: using current events and themes to motivate students for writing
Focus: using a TED-Ed clip to support students to generate ideas for writing, using a range of text types
Focus: using drama to explore characters in more depth
Focus: poetry writing
Includes: a writing lesson plan, YouTube video link and two video talk strips (for juniors and seniors)
Focus: describing an event from the perspective of a character
Partner discussion activity
Focus: working in pairs to generate ideas or vocabulary on a topic
Creative writing prompts for older students
Focus: using creative writing prompts to motivate students for a Quick Write activity
Useful links and resources to support The Writing Book
Using personal experiences to motivate students
Focus: poetry
Using images of trees to motivate students for writing
Focus: using 'ed' and 'ing' verbs in a speed writing activity
Using a video to motivate students for writing
Focus: to write a report and to use descriptive vocabulary
Useful links and resources to support The Oral Language Book
Focus: providing students with opportunities to publish and illustrate their writing
Using a video to motivate students for writing
Focus: to develop word consciousness, write a factual description, develop note-taking skills or write a report
Drawing inspiration from unexpected visitors
Focus: using photos of unexpected visitors to develop a Quick Write activity or a narrative writing lesson
Includes: a two talking strips
Focus: oral presentations
Includes: two writing templates (junior/senior version) and a senior example
Focus: descriptive writing
Includes: a lesson plan (slide presentation)
Focus: adding details
Includes: a YouTube video link and a student exemplar
Focus: providing motivation for writing
Includes: a lesson plan and student exemplar poems about mum and dad
Focus: poetry
Includes: two writing/publishing templates
Focus: writing a four sentence/paragraph recount
Includes: a super sentence book cover, page and student exemplar
Focus: reviewing and improving a sentence
Includes: drama activity cards/poster
Focus: using drama to enhance speaking and listening
Includes: Self-check and Partner-check signs
Focus: designating time for self-checks and partner-checks during writing
Includes: an adjective word wheel
Focus: synonyms for big, small, fun and nice
Includes: a display resource
Focus: establishing clear criteria for emergent and early writers
Includes: two retelling talking strips
Focus: retelling
Includes: a lesson plan and two prompts (for juniors and seniors)
Focus: creating hook sentences
Includes: a lesson plan (slide presentation), prompt cards and wall display pack
Focus: building complex sentences by adding conjunctions
Includes: a lesson plan, YouTube video link, student planning sheet and exemplar
Focus: structuring and ordering events in a narrative (story)
Includes: a lesson plan, supporting images and a student exemplar
Focus: talking and writing about personal experiences
Includes: a lesson plan and a student exemplar
Focus: providing a shared experience for writing
Includes: a lesson plan, two exemplars (written and published)
Focus: activating memories and writing descriptively
Includes: a writing template, a completed example and a follow-up Quick Write lesson plan
Focus: labelling and writing an explanation
Includes: a lesson plan and two student exemplars
Focus: writing reviews
Includes: a poster and an information sheet
Focus: grouping students
Includes: an anchor chart for early writers in Cook Island Māori
Focus: Adding details to writing
Includes: two templates (for planning and writing) and a completed example
Focus: labelling and writing an explanation
Includes: two versions of the conversation prompt chart presented in The Oral Language Book and The Reading Book
Focus: to support whole-class, group or partner discussions
