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Keys – Writing Launch Year 5-6: (Descriptive Writing)

In this session of “Working With Students”, Dr Murray Gadd discusses “Keys” by Sacha Cotter – in a Shared Writing session for Year 5-6: (Descriptive Writing) This is a launch that I undertook with a class of Year 5-6 students.  It has been filmed to illustrate the main steps of a writing launch that I … Read More

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Keys – Shared Writing Year 5-6: (Descriptive Writing)

In this session of “Working With Students”, Dr Murray Gadd discusses “Keys” by Sascha Cotter – in a Shared Writing session for Year 5-6: (Descriptive Writing) This is a shared writing lesson that I undertake with a group of six Year 5-6 students while other students are writing independently around the classroom.  Note that two … Read More

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The Rain Cycle – Writing Launch Year 5-6: (explanation writing)

In this session of “Working With Students”, Dr Murray Gadd launches a shared writing session about The Rain Cycle for Year 5-6: (Explanation Writing) This is a launch that I undertook with a class of Year 5-6 students.  It has been filmed to illustrate the main steps of a writing launch that I deem to … Read More

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The Rain Cycle – Shared Writing Year 5-6: (explanation writing)

In this session of “Working With Students”, Dr Murray Gadd runs a Shared Writing session for Year 5-6: (Descriptive Writing) This is a launch that I undertook with a class of Year 5-6 students.  It has been filmed to illustrate the main steps of a writing launch that I deem to be important in getting … Read More

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Shared Writing Lesson: The Man Who Walked Between The Towers

In this session of “Working With Students”, Dr Murray Gadd conducts a shared writing lesson around the book “The Man Who Walked Between The Towers” By Mordecai Gerstein. This is a shared writing lesson that I undertake with a group of Year 7-8 students.  It has been filmed to illustrate the instructional practices that I … Read More

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Shared Writing Lesson: Writing a recipe for a revolting Christmas cake

In this session of “Working With Students”, Dr Murray Gadd conducts a shared writing lesson “Writing a recipe for a revolting Christmas cake”, based around the book “The Rascally Cake” by Jeanne Willis. This is a shared writing lesson that I undertook with a group of Year 2 students.  It has been filmed to illustrate … Read More

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A Writing Workshop for Year 5-6 Students

This is a writing workshop based on Our Granny by Margaret Wild. I undertook this workshop with a group of Year 5-6 students.  I had previously led a sharing session with these same students on their Our Granny writing.   The aim of the workshop was for the teacher to provide instruction to the group around … Read More

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A Sharing Session with Year 5-6 Students

This is a sharing session based on Our Granny by Margaret Wild. I undertook this workshop with a group of Year 5-6 students.  The aim of the session was for each student to:  have an opportunity to share their text with the teacher and other students get an opportunity to receive a response from others (including … Read More

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A Writing Workshop for Year 1-2 Students

This is a writing workshop based on How Do You Feel? by Anthony Browne I undertook this workshop with a group of Year 1-2 students.  I had previously led a sharing session with these same students on their How Do You Feel? writing.   The aim of the workshop was for the teacher to provide instruction … Read More

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A Sharing Session with Year 1-2 Students

This is a sharing session that I undertook with  group of Year 1-2 students.  The aim of the session was for each student to:  have an opportunity to share their text with the teacher and other students get an opportunity to receive a response from others (including the teacher) about their text be encouraged to … Read More

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