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In this episode of ‘Building Excitement, Motivation and Achievement in Writing with Dr Murray Gadd’, we watch Murray reading and writing from “Snake Brought Cake” by Sam Snith with illustrations by Daron Parton. This video is primarily aimed at Year 2 – 4 students.  “Snake Brought Cake” – Purpose: The purpose for this lesson is … Read More

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In this episode of ‘Building Excitement, Motivation and Achievement in Writing with Dr Murray Gadd’, we watch Murray reading and writing from “Midmost Marvin” by Callan Goodall with illustrations by Shaun Yeo. This video is primarily aimed at Year 5 – 8 students.  “Midmost Marvin” – Purpose: The purpose for this lesson is to explore … Read More

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In this episode of ‘Building Excitement, Motivation and Achievement in Writing with Dr Murray Gadd’, we watch Murray reading and writing from “Pearl In a Whirl” by Catherine Robertson. This video is primarily aimed at Year 4 – 8 students.  Scroll down for the video or click here “Pearl In a Whirl” – Purpose: The … Read More

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In this episode of ‘Building Excitement, Motivation and Achievement in Writing with Dr Murray Gadd’, we watch Murray planning and beginning the writing of a narrative using a resource called Plot-a-Chart that he has devised.   The activity can be done with Year 1 students (with the whole class and obviously modelled at their level) right … Read More

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In this episode of ‘Building Excitement, Motivation and Achievement in Writing with Dr Murray Gadd’, we watch Murray reading and writing from “Could a Shark Do Gymnastics” by Aleksei Bitskoff & Camilla de la Bedoyere. This video is primarily aimed at Year 2 – 6 students.  Scroll down for the video or click here “Could … Read More

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In this episode of ‘Building Excitement, Motivation and Achievement in Writing with Dr Murray Gadd’, we watch Murray reading and writing from “SuperMum” by Leah Russack. This video is primarily aimed at NE-Year 1 students.  Scroll down for the video or click here “SuperMum” – Purpose: The purpose for this lesson is to write about … Read More

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In this episode of ‘Building Excitement, Motivation and Achievement in Writing with Dr Murray Gadd’, we watch Murray reading and writing from “My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes” by Eve Sutton. This video is primarily aimed at Year 1 – 3 students.  Scroll down for the video or click here “My Cat Likes to … Read More

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In this episode of ‘Building Excitement, Motivation and Achievement in Writing with Dr Murray Gadd’, we watch Murray reading and writing from “Stack the Cats” by Susie Ghahremani. This video is primarily aimed at NE (and possibly Year 1) students.  Scroll down for the video or click here “Stack the Cats” – Purpose: The purpose … Read More

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In this episode of ‘Building Excitement, Motivation and Achievement in Writing with Dr Murray Gadd’, we watch Murray reading and writing from “Max” by Bob Graham. This video is primarily aimed at Year 1 – 3 students.  Scroll down for the video or click here “Max” – Purpose: The purpose for this lesson is to … Read More

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In this episode of ‘Building Excitement, Motivation and Achievement in Writing with Dr Murray Gadd’, we watch Murray reading and writing from “Angelica Sprocket’s Pockets” by Quentin Blake. This video is primarily aimed at Year 2 – 6 students.  Scroll down for the video or click here “Angelica Sprocket’s Pockets” – Purpose: The purpose for … Read More

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