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15 Oct 2021

Murray Talks Extending Gifted and Talented Writers

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In this episode of “Murray Talks”, we present ‘Extending Gifted and Talented Writers’. In every classroom there are students who could be defined as gifted and talented writers. These are students who not only independently and consistently produce high quality and engaging texts, but who are also highly motivated to write and share their writing … Read More

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9 Aug 2021

Murray Talks Literacy Across the Curriculum

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In this episode of “Murray Talks”, we present ‘Literacy Across the Curriculum’. The need to look at reading and writing together across the curriculum is guided by the Ministry of Education. Students need to do more than just read and write. They need to use their reading and writing to meet the demands of the … Read More

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6 Feb 2023

Shared Writing Lesson: The Man Who Walked Between The Towers

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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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1 May 2023

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

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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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30 Aug 2023

A Writing Workshop for Year 5-6 Students

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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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30 Aug 2023

A Sharing Session with Year 5-6 Students

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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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30 Aug 2023

A Writing Workshop for Year 1-2 Students

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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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30 Aug 2023

A Sharing Session with Year 1-2 Students

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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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6 Feb 2023

Shared Writing Lesson: Sunday Chutney

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In this session of “Working With Students”, Dr Murray Gadd conducts a shared writing lesson around the book “Sunday Chutney” By Aaron Blabey. This is a shared writing lesson that I undertake with a group of Year 4 students. It has been filmed to illustrate the instructional practices that I deem to be important in … Read More

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7 Aug 2022

Shared Writing Lesson: How Do You Feel – with NE-Year 1 students

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In this session of “Working With Students”, Dr Murray Gadd conducts a shared writing lesson around the book “How Do You Feel” by Anthony Browne. This is a shared writing lesson that I undertook with a group of NE-Year 1 students. It has been filmed to illustrate the instructional practices that I deem to be … Read More

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