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In this episode of “Murray Talks”, Dr Murray Gadd talks about issues pertaining to scheduling a writing programme, including: How regularly should my students be writing? How often should I be teaching writing to my students? What are the two principal components of a writing programme? It is supplemented by downloadable teacher notes. Scroll down … Read More

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In this episode of “Murray Talks”, Dr Murray Gadd talks about issues pertaining to the knowledge about writing, about what writers do and about their students as developing writers that teachers need to hold in order to be effective teachers of writing.  Questions teachers can reflect on as they work through this section: What knowledge … Read More

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In this episode of “Murray Talks”, Dr Murray Gadd considers the issues pertaining to the ‘expectations for achievement’ that an effective teacher of writing holds, and asks: What expectations should I hold? How might I develop these expectations? How might I communicate these expectations? It is supplemented by downloadable teacher notes. Scroll down for the … Read More

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