Building Excitement, Engagement & Achievement in Writing with Dr Murray Gadd
In this section we present videos of Dr Murray Gadd working directly with groups of students on diverse aspects of the writing process. These shared writing lesson videos are being made to supplement and illustrate the points highlighted in a range of 'Murray Talks' videos that are also complimented by a number of Videos Lessons that teachers can refer to for lesson planning.
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Accompanying each video is a written transcript of the session, including subtitles (so you can analyse my interactions with students in some detail), along with PDF teacher notes of what I was trying to do in the session.
The plan is to create more shared writing sessions with students, workshops and conferencing sessions with students, as well as more sets of shared and guided writing sessions.
I hope you find these these useful - I'm enjoying making them and thank my cameraman and editor Sol Harris (of Purple Dog Design) and participating students very much indeed.
If your school would like to feature in these writing lessons, please do get in touch.
Locked Content - please login or subscribe! 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
Locked Content - please login or subscribe! 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
Locked Content - please login or subscribe! 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
Locked Content - please login or subscribe! 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
Locked Content - please login or subscribe! 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
Locked Content - please login or subscribe! Shared Writing Lesson: Sunday Chutney
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
Locked Content - please login or subscribe! 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
Locked Content - please login or subscribe! Shared Writing Lesson: Pterosaurs: Writing an Informational Report
This is a shared writing lesson that I undertook with a group of Year 7-8 students. It has been filmed to illustrate the instructional practices that I deem to be important in a shared writing lesson, particularly with older primary-age students who are fluent and enthusiastic writers. Although students in the lesson are reasonably able … Read More
Locked Content - please login or subscribe! Shared Writing Lesson: Gorillas – Year 2 students
This is a shared writing lesson that I undertook with a group of Year 2 students. It has been filmed to illustrate the instructional practices that I deem to be important in a shared writing lesson, especially with a group of diverse junior writers. Students in the lesson do not represent extremes of high or … Read More
Locked Content - please login or subscribe! Shared Writing Lesson: Zoo – Year 7-8 students
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 Year 7-8 students. It has been filmed to illustrate the instructional practices that I deem to be … Read More
Locked Content - please login or subscribe! Shared Writing Lesson: Our Granny – with Year 5-6 students
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 Year 5-6 students. It has been filmed to illustrate the instructional practices that I deem to be … Read More
Locked Content - please login or subscribe! Shared Writing Lesson: Diary Of A Worm – with year 5-6 students
In this session of “Working With Students”, Dr Murray Gadd conducts a shared writing lesson around the book “Diary Of A Worm” by Doreen Cronin This is a shared writing lesson that I undertook with a group of Year 5-6 students. It has been filmed to illustrate the instructional practices that I deem to be … Read More
Locked Content - please login or subscribe! Shared Writing Lesson: Down The Back Of The Chair – with year 3-4 students
In this session of “Working With Students”, Dr Murray Gadd conducts a shared writing lesson around the book ‘Down The Back Of The Chair’ by Margaret Mahy This is a shared writing lesson that I undertook with a group of Year 3-4 students. It has been filmed to illustrate the instructional practices that I deem … Read More
Locked Content - please login or subscribe! Shared Writing Lesson: How Do You Feel – with NE-Year 1 students
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