Tag: reading
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Activity Spotlight: Text Walk
The Text Walk, also known as a chalk talk, is one of the foundational activities in our English classrooms. It serves as the basis for many of our other activities, and a springboard for discussion. Most importantly, the text walk is a means of getting students to engage with short extracts of texts for themselves, […]
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A World Without Mirrors
One of the most powerful comments I’ve heard about the importance of diversity and inclusion in English came from a panel during a VATE conference several years ago. The panel featured a number of speakers, including teacher-librarians and authors. During the panel, the main speaker echoed Rudine Sims Bishop, stating that growing up and never […]
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Where Close Reading Meets Reader Response
Close reading is the cornerstone of an English curriculum. Not only does it offer an opportunity for student voice and interpretation, but it is also a platform for academic rigour and analysis. In the right hands, the close reading of limited excerpts of a text can be much more powerful than a superficial reading of […]
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Review: Reading Reconsidered by Doug Lemov, Colleen Driggs, Erica Woolway
Each month I will be reviewing a different text designed to help English teachers and faculty leaders to develop a robust and engaging curriculum. I’ll be discussing them primarily from the point of view of a teacher or leader in an Australian context, and exploring the balance between theory and practice. Disclosure: If you order […]
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The 6 Reading Strategies
In 2017 we joined a Community of Practice with the Victorian Association for the Teaching of English (VATE). The project, with the backing of the tertiary sector and the Department of Education, set out to investigate reading and to provide teachers with a method for teaching reading in the English classroom. Our approach to English […]
Leon Furze 