Tag: voice

• Teaching Writing with Generative AI

  

  This post is based on a presentation I ran recently at the AATE conference. It takes the writing cycle approach from our book ‘Practical Writing Strategies‘ and applies Generative AI at various stages. One of the most pressing concerns at the recent Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE) conference was the implications of…

  Leon Furze

  July 13, 2023

  AI, AI Writing, Digital, Practical Writing Strategies, writing

  AATE conference, AI Assessment Scale, AI ethics, analytical writing, assessment task, audience, audience personas, audience profile, authentic audiences, bias, blogs, book, brainstorming, brainstorming and organizing ideas, burning questions, ChatGPT, ChatGPT (3.5), class time, Claude’s Anthropic, climate crisis, close reading, collaboration, collaborative workshop, context, conventions, Digital, embedding GAI, English teachers, ethical use, example unit, Exploration, fiction, figurative language, final proofing, functional grammar, GAI and the Writing Cycle, GAI technologies, Generative AI, generic feedback, Google’s Bard, ideas, literary critic personas, literary critique, literary journals, literature class critical journals, media, mentor texts, Microsoft’s Bing, nonfiction, peer assessment, peer assessment and workshops, personal voice, poetry slams, polishing, Practical Writing Strategies, presentation, print, product, publication, Purpose, school anthologies, school newsletters, self-assessment, self-directed skills development, sensory details, sentence structure, skills, skills gaps, stages, step by step instructions, student writing, style, teachers, techniques, vivid imagery, vocabulary, voice, writing competitions, Writing Cycle, writing cycle approach, writing instruction, writing process

• Teaching Writing: The Challenges

  

  This is the second post in a series responding to feedback from my mailing list members. I asked people about the highs and lows of teaching writing: what do we enjoy the most, and what are the issues or concerns. I’ve received hundreds of responses to the surveys, and have broken them down into three…

  Leon Furze

  April 29, 2023

  curriculum, Practical Writing Strategies, writing

  assessment-free writing, brainstorming, character exploration, classroom, collaborative storytelling, confidence, creativity, English teachers, found poetry, free-writing, journaling, mentor texts, modelling, secondary students, setting exploration, six-word stories, student confidence, student growth, Teaching strategies, Teaching Writing, voice, writing, writing activities, writing goals, writing improvement, writing instruction, writing process, writing prompts, writing skills, writing strategies, writing techniques

• Teaching Writing: The Joys of Writing

  

  This is the first post in a series responding to feedback from my mailing list members. I asked people about the highs and lows of teaching writing: what do we enjoy the most, and what are the issues or concerns. I’ve received hundreds of responses to the surveys, and have broken them down into three…

  Leon Furze

  April 6, 2023

  curriculum, Practical Writing Strategies, writing

  assessment-free writing, brainstorming, character exploration, classroom, collaborative storytelling, confidence, creativity, English teachers, found poetry, free-writing, journaling, mentor texts, modelling, secondary students, setting exploration, six-word stories, student confidence, student growth, Teaching strategies, Teaching Writing, voice, writing, writing activities, writing goals, writing improvement, writing instruction, writing process, writing prompts, writing skills, writing strategies, writing techniques

• Crafting Texts: What Crafting Texts Means for the English Curriculum

  

  This is the final post in a series which goes deeper into the new VCE English and EAL Crafting Texts outcome. Each post includes some discussion of the Area of Study along with practical lesson ideas. Even if you’re not a VCE English teacher, you’ll find this post useful if you use mentor or model…

  Leon Furze

  March 19, 2023

  assessment, close reading, Practical Writing Strategies, Reading Strategies, VCE

  adaptation, analysis, annotation, Area of Study, audience, climate change, close reading, context, crafting texts, feedback, Futures, Harvard Project Zero, inspiration, language techniques, lesson ideas, literary devices, Margaret Atwood, mentor texts, Personal Response, Purpose, reflection, revision, Senior English, style, text types, VCAA, VCE English, voice, Writing Cycle, Writing in the Age of AI, writing strategies

• Crafting Texts: Assessment and Reflection

  

  This is the third post in a series which goes deeper into the new VCE English and EAL Crafting Texts outcome. Each post includes some discussion of the Area of Study along with practical lesson ideas. Even if you’re not a VCE English teacher, you’ll find this post useful if you use mentor or model…

  Leon Furze

  March 16, 2023

  assessment, close reading, Practical Writing Strategies, Reading Strategies, VCE

  adaptation, analysis, annotation, Area of Study, audience, climate change, close reading, context, crafting texts, feedback, Futures, Harvard Project Zero, inspiration, language techniques, lesson ideas, literary devices, Margaret Atwood, mentor texts, Personal Response, Purpose, reflection, revision, Senior English, style, text types, VCAA, VCE English, voice, Writing Cycle, Writing in the Age of AI, writing strategies

• Crafting Texts: Ideas

  

  This is the second post in a series which goes deeper into the new VCE English and EAL Crafting Texts outcome. Each post includes some discussion of the Area of Study along with practical lesson ideas. Even if you’re not a VCE English teacher, you’ll find this post useful if you use mentor or model…

  Leon Furze

  March 8, 2023

  assessment, close reading, Practical Writing Strategies, Reading Strategies, VCE

  adaptation, analysis, annotation, Area of Study, audience, climate change, close reading, context, crafting texts, education, english, feedback, Futures, Harvard Project Zero, inspiration, language techniques, lesson ideas, literary devices, Margaret Atwood, mentor texts, Personal Response, Purpose, reflection, revision, Senior English, style, text types, VCAA, VCE English, voice, writing, Writing Cycle, Writing in the Age of AI, writing strategies

• Crafting Texts: Using Mentor Texts

  

  This is the first post in a series which goes deeper into the new VCE English and EAL Crafting Texts outcome. Each post includes some discussion of the Area of Study along with practical lesson ideas. Even if you’re not a VCE English teacher, you’ll find this post useful if you use mentor or model…

  Leon Furze

  March 2, 2023

  assessment, close reading, Practical Writing Strategies, Reading Strategies, VCE

  adaptation, analysis, annotation, Area of Study, audience, climate change, close reading, context, crafting texts, feedback, Futures, Harvard Project Zero, inspiration, language techniques, lesson ideas, literary devices, Margaret Atwood, mentor texts, Personal Response, Purpose, reflection, revision, Senior English, style, text types, VCAA, VCE English, voice, Writing Cycle, Writing in the Age of AI, writing strategies

• Reading and Exploring Texts Part 8: Planning and Developing Personal and Analytical Writing about a Text

  

  This series of posts goes through the Key Knowledge and Skills for the new Area of Study 1: Reading and Exploring Texts for VCE English and EAL. Each post has a brief discussion of the Key Knowledge and Skills covered, some suggestions for resources, and five lesson activities. Even if you’re not an English teacher…

  Leon Furze

  January 16, 2023

  VCE

  character analysis, ChatGPT, concerns, debate, EAL, english, essay structure, group discussion, ideas, inferential reading, language features, literary analysis, personal connections, plot, point of view, Reading Strategies, setting, tensions, text structures, VCE, vocabulary, voice, writing

• Reading and Exploring Texts Part 7: Engaging in Productive Group Discussions and Debates

  

  This series of posts goes through the Key Knowledge and Skills for the new Area of Study 1: Reading and Exploring Texts for VCE English and EAL. Each post has a brief discussion of the Key Knowledge and Skills covered, some suggestions for resources, and five lesson activities. Even if you’re not an English teacher…

  Leon Furze

  January 15, 2023

  VCE

  character analysis, ChatGPT, concerns, debate, EAL, english, essay structure, group discussion, ideas, inferential reading, language features, literary analysis, personal connections, plot, point of view, Reading Strategies, setting, tensions, text structures, VCE, vocabulary, voice, writing

• Reading and Exploring Texts Part 6: Analysing the Ideas, Concerns, and Tensions Presented in a Text

  

  This series of posts goes through the Key Knowledge and Skills for the new Area of Study 1: Reading and Exploring Texts for VCE English and EAL. Each post has a brief discussion of the Key Knowledge and Skills covered, some suggestions for resources, and five lesson activities. Even if you’re not an English teacher…

  Leon Furze

  January 14, 2023

  VCE

  character analysis, ChatGPT, concerns, debate, EAL, english, essay structure, group discussion, ideas, inferential reading, language features, literary analysis, personal connections, plot, point of view, Reading Strategies, setting, tensions, text structures, VCE, vocabulary, voice, writing