Tag: writing process
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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
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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
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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
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