In his book, Learning by Teaching, Donald Murray characterises the act of writing as a muttered conversation between two people at a workbench: The act of writing might be described as a conversation between two workmen muttering to each other at the workbench. The self speaks, the other self listens and responds. The self proposes, the other self … Continue reading ‘Two workmen muttering’
Not all writing happens on paper or screen. We spend a lot of time dreaming, thinking, re-arranging, experimenting. When we are planning for writing with children we can think about ways in which we can experiment with language and try out ideas before we set pen to paper. Alibi is a game that is not … Continue reading Alibi
We’re back to lists today and we are thinking about characters at the same time. Ann Berthoff writes: ‘Lists are composed; they don’t just happen.’ Composing a list involves organising names and sometimes actions according to some purpose. The act of list writing can even be a way of discovering purpose. One thing can lead … Continue reading Another kind of list
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