Instructional practices for teaching writing

  

Writing for Purpose: PETAA Resources Pathway

Posted on 20/11/2023
This series of Teaching writing for purpose staff meeting professional learning sessions guides school leaders informing and extending their team’s capability to teach the writing of a variety of genres and text types and their purposes.

  

Example from a Modelled Writing Lesson

Posted on 1/10/2021
Not clear on how a modelled writing lesson could/should be run? Check out this example!

  

Article: From joint construction to shared pen to independent writing

Posted on 27/09/2021
Learn how to guide your class effectively through from joint construction, to shared pen, to independent writing.

  

The Roles of the Text and the Teacher in a Jointly Constructed Text

Posted on 27/09/2021
Understand the roles of both teacher and text when jointly constructing a text with your class.

  

Video: Differentiated Writing

Posted on 7/09/2021
This video is an example of differentiated writing activities in a Foundation-Year 1 setting.

  

Video: Shared Pen: Jointly Constructed Writing - Group 2

Posted on 7/09/2021
In this video, a Foundation-Year 1 teacher is jointly constructing a group writing lesson and this is the second group to contribute to the class text.

  

Video: Shared Pen: Jointly Constructed Writing - Group 1

Posted on 7/09/2021
In this video, a Foundation-Year 1 teacher is jointly constructing a group writing lesson.

  

Paper: Joint Construction in the Junior-Primary Classroom

Posted on 30/08/2021
Explore this practical PETAA paper on a teaching and learning sequence based around scaffolded learning, with the end goal of joint construction.

  

Video: Jointly Constructing a Text in Class

Posted on 30/08/2021
View this instructional video of fostering a critical conversation to jointly construct a text with a Year 5/6 class.