And as they put fingertip to keyboard during their weekly 45 minutes of free writing time, the Queensland students know ...
A way to Write the World
It’s Friday afternoon at Mount St Michael’s College and teacher Juliette Bentley is dangling a gas mask, or perhaps a paper bag in front of her students. Contrary to what it might appear, this is no ad hoc show and tell exercise; using these props as stimuli for their creative musings, members of the schools’ Writers Club can now get stuck into crafting their literary pieces.
Mount St Michael's College teacher Juliette Bentley wants all schools to establish a Writers Club with links to a global online community
This story appeared in the November 2016 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.