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.
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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.
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