As you might have seen in ‘The cat sat on the mat’, it is a lot of fun to let the mind run free by applying the simple ‘Who, what, where, why, when, and how.’ As an extension of that …
Can you remember those days when you were a child at sports training and all you wanted to do was play a game, but your coach insisted on repetitive drills? Ho-Hum. Writing can be the same. So, why not break …
To over-write. To under-write. To get it just about write right! Writing and the teaching of writing isn’t easy. Indeed, for many students and educators it is one of the most difficult parts of formal learning. As we stress at …
Just have a go. Start to write. It all begins with just one stroke on a page, the first brick. Then add another brick: write some more. At times the journey may be frustrating. It may also be very hard …
If you think I.T stands for Information Technology, you are right. But let’s not limit our understanding of I.T to such a small subject. In its most glorious and expansive form, I.T means Imagination Time. But what exactly is Imagination …
When conducting workshops, I often invite students to share their work by reading it aloud to their classmates. All too often those who volunteer pre-empt their reading by saying things such as: ‘I’m not a very good writer, but….’ ‘I …
The other day, while working in my garden early after sunrise, I stopped to take a picture of one of nature’s gifts to us. It was a spiderweb dripping with pearls of dew in a barren rosebush. So beautiful. Within …
When it comes to writing and telling stories, what weight should we put on the well-worn piece of advice: ‘Write what you know’? Take a while to think about it before reading further. /*! elementor – v3.6.5 – 27-04-2022 */ …
One of many dilemmas that students may face when writing is: ‘What do I write about?’ For example, you might set a student the task of writing about a sporting game they played at the weekend. But through the eyes …
It exists by flickering candlelight, and it curls up under blankets. It lazes under the shade of an elm. It exists in schoolyards, pubs, gyms, hospital wards, courts of law… It is ubiquitous. But, what is it? It is the …