Classroom (PD) Modelling
See the Seven Steps in action in your own classrooms.
NO CRT costs, you don't even need pupil free days!
A PD is a PD but a series of classroom modelling sessions will show how your own students can make their writing explode on the page... within minutes!
The pens tap!
The brains click!
Ideas pour!
'Once upon a time,' gives way to 'I saw the blood first... drip... drip... drip...!'
Students who have never written, start writing - because we show them how easy it is, in your very own classroom.
Even when students' confidence is low and their creative bank seems empty, we use humour and fun to make writing a game.
You can see the lights go on as teachers see students so engaged!
And NAPLAN results leap ahead.
Try these three ways:
- Book a Seven Steps PD, followed by 1- 5 days of student modelling sessions.
- Choose Your Step - Get a one hour Teacher PD in the morning staff meeting, followed by 3 sessions of classroom modelling. Do this 7 times and you'll have your teachers AND students trained in all the Seven Steps!
- Step-by-Step - TWO steps at a time e.g. two hours of PD after school and modelling sessions the next day.
There is often an immediate improvement in students' writing in just one lesson. Teachers say kids write more in our five minute fast writing exercises than they normally do in a day!
Choose from:
Step 1: Plan for Success
A unique Story Graph shows the easy (and effective) way to plan stories. Your kids will never ask again 'But what will I write...' after trying the Never Ending Ideas activity - over 100 story ideas in minutes.
Step 2: Sizzling Starts
No more 'I got up that morning and got dressed....' Children laugh and learn never to start stories the old boring ways again. We even do the fabulous Five Starts in Five Minutes game - they love it!
Step 3: Tightening Tension
Fast-paced group brainstorming shows students the power of what they see, hear, touch, taste and feel in a scene – then they write furiously for four minutes, with fantastic results.
Step 4: Dynamic Dialogue
Discover how to get rid of the endless 'Hi, how are you... I'm fine...... how are you?' passages in writing, learn the four levels of conversation and how authors 'cheat' to make dialogue come alive.
Step 5: Show Don't Tell
Watch students act out a snooty author coming to town or a grotty teenage brother crazy about skateboarding. When all the ideas are flowing, be amazed at how easily kids can put their ideas onto paper, in just minutes. They are so proud as the best work of the group is shared with everyone.
Step 7: Exciting Endings
What's the story behind a kid laughing as she catches a bubble or a boy hiding at a footy match? Kids have ten minutes to work it out. Best of all, by the end of the session they promise never to use the ending 'And then I woke up' ever again.
Inspiring, empowering and entertaining - students and teachers alike won't forget these workshops.
Contact us to ask more and to hear some of our great success stories!