Classroom Modeling

"Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theatre."
- James Anthony Froude

Seven Steps Classroom Modeling

Humour, enactments, short and sharp activities and a fantastic model for showing how writing can be interactive, fast paced and FUN!

Our popular presentations are based on the Seven Steps to Writing Success program where writing is broken down into easy and memorable stages. Choose from :

Plan for Success

We tell kids to plan but do we really show them how? The Story Graph is a fantastic visual boost to explain how to plan a story and make it interesting. Plus kids will never ask again 'But what will I write…' once they've done the Never Ending Ideas activity and created over 100 story ideas in minutes.

Sizzling Starts

No more 'I got up that morning and got dressed and got on the bus….' Have kids laugh, learn and swear NEVER to start stories the same old boring way again. Includes the fabulous exercise Five Starts in Five Minutes. Kids love it!

Dynamic Dialogue

Discover how to 'cheat' to make dialogue sound terrific, how to get rid of boring bits and how to use body language to make characters come alive. (And yes, there really are 15 different flirting gestures!)

Inspiring, empowering and entertaining - students won't forget these!

First Pages

Challenge our authors to edit parts of student's stories on the spot!

Fast track your gifted students. Round up your frustrated 'I-can't-improve' writers. Delve deep for the WORST story starts and see how they can be instantly energized.

Students read a short section from their work to the grade. The author's challenge? Tell the student TWO good points about the work. Then suggest ONE way that it could be improved.

Modeled on the highly successful First Pages sessions in USA writer's conferences, this is a great way to edit work, show students how to fix mistakes - and have everyone laughing as they learn.

Interested? for details on Classroom Modeling and Teacher Professional Development, please see the
Highlighting Writing site 'Contact us' and request an information pack on Classroom Modeling for students.