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Title: Write Right: Authentic Engagement with Creative Writing
Abstract: Through following the Atwell model and implementing the mini-lesson approach to creative writing, teachers can provide an opportunity for students to construct imaginative text in an authentic and practical fashion. Skills are taught in close-up in order to facilitate understanding and application, with an emphasis on empowerment of students to express themselves effectively as active participants in the authorial process. By focusing on discrete skills, teachers become active facilitators in assisting learners to become specialists in identifying and using sophisticated techniques in their creative writing.
Resources:
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Adolescents. Portsmouth. Heinemann.
Adolescents. Portsmouth. Heinemann.
Derewianka,
B. (2012). A New Grammar Companion.
Australia: Primary English
Teaching Association Australia.
Teaching Association Australia.
Humphrey, S., Droga,
L., & Feez,
S. (2012). Grammar and Meaning.
Australia: Primary
English Teaching Association Australia.
English Teaching Association Australia.