Using Writing Prompts:How do we get our students to write?
It can be hard to encourage creativity in the classroom. Students complain of not knowing what to write about so where do writers start and where do they get their ideas from? One of the ways good writers work is to use writing prompts. A writing prompt is a topic around which you start scribbling or jotting down […]
Using similes in Creative Writing in the Classroom
Using Similes in Creative Writing in the Classroom Grammar and creative writing? They sound wrong together. Some people think that creative writing is all about the flow, the emotion, the themes and they forget about their grammar. They are right in one way. Good writing does stir and emotion and gets the reader asking questions […]
Teaching, learning and sharing:Mash.ie
You may not know but Simon and I have two educational websites! We have anseo.net and mash.ie. Anseo.net is for all opinions, reviews and posts on education and technology. Mash.ie is a thematic teaching and planning website, designed to help teachers share and to reward teachers for sharing. Mash.ie developed out of a question. Why […]