In Engaging Writing Teaching, writer-teachers Ross Young and Felicity Ferguson explore what it means for children to be truly engaged as writers.
From the authors of The Science of Teaching Primary Writing and Writing for Pleasure, this new title offers an actionable framework for developing writing engagement in schools based on five key drivers:
- Behavioural engagement: Will I participate actively? Will I put in effort, stay focused, and persist when things get difficult?
- Affective engagement: How do I feel about writing? Am I curious, interested, and emotionally invested enough in what I’m writing?
- Cognitive engagement: How much will I think about this? Am I willing to generate great ideas, plan carefully, reflect critically and make thoughtful revisions and edits?
- Social engagement: How am I connecting with others through this writing? Am I collaborating, sharing ideas and responding to feedback as part of a community of writers?
- Academic engagement: How committed am I to mastering the skills outlined in the curriculum? Am I applying effort, strategy, and persistence to improve my academic competence?
This inspiring and practical book will help you create a writing classroom where every child feels connected, capable, and compelled to write, not because they have to but because they want to.
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