Drawing upon the concepts and strategies covered in her landmark text, A Literature Companion for Teachers, Dr. Lorraine McDonald brings her sell-out course online for the first time ever in 2020. 

Participants will apply explicit language/grammatical knowledge to closely observe how readers are engaged, how the texts are cohesive and how writers introduce the topic/orientation. With support, students can develop knowledge about how language/grammar works to construct meaning, how sentence fluency can be achieved, and how personal connections and critical comprehension may be accomplished. Excerpts from several recent CBCA award winning texts (both fiction and non-fiction) are our text examples, and participants are asked to bring their own quality texts to apply the demonstrated knowledge.

Cost of Participation

• Members: $200
• Student members: $150
• Non members: $300

Completing this workshop will contribute 5 hours of online PD 2.1.2, 2.2.2, 3.2.2, 3.3.2.from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation.