Brett Healey

Primary School Literacy Specialist | PhD in Education
Teaching Writers available here:

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Teaching Writers: From Apprentice to Expert will be available for pre-order in June.

Co-edited by Marie Quinn and me, the book is filled with research-driven strategies by many of Australia’s and then world’s experts on teaching young writers.

https://t.co/VZl3bHMzEG

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Great news! Teaching Writers is now available for order online. Discover invaluable classroom insights from experts such as Bev Derewianka, Deb Myhill, Fisher & Frey, Helen Harper, Pauline Jones, Young & Ferguson, and more!
https://t.co/CfMBqYGDwV

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@TessaDaffern It is. Thanks for your contribution, Tessa. As a “go-to” writing guide, it’s great having the spelling expert in charge of the spelling chapter!

[Brett Healey @BW_Healey]

Teaching Writers: From Apprentice to Expert will be available for pre-order in June.

Co-edited by Marie Quinn and me, the book is filled with research-driven strategies by many of Australia’s and then world’s experts on teaching young writers.

https://t.co/VZl3bHMzEG

[Brett Healey @BW_Healey]

eBook available right now: https://t.co/YskX4LPvXB

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My article ‘Teaching grammar-for-writing as imaginative embodiment’ is now available in Volume 59(2) of Literacy.

https://t.co/SKJYyG6Cbc

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You can find my article on teaching the link between imagination and grammar in Volume 48 of The Australian Journal of Language and Linguistics. Open access.

https://t.co/6wWKCn9Ovz

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Just published. My latest article examining the impact of teaching imaginative thinking strategies on narrative writing quality. Open access in The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy. https://t.co/6wWKCn9Ovz

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If you are interested in learning how to teach these strategies, read the article for free here. https://t.co/6wWKCn9Ovz

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Just published. My latest article examining the impact of teaching imaginative thinking strategies on narrative writing quality. Open access in The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy. https://t.co/6wWKCn9Ovz

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It was found that teaching specific imaginative strategies linked with narrative grammar concepts likely helped to improve the overall experience, meaning, and reader response of students’ stories.

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New article has been issued in Early Education and Development! Vol 36(3), 568-586: “Picturebooks Increase the Frequency and Diversity of Emotion Vocabulary in Children’s Language Environments: Modeling Potential Benefits to Emotional Literacy” Open access https://t.co/LKbjJgDG14

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My article on teaching imaginative thinking processes for narrative writing “with grammar in mind” is now available in Volume 64, Issue 2 of Literacy Research and Instruction. Free for all to read.

https://t.co/LKKxjyMYdd

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New article from @DouglasKKaufman that articulates the supporting conditions for successful writing workshop teaching.

This is an exciting beginning to what promises to open up much-needed ways forward for the writing workshop approach.
https://t.co/cyAnVZz8Su

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My PhD thesis arrived.

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@DrClarenceGreen Indeed. I’ll need to give your article and Bev and co.’s a proper read.

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To help students craft effective stories, teach them to form highly specific images while writing and then model the grammar needed to shape it.

https://t.co/MxKYXcBfXC

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This article describes a professional development session for teachers on the linguistic process I call “Imaginative embodiment”. For those interested in teaching upper primary narrative writing.

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New article out now in Literacy.

‘Let me see it through your eyes’: Teaching grammar-for-writing as imaginative embodiment

How can we teach the process behind linguistic choice-making in narrative writing?

Read my article (open access) to find out: https://t.co/H3hPjhUkd7

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@WritingRocks_17 @CurtinUni @pauGardner @sallymurphy Thank you. Looking forward to working with you on writing matters in the future.

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I just graduated with a PhD in Education from @CurtinUni. The yellow rope around my neck is for my Chancellor’s Commendation award.

Further publications from my PhD research will be shared here in the coming months. @pauGardner @sallymurphy