Tony was a rigger On urban building sites He got his fuel from pasta He keenly ate at nights Linguine Fettuccine Spaghetti... Rigger Tony Alan j Wright #morningverse #poetry

Why standardised tests and streaming doesn't work. 1news.co.nz/2025/07/27/top…

There is immense pleasure associated with being a curious learner. Constant discoveries occur. Unknown things keep knocking at my door.

NEW ARTICLE: Word play remains invisible until it is ready to reveal itself upon the page. Eventually these words, tumbled and reshaped, spill onto the page and are further refined. Non writers will not appreciate this. They will not understand. livinglifetwice-alwrite.blogspot.com/2025/07/writer…

Sterile, narrow curriculum with teachers employing direct instructions and non authentic tasks is not the way to teach literacy. educationhq.com/news/a-sterile…

'Empowering our students to be self-directed learners, rekindling their sense of wonder - that leads to engagement.' Lynne Dorfman

Activating a student's inner desire to become their own teacher is a goal worth pursuing. True engagement...

Every day teachers & students bring all the reading & writing they have ever done with them to class. The trick is to remember this and use it to advantage.

From the photo archives: Street scene, Trani, Italy. Giant hailstones?

OVERHEARD: When someone answers an anticipated questions that doesn't actually get asked... Person1: 'Hi Sally.' Person2: 'Fine thanks.'

From the photo archives: The pagoda of Thien Mu is situated about 6 km from the centre of Hue, Vietnam. The 21 metre octagonal pagoda was constructed in 1844.

Woman screams 'MOUSE.' the restaurant stands to attention. 'I thought if I said rat that would be alarmist.' Staff hunt in the shrubbery.

When teachers use 'think aloud' strategies in their lessons they promote a sense of emotional safety for the inexperienced learner.

‘Children are emotionally and mentally complex human beings. Don't limit their poetry exposure to humor. They deserve a more varied poetry menu than that.’ Nikki Grimes

When we enter a classroom we must aim to be a living, breathing, walking, talking example of all we are advocating as a reader and writer.'

Winter Haiku in my notebook. #haiku #writersnotebook #poetry