Inoculate kids against the horrors of NAPLAN!

Narratives are seemingly the most difficult text type for students (especially boys) to master. Paul Stafford’s writing workshops take the class through the entire process from brain storming ideas, choosing genres, creating characters, through to the dreaded rewrite and final reading.

Using only your students’ input and ideas the workshops produce original narratives which will not entertain the class but boost the students’ sense of accomplishment, enthusiasm, confidence and competence. Using their ideas only means they own the process, and careful, accessible scaffolding of each stage ensures even the most reticent student keeps up, producing writing they’ll be proud of.

Paul Stafford’s teenage fiction books provide a jumping off point for discussions on social purpose outcomes of writing and writing as a vocational outcome in the modern entertainment industry.