Course Overview

Facilitator: Emily Bosco (BA, Grad DipEd [Secondary], Master of English Studies)

Date: Friday 28th March 2025

Time: 9:00am-3:45pm

NESA Career Stage Level: Proficient Teacher (NSW)

Australian Professional Standards: 2 and 3

Fee: $400 (GST inclusive)

This course provides teachers with strategies for programming and teaching The Craft of Writing focus area. Teachers will learn about a variety of thinking routines and protocols for teaching aspects of craft using a range of texts as both models of effective writing and stimulus for interesting and effective writing. From here, teachers will examine the discursive writing and reflective commentary writing styles in detail, before moving on to consider a strategy for improving student ability to write competently in the discursive, imaginative, persuasive, and reflective styles. The course concludes with a focus on integrating rich Craft of Writing style classroom activities into the teaching and learning programs for the other HSC focus areas.

Who should take this course?

• NSW Stage 6 English teachers

• NSW Secondary English teachers preparing to teach Year 12 The Craft of Writing

Modules

Module 1: Teaching aspects of craft using model texts (1 hour)

Webinar Session: 9:00am-10:00am

In this module, participants will:

• Learn to use a selection of practical teaching strategies and thinking routines to focus student attention on writing craft in a variety of texts.

• Be presented with a strategy for moving from the selection of a model text, to examining aspects of craft, to setting a Craft of Writing exam-style question for students to complete.

Module 2: Discursive writing (1 hour)

Webinar Session: 10:30am-11:30am

In this module, participants will:

• Be presented with an overview of discursive writing as a distinctive writing style.

• Consider a variety of discursive pieces written in different textual forms.

• Learn to use the 3-2-1 protocol to teach students the main aspects of discursive writing.

Module 3: Reflective Commentary Writing (1 hour)

Webinar Session: 12:00pm-1:00pm

In this module, participants will:

• Be presented with an overview of the reflective commentary writing style and its distinctive features.

• Consider the proposed scaffold for teaching students how to write a reflective commentary.

Module 4: Developing Student Composing skills across the writing styles (1 hour)

Webinar Session: 1:30pm-2:30pm

In this module, participants will:

• Learn about the Evolving Writing Task strategy for improving students’ ability to write competently in the imaginative, persuasive, discursive, and reflective writing styles.

• Consider a worked example of this strategy.

Module 5: Integrating The Craft of Writing into other focus area Programs (1 hour)

Webinar Session: 2:45pm-3:45pm

In this module, participants will:

• Be presented with ways of integrating imaginative, persuasive, discursive, and reflective tasks into other focus areas to increase student exposure to these writing styles.

• Consider a variety of examples of these tasks.

Materials

The core text for this course is Mastering the Craft of Writing Student Book (2nd Edition) by Emily Bosco and Anthony Bosco.

The eBook edition of this student book is included in the course fee.

Working Online

• This course takes place in the Into English online learning environment, which is powered by WebinarJam.

• Once you have successfully registered, you will receive a link to the course.

• The course takes place on Friday 28th March 2025. There is a live 1 hour Webinar session for each module. To maximise course interaction, it is best to attend these sessions.

• In the event that you are unable to attend a session, you will be able to access a recorded version of each session for a period of 30 days after the conclusion of the course.

Registration

Online registration & Payment

You can register and pay for this course via credit card or your faculty PCard using the ‘Register’ button below.

school 30-day account purchase

If your school would prefer to receive an invoice for the course fee/s, please complete the form below for each teacher who will be attending the course. This invoice can be paid using a VISA, MasterCard, or EFT payment.

Registrations close Thursday 27th March 2025.

The Fine Print

• Registrations are open until the closing date listed above.

• Participants will be enrolled in the course upon receipt of their registration form.

• For registrations submitted via the School 30-Day Account option, an invoice will be issued upon receipt of the registration form. The payment terms are 30 days from the invoice date.

• Failure to pay the course registration fee by the invoice due date will result in the cancellation of enrolment and removal from the course.

• If the participant has not received confirmation of registration via email within 48 hours of completing the registration form, please contact Into English on 0403 850 807 or email emily@intoenglish.com.au.

• This course is non-refundable.