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Sense and Sensibility in the Donald Graves Writing Curriculum: An exploration, a remembering, and a plea

Mem Fox

Turbill, J. Barton, G. & Brock, C. [eds] Teaching Writing in Today's Classrooms: Looking back to look forward, pp 3-12 2015 published by ALEA

This chapter is an edited version of the inaugural Donald Graves Address given at the ALEA National Conference in Sydney in 2012, jointly sponsored by ALEA and the Primary English Teaching Association Australia (PETAA).

In this inspiring address, Mem shares her memories of a great researcher and writer of children’s writing, Donald Graves, and identifies five key principles of his for teachers of writing

Link to Touchstones: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

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