At the end of 2013, Grade 3 students were introduced to strategies to help gain an understanding of ‘how authors make stories exciting, how writing is moving and absorbing and holds a readers’ interest’ (ACELT1605). In order to do this in a series of 3 to 4 lessons the focus was on ‘close looking’ at techniques in character development in a sample piece of writing and then for students to explore these techniques from a book of their choice. Continue reading →