Category: Reading

NEW BOOK: Reading Between The Lines – The Secret Step-By-Step Guide on How 2 Check If People Really Understand What the Hell It Is You’re Saying

Nov 5, 2021

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Graeme Smith

in Education, Checklist, comprehension, Improve teaching practice, Improving learner writing, inform teaching, Knowing the learner, learner, Learner Centred, Learner success, Learners, Listening, Reading, Reading comprehension, Reading Comprehension Strategies, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach better

You need to buy Reading Between the Lines – It’s a Secret Step-By-Step Guide on How to Check If People Really Understand What the Hell It Is You’re Saying
New Fiction: Te Kererū, Book 2 – Shaking the Nest is out…!

Jul 2, 2020

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Graeme Smith

in New Zealand Context, Amazon Book, Fiction, gumroad, how, How do I, How do I get started, How do you, How to, How to improve, New Zealand, NZ, NZ Context, NZ made, Read, Read better, Reading, Science Fiction, self-publishing, SG SMITH, Speculative Fiction, Susan Smith, What shall I read, Write, Writing

Are you looking for some new fiction to read? Wanna read some new New Zealand Literature? Check out Te Kererū by SG Smith After much editing, Book 2 in SG Smith’s Te Kererū series is finally out…! This is the second instalment and it’s about another 100 pages with more of Kate’s adventures. If you…
What should I read during the Covid-19 Lockdown? You should read Te Kererū by SG Smith

Mar 26, 2020

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Graeme Smith

in Amazon Book, Book review, Books, eBook, Education, Fiction, gumroad, Indigenous education, Maori, Maori Literacy, Pākehā, Read, Read better, Reading, Science Fiction, self-publishing, SG SMITH, Speculative Fiction, Susan Smith, THISISGRAEME, What shall I read, Write, Writing

What should I read during the Covid-19 Lockdown? You should read Te Kererū by SG Smith. Free download and free audio introduction here.
Te Kererū Book 1 – The Nest by Susan Smith

Mar 3, 2020

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Graeme Smith

in Amazon Book, Book review, Education, Fiction, gumroad, Maori, Maori Literacy, Pākehā, Read, Read better, Reading, Review, Science Fiction, self-publishing, SG SMITH, Speculative Fiction, Susan Smith, What shall I read, Write, Writing

Check out Te Kererū Book 1, The Nest by Susan Smith
Uncommon Mentality by Chance “Second Chance” Lunceford – Chapter 1 Extract

Feb 27, 2020

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Graeme Smith

in Book review, Books, eBook, Education, Reading, Self development, Self improvement, self-publishing

A while back, I bought and reviewed this book by Chance Lunceford. I liked it so much that I recorded this extract while I was playing around with some podcasting and recording software. I post it here for your listening pleasure.
How do you write an essay?

Jan 22, 2020

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Graeme Smith

in Essay, Essay writing, how, How do I, How do I get started, How do I improve, How do you, How to, how to dominate, How to improve, How to win, Improving learner writing, Learning Strategies, plan, planning, Read, Reading, Strategies, Strategy, Write, Writing, Writing frame

Writing essays is nearly always a painful process. And that’s aside from the fact that programmes of study that require essay writing don’t seem to deliver the same return on investment that they used to. The flip side is that learning to write is really a great way to learn how to think. This is…
How To Not F*ck Up Your Brand: A Guide To Building Your Brand

Jun 13, 2019

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Graeme Smith

in Amazon Book, Book review, Books, Brand, eBook, Education, gumroad, Read, Reading, Self development, Self improvement, self-publishing, What shall I read

Read my review of Ryan Felman’s super cool eBook – How To Not F*ck Up Your Brand: A Guide To Building Your Brand
How do you train your brain to become stronger? Uncommon Mentality by Chance Lunceford

May 12, 2019

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Graeme Smith

in Education, Book review, Books, Reading, Self development, Self improvement, self-publishing

Uncommon Mentality. How to think like no one else. A madman’s guide to unlocking your genius. Review by Graeme Smith.
Online Configurator for Embedded Learning Outcomes

May 25, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Learning Outcomes, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Read, Read better, Reading, Reading comprehension, Reading Comprehension Strategies, Uncategorized, Vocab, Vocabulary

This is an experiment and it’s far from perfect… But tell me what you think in the comments. I’ve designed an online configurator to help you write embedded learning outcomes. There are two versions of it below. The first deals with the reading strand of the Learning Progressions. The second is much more specific and deals…
BEFORE: More examples – Reading diagnostics

May 9, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in BEFORE, Diagnosing, Diagnostic, Reading, Uncategorized

We also mentioned this resource in Collection 3. You can download it here if you need it. There are three ideas for diagnostic reading assessments you may wish to use, adapt or modify. If you already know what you’re doing for your contextualised literacy assessment you can skip this. Using reading focus groups This is…