Catherine Black is an independent literacy consultant living in northern New South Wales. She specialises in literacy in-service and resources for upper primary and lower secondary teachers of all subject areas. Catherine is a secondary teacher who has taught in Queensland, New South Wales and the United Kingdom. Catherine believes that literacy is integral to all subject areas. Her aim is to help middle and high school teachers, who traditionally have little training in literacy, to develop strategies to assist their students to come to terms with the literacy demands of their subjects. Catherine has a particular interest in the neglected literacy of Listening. She has delivered listening workshops at international conferences in Australia, United Kingdom and Austria. Catherine now works with Patricia Hipwell at logonliteracy.

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Young writers who struggle with putting their ideas into writing need language to help them. This book provides that language in the form of sentence starters and connectives. It also provides graphic organisers to help young writers organise their thoughts - a process necessary for good writing. How to write what you want to say ... in the primary years: a guide for primary students who know what they want to say but can't find the words provides parents, teachers and young writers with a tool for improving writing. It is suitable for Years 2 to 6. Catherine Black wrote the examples for this book getting some of her ideas from her son William's day to day schooling. How to write what you want to say ... in the primary years is slightly different from the previous two books in that this one contains graphic organisers and prompt questions to help students organise their thoughts for their writing.