Get Your Students Published
A full-day writing incursion.
A real published book.
A teacher equipped to teach writing like a writer.
Students spend a day writing with Bill Bendall: published author and experienced teacher.
By the end of the day, every student has a complete manuscript.
Within four to six weeks, every student holds a printed, professionally edited copy of their work.
But this isn't just a memorable experience for students.
Classroom teachers work alongside Bill all day, watching every technique modelled and scaffolded in real time.
The skills don't leave when Bill does.
This is not your ordinary author visit.
Pricing
1 x Group of 30 students
1 x Unit Plan
13 x Ready to teach lessons
1 x A annotated mentor text
Explicit ACARA curriculum alignments
Email support for the rest of the year
30 printed copies of the book (1 per student)
+5 x copies of the book for your school library
Add-On: Additional Groups of 30 Students - $400
Bill is happy to work in an auditorium environment to facilitate multiple classes at once.
Or we can discuss how to work with students in a shared space, then return to their classrooms to work.
$2800
Add-On: Individual Student Feedback - $400
Want something you can use directly in reporting?
Bill will provide individual, actionable, curriculum-linked written feedback on every student's manuscript before it goes to print — complete with success criteria and referenced learning intentions. Designed to be teacher-ready. Drop it straight into your reports.
Available for classes of up to 30 students. Enquire at the time of booking.
Add-On: Additional Books - $15 per copy
Additional copies are available for student families at $15 each. Orders placed before the print deadline arrive with the class set - no second delivery required.
Grab a couple for family and friends!
What Happens on the Day
Six highly structured sessions, utilising the Science of Learning to carefully build a full manuscript in distinct, easily workable parts:
Plotting with purpose — students understand the nuance of story structure
Building a character — students create a protagonist who actively drives the plot
Setting a scene — students learn how to write evocative descriptive sentences
Moving forward with action - students continue to write with purpose, prose, and payoff
Writing toward resolution — students bring their story home
Editing for publication - students learn a template approach to rewriting and editing their work
Every session is expertly scaffolded. Every student, including reluctant and disengaged writers, is guaranteed to produce work they are proud of.
What Makes This Different
Most incursions end when the author leaves. This one doesn't.
Your classroom teacher works alongside students all day, watching every technique modelled and scaffolded by a teacher who has used these exact methods across a decade in Victorian primary classrooms.
Bill leaves you with a whole suite of tools you can use to improve literacy outcomes across the rest of the year and beyond.
For Teachers, By Teachers
Explicit ACARA curriculum alignment, documented and provided
Clear learning intentions and success criteria for every session
Scaffolded lessons for differentiated learning
Teacher professional development embedded in the day
A genuine engagement intervention for reluctant writers
A tangible, community-visible student outcome - a published book