Get Your Students Published
A full-day writing incursion.
A real published book.
A better-equipped teacher.
Students spend a day writing with Bill Bendall: published author and experienced Victorian primary school 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.
This is not your ordinary author visit.
It is a structured, scaffolded day of practical and engaging learning, disguised as an unforgettable lifetime achievement for students.
They do the work - and produce something real.
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.
Every booking includes:
A complete persuasive writing unit plan — 13 lessons, ready to teach
13 fully developed lesson resources
A professional mentor text, complete with annotations to scaffold each lesson
Explicit ACARA curriculum alignments, learning intentions, and success criteria
Email support for the rest of the year — questions always welcome
Discounts on future PD courses
This day qualifies as documented professional development for your staff.
Additionally:
Every student receives a printed copy of a professionally edited class anthology, delivered to school within four to six weeks of the incursion.
The school library receives five additional copies.
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
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!