Literacy in Art – Artist vs Curator
Jo has passed me this excellent account of how she has been developing literacy within her art lessons. The temporary gallery is also a great idea and look forward to seeing it. With a focus on...
View Articlerewordify.com
Thanks to Emily for drawing attention to another great web tool for all subjects to use in our focus on literacy. The site is rewordify.com. It allows you to ‘paste in’ text and will simplify it for...
View ArticleERIC
Jen has shared the following advice about how we can make even better use of our ERIC time every morning: Since I began teaching the Literacy Plus unit with some of our weakest year 7 students, I have...
View ArticleWhole-school Literacy
This presentation has been put together by Nic to help departments effectively focus their literacy feedback. Please just ask the English department if you have any further questions or want more...
View ArticleLTC reflections – Hinge Questions
Kate has shared her reflections on her use of hinge questions here: After focusing on the use of commas with my Year 10 group, I decided to use a hinge question to test their understanding. Students...
View ArticleClosing the vocabulary gap – PDC reflections on etymology
Claire has shared her PDC reflections from the music department’s use of tier 2 vocabulary: In music we have been embedding Tier 2 Vocabulary into our schemes of work. As we use iBooks with KS3 we took...
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