The new GCSE specifications place greater demands on pupils' literacy skills. Pupils without these skills can be held back in every subject.
Every GCSE subject will include literacy requirements from next year. To help teachers meet this challenge, our secondary experts have developed a workshop to focus on key areas such as extended writing and SPAG.
Explore reciprocal reading and the Directed Activities Related to Texts (DARTS) approach. Develop approaches to teaching writing which look at and model language features for improved writing including discourse markers, the passive voice and nominalisation.
Learn to highlight specific language features and appropriate academic register that enable students to write like subject experts. Explore the benefits of a 'dictogloss' as a strategy to increase nominalisation in formal writing.
Identify audience and purpose for different text types. Look at the importance of recognising command words as indicators of specific writing conventions. Explore subject-specific language features that can help make students writing more coherent and cohesive.
Examine mark schemes from a range of subjects to identify the assessment objectives in their own specifications and identify the key types of writing required. Develop your ability to write and model an extended GCSE answer for your subject.
The workshop takes place over one day.
Costs
The training is more effective when a cross-section of subjects are represented, so we encourage at least two teachers from each school (including the literacy lead) to attend.
Attendance includes a £25 discount on National Literacy Trust Membership
*existing members receive a £25 discount on the workshop per school
We are always looking for enthusiastic schools across the UK to host our training programmes. We ask you to:
In return, we offer a complimentary place on the course. This is also a great opportunity for you to position yourself as a research-led school.
Consider becoming a member of the National Literacy Trust to access our full library of downloadable resources and evaluation tools.
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This resource demonstrates how to plan a whole school immersion in a quality text to inspire and motivate reading and writing for real purpose and audience.
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A cross-curricular resource for Key Stage 3 celebrating Shakespeare’s enduring legacy.
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This resource explores the opportunities for links between literacy and landscape. It includes a sample geography and poetry lesson plan.