Re-wordify!
Use this website to help simplify text!
Guide My Reading
Try this activity to help your students in understanding the extracts/information/sources you provide!
Structure Slips
Use this idea of giving students a clear explanation of the structure needed for their writing, by sticking a strip of information alongside their work!
English Everywhere- LitDrive
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Boxed up
Get students to isolate important sections of relevant images. Allows them to focus!
What’s your point?
Resources:You will need paint cards which I ordered free of charge from Dulux. You can also get them from any local DIY store or simply create them yourself using Microsoft Word. I made one set and then had the rest photocopied and laminated.What to do:I used the cards to develop paragraphs Point Evidence Explain Deep […]
Context Sheets
Use these context sheets to set the scenes!
Rainbow Analysis
Resources: A rainbow analysis template and many other fab ideas by @HeadofEnglish click here! What to do: Students use their text to analyse keywords and key terms. The write their word in the first circle and then write the connotations of that word in the second and so on. It is used to help scaffold their […]
Grammar Pop
Resources:Lyrics of popular songsWhat to do:This idea is having listened to +Stephen Lockyer at #TMLondon! See here for the videos .The idea suggested is to get students to correct the grammatical mistakes in everyday pop songs! How simple! Yet, really effective!For example: Students will need to add punctuation, remove any slang, and improve the word choices! This hit That ice […]
Speed Reading
Resources:[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEgF55x3_VM] This or This website to create your own! What to do:The above advert really inspired me last night in the cinema! I was so pleased with myself to be able to read the information clearly and accurately. However, I did say, I wonder how many of my students can do that…So I will try…You give […]