Resources:Click HEREWhat to do:Discover a new book every day with this literacy/reading based advent calendar by the Book Trust!
Resources: A Smartboard/projector/screen and your choice of picture and writing challenge from http://lendmeyourliteracy.com/category/pic-of-the-day/ What to do: This free resource aims to encourage young people to engage in creative writing. Designed by current teachers, the LMYL Picture of the Day can …
Resources:Some images of thumb prints. Image from http://artclassinspiration.blogspot.co.uk What to do:Students can use this activity in a variety of ways. The idea is to make a large scale thumb print either A5, A4 or even A3.The students are to replace the …
Resources: You will need a PC or Mac with a projector for this activity. An interactive board makes it easier, but is not essential. You can download the software for Mac or PC from here What to do: Find a …
Resources:Google ‘Keyboard Template’What to do:Download and print/laminate onto coloured paper a keyboard template of your choice.You can then carry out a variety of activities with them, for example; Students could create keywords using letters that connect (next to another letter) …
Resources:None!Click here for some examples! @ASTsupportAAli Best friends with different minds, a ranch and a Great Depression. #classic #twitterature— Laura HW (@LauraLolder) April 30, 2014 What to do:Summarise a piece of literature into a tweet or less than 140 characters!Use …
Resources: Lots of scrap paper Big pens A clear area on the floor What to do: Give students a big pile of scrap paper – about A5 size. Ask them to imagine a place. They should write the …
Resources:Use the prompts created by @LearningSpy on @David_Triptico fab website to help. Click HERE.(Slow Writing idea is from @LearningSpy’s book.) What to do:The focus of this task is to get students to slowwwwww down their writing. Students should take time to …
*Updated*Create I am Reading Bunting! @ASTsupportAAli book cover bunting to pimp the classroom:) pic.twitter.com/QYtwcvRVfG — Miss Richardson (@jrichardson_j) July 14, 2015 Resources:I AM READING signsWhat to do: Simply go to Google Images and type in the name of a book …
Resources:Scrabble Tiles?What to do:Ask students to make keywords/terms/ideas/topics link together using scrabble tiles. Great way to involve numeracy and literacy as a quick starter. Or as a revision tool to stick up as a display?Students can each make one word and then …
Resources: Nothing! What to do: Collective Writing: Set the students a class question; E.G- ‘What do we want to achieve from…’ Then ask students to SHOUT out their ONE sentence! Other students should write this down verbatim, in the exact …
Resources:You need to organise the worksheets yourself!What to do:If your lesson requires students to record a lot of information down and they are reluctant to write, try this…Get students to write on A3 paper. Get students to write on A3 coloured …
Resources: A3 or A4 blank paper (any colour will do) Possibly an image that links well with the concept you want pupils to display in their wordscape. What to do: Wordscape = a landscape made of words. Wordscapes are a …