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16 July

Structure Slips

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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!

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05 February

Text Graphs

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Resources:None!What to do:I picked up this activity in a Year 8 English lesson. (Thank you to the my English Dept. again!) Whilst looking at Narrative, focusing on the genre of romance, students were asked to complete a ‘conflict graph’ after watching …

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04 January

Prompts

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Resources: None! What to do: There are a variety of methods to prompt students. These include: (Taken and adapted from here.) Instructional prompts Example Gesture prompts Nonverbal prompts – pointing, head nods, hand motions, smiling, Verbal prompts -Specific verbal prompts -Nonspecific …

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19 May

Deluxe Learning

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Resources:Paint colour charts. (You can get these by emailing your local DIY store or going in for a visit) What to do/Variations:Once you have the colour charts you can carry out a variety of tasks, such as: Synonyms of a …

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07 May

Creative writing

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Resources:Use this grid here Print onto A3 or larger for best effect.What to do:This activity is another one of the popular Roll a series… click here for all other posts!Students should be given one or two dice. They roll the dice …

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04 May

ROLL A… series…

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I seem to be obsessed with tasks that involve either a random element to them or students rolling dice!Here you will find a collection of all those posts! Roll a starter by @Tombrush1982 Roll a plenary by @Tombrush192 Roll a sentence Roll …

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23 February

Word Carpet

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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 …

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08 February

Slow Writing

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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 …

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12 December

Poetry by Stealth

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Resources:None!What to do:Student’s must plant somewhere in your school, a poem that they have written!They might, for example, pin a poem to a notice board, in a corrido, blue tac a poem to a classroom door, a locker or tape …

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10 November

Farmer Technique

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Resources:Download the document from hereAlso visit www.cheneyre.edublogs.org for more RE based resources.What to do: Provided by the RE dept. Use this FARMER technique to help students structure their answers for 6 mark questions. Use the top tips box to support …

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