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LITERACY FOR LEARNING
GRAMMAR FOR WRITING
18 April 2023
GEOFF BARTON
LITERACY FOR LEARNING
THE FORMAT OF THE SESSION
1: The Literacy Club
2: How much grammar do you need to know?
3: Teaching writing
Note:Please heckle!
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BASICS - I
Think practically - what can I use in my own teaching?
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BASICS - II
Visual … auditory … kinaesthetic learning styles
Attention-span
Stress-free
Frequent revision
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Basic assumptions
We are part of the literacy club
Literacy today is different from when we were younger
Literacy is taught - it
doesn’t just happenEvery
teacher in English is a teacher OF
English (like it or
not)
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We are part of the literacy club
Language oddities
Please don't smoke and live a more healthy life
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PSE poster
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DOGS MUST BE CARRIED
ON THE ESCALATOR
London Underground
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Sign at Suffolk hospital:
Thieves operate in this area
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ICI FIBRES
Churchdown parish magazine:
‘would the congregation please note that the
bowl at the back of the church labelled ‘for the sick” is for monetary
donations only’
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GUESS THE TEXT TYPE
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Proud mum in a million Natalie Brown hugged
her beautiful baby daughter Casey
yesterday and said: “She’s my double miracle.”I FIBRES
1
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The blood vessels of the circulatory system,
branching into multitudes of very fine tubes (capillaries),
supply all parts of the muscles and organs with
blood, which carries oxygen and food necessary for life.
2
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Ensure that the electrical supply is turned off. Ensure the existing circuit to which the fitting is to be connected has been installed and fused in accordance with current
L.L.L wiring regulations
3
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KS3 results show that pupils:
•Are inclined to recount rather than explain
•Are stronger at narrative rather than non-narrative writing
•Have difficulties structuring writing
•Only 75% of sentences are properly demarcated using full stops
TEACHING WRITING
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ACTIVELY TEACHING WRITING
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How we’ve often (not) taught writing in the
past …
TEACHING WRITING
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Read this opening from the novel “Bleak House” …
Now write your own opening of a novel.
TEACHING WRITING
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Write the opening of a story about a major emergency.
‘Some people waste a lot of time and energy attempting difficult challenges, such as flying around the world in a hot-air balloon. Attempts like these are pointless, and benefit nobody.’ Write an article for your local newspaper arguing for or against this statement.
KS3 tests 2000
TEACHING WRITING
To be truth-full I am for the argument about wasting time and money trying to get around the world in a hot air balloon, when this time and money could be spent on working with medical difficulty or people who are homeless.
I feel it is very important to face challenges, as without challenges, the world would be a very dull place. I feel that the earlier challenges appear in a person’s life, the better, as there will undoubtedly be challenges in the workplace or in home life, and so I feel that the people who have faced challenges earlier in life get a head start over people who have not.
Level 4 Level 7
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You don’t teach writing merely through:
•Reading aloud
•Showing models
•Highlighting genre features
•Correcting first drafts
•Lots of bullet-points after the task
Explore conventions
Demonstrate
Share composition
Scaffold
Independent writing
Draw out key learning
DEPENDENCEDEPENDENCE
INDEPENDENCEINDEPENDENCE
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Explore conventions
Demonstrate
Share composition
Scaffold it
Independence
Key learning
Including ‘bad’ models
Show students the process of writing
Correct/change/improve
Make it collaborative
Move from small to larger sections
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The Set-Up
BUILDING SUSPENSE
Write the opening of a mystery story. Set it at a funeral in a wintery churchyard.
√ √ √
TEACHING WRITING Using models
Before ….
It was a bitterly cold day. Everyone was in black. The cars were black too. There were people standing around in a group waiting for the coffin. Crows were flying in the sky. It was really eerie.
bad
TEACHING WRITING Using models
After ….
The undertaker's men were like crows, stiff and black, and the cars were black, lined up beside the path that led to the church; and we, we too were black, as we stood in our pathetic, awkward group waiting for them to lift out the coffin and shoulder it, and for the clergyman to arrange himself; and he was another black crow in his long cloak.
And then the real crows rose suddenly from the trees and from the fields, whirled up like scraps of blackened paper from a bonfire, and circled, caw-caw-ing above our heads. Susan Hill
TEACHING WRITING Useful stuff to teach writing
Writing techniques (fiction):
•Sentence variety for effect: simple, compound, complex*•Multiple narration•Plot - dialogue - description•Location of the speech verb•Direct / indirect speech•Figurative language•Descriptive detail•Point of view
TEACHING WRITING Useful stuff to teach writing
Writing techniques (Non-fiction):
•Topic sentences•Headlines / subheadings / puns•Paragraph organisation - main point … illustration … contrast•Connectives •Tense•Sentence functions: statement, command, question, exclamation•Formality / impersonal tones•Layout features•Building an argument: generalisation, supporting points, statistics, facts, quotation
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•See things as a writer, not just a reader
•Explore texts actively - meddling, rewriting, editing
•Demonstrate the writing process yourself
•Relate everything to effect
•Talk about grammar where it helps, not as an end in itself
•Start with small units of writing … then build up
•Encourage experimentation, risk-taking, creativity
•Enjoy!
GB’s Final Thoughts
And finally …
•You’ll benefit from pupils’ increased confidence, self-esteem and motivation
•You’ll also, in the process, become a better writer yourself
LITERACY FOR LEARNING
LITERACY FOR LEARNING
GRAMMAR FOR WRITING
18 April 2023
GEOFF BARTON
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LITERACY FOR LEARNING