LITERACY FOR LEARNING

1. LITERACY FOR LEARNING  GRAMMAR FOR WRITING  GEOFF BARTON 13 September 2014

2. 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! www.geoffbarton.co.uk

3. LITERACY FOR LEARNING BASICS - I Think practically - what can I use in my own teaching?

4. LITERACY FOR LEARNING BASICS - II Visual … auditory … kinaesthetic learning styles Frequent revision Attention-span Stress-free

5. LITERACY FOR LEARNING We are part of the literacy club Literacy is taught - it doesn’t just happen Every teacher in English is a teacher OF English (like it or not) Basic assumptions Literacy today is different from when we were younger

6. LITERACY FOR LEARNING We are part of the literacy club Language oddities

7. LITERACY FOR LEARNING Please don't smoke and live a more healthy life PSE poster

8. LITERACY FOR LEARNING DOGS MUST BE CARRIED ON THE ESCALATOR London Underground

9. LITERACY FOR LEARNING Sign at Suffolk hospital: Thieves operate in this area

10. LITERACY FOR LEARNING ICI FIBRES

11. LITERACY FOR LEARNING • 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’

12. LITERACY FOR LEARNING GUESS THE TEXT TYPE

13. 1 LITERACY FOR LEARNING Proud mum in a million Natalie Brown hugged her beautiful baby daughter Casey yesterday and said: “She’s my double miracle.”I FIBRES

14. 2 LITERACY FOR LEARNING 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.

15. 3 LITERACY FOR LEARNING 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

16. LITERACY FOR LEARNING • 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

17. TEACHING WRITING ACTIVELYTEACHING WRITING www.geoffbarton.co.uk

18. TEACHING WRITING How we’ve often (not) taught writing in the past … www.geoffbarton.co.uk

19. TEACHING WRITING Read this opening from the novel “Bleak House” … h ghgh ghgh ghght y ftrd rdgxkjahkjh kh sbagzj ws asuwq wq qu iuu h u g 7aijq;m.1xz loli3ji h u hasuwq wq qu iuu u g 7aijq;m.1xz loli3ji h u hasuwq wq qu iuu h u g 7aijq;m.1xz loli3ji h u hghgh ghgh ghght y ftrd rdgxkjahkjh kh sbagzj ws asuwq wq qu iuu h u g 7aijq;m.1xz loli3ji h u hasuwq wq qu iuu h u g 7aijq;m.1xz loli3ji h u hasuwq wq qu iuu h u g 7aijq;m.1xz loli3ji h u hghgh ghgh ghght y ftrd rdgxkjahkjh kh sbagzj ws asuwq wq qu iuu h u g 7aijq;m.1xz loli3ji h u hasuwq wq qu iuu h u g 7aijq;m.1xz loli3ji h u hasuwq wq qu iuu h u g 7aijq;m.1xz loli3ji h u hghgh ghgh ghght y ftrd rdgxkjahkjh kh sbagzj ws asuwq wq qu iuu h u g 7aijq;m.1xz loli3ji h u hasuwq wq qu iuu h u g 7aijq;m.1xz loli3ji h u hasuwq wq qu iuu h u g 7aijq;m.1xz loli3ji h u h Now write your own opening of a novel. www.geoffbarton.co.uk

20. KS3 tests 2000 TEACHING WRITING 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. www.geoffbarton.co.uk

21. 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

22. TEACHING WRITING • 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 DEPENDENCE www.geoffbarton.co.uk INDEPENDENCE

23. TEACHING WRITING Explore conventions Demonstrate Share composition Scaffold it Independence Key learning Including ‘bad’ models Show students the process of writing www.geoffbarton.co.uk Correct/change/improve Make it collaborative Move from small to larger sections

24. The Set-Up TEACHING WRITING BUILDING SUSPENSE Write the opening of a mystery story. Set it at a funeral in a wintery churchyard. www.geoffbarton.co.uk √ √ √

25. bad Using models TEACHING WRITING 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.

26. Using models TEACHING WRITING 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

27. Useful stuff to teach writing TEACHING 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

28. Useful stuff to teach writing TEACHING 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

29. GB’s Final Thoughts TEACHING WRITING • 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! www.geoffbarton.co.uk

30. LITERACY FOR LEARNING And finally … • You’ll benefit from pupils’ increased confidence, self-esteem and motivation • You’ll also, in the process, become a better writer yourself

31. LITERACY FOR LEARNING  GRAMMAR FOR WRITING  GEOFF BARTON 13 September 2014 www.geoffbarton.co.uk

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