English without Boundaries

Reading and writing for the 21st century.

 

Session one: How do we create a literate environment in schools?
This section of the course will examine the importance of speaking and listening activities, story-telling sessions and oral poetry in laying the basis for the successful teaching of English. It will examine the obstacles to literacy in the modern world and suggest the strategies needed to mitigate their effects. It will stress the importance of reading for pleasure and the school libraries and the need to create audiences for our students.

Session two: What is scaffolding?
This section will demonstrate the most effective strategies for teaching writing by scaffolding sessions, modelling and providing templates for young writers. It will demonstrate good practice in fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

Session three: Writing across the curriculum.
This session will examine the opportunities offered in subjects such as History, Geography, RE and PSHE.

Session four: Innovative ways of showcasing children's writing and making them proud of their work. Going beyond marking and classroom displays.

• ipod interviews
• blogs and websites
• anthologies

Alan Gibbons is an award winning children's author. A Blue Peter Book Award winner, Alan has won seven further literary awards and has been shortlisted twice each for the Carnegie and Booktrust Teenage Prizes. Alan visits 150 schools a year in the UK and abroad.

Members £110.00  Non Members £125.00

 

For further details, please call Sheila on 01226 380 722

or email her at Sheila.Wainwright@Yorkshirenaht.com.

 

 

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