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• Literacy is taught for at least an hour each day across all year groups

• In addition to this pupils will also spend time reading and practising spellings etc

• Many aspects of literacy is cross-curricularin nature

Overview of LiteracyOverview of Literacy

• Pupils are grouped in their classes by ability

• Literacy lessons are planned in one of two ways; carousel (group work) and whole class teaching

•At times a teaching assistant may support a particular group of pupils in their work

Overview of LiteracyOverview of Literacy

• Each carousel lesson consists of:-

- 30 minutes whole class teaching

- 20 minutes independent/guided group work

- 10 minutes plenary

• During the first 30 minutes the teacher focuses on whole class teaching of writing, punctuation, grammar etc

• Each week the class will rotate between 5 different activities (writing, grammar, reading, ICT, speaking & listening) one of these activities will be the guided group which meansthat the class teacher will work with one group eachday of the week. The speaking & listening grouppresents to the whole class during the plenary

The Carousel LessonThe Carousel Lesson

• Whole class lessons have:-

- 15 minutes introduction to the activity

- 30/40 minutes whole class work

- 5/15 minutes plenary

• During the first 15 minutes the class teacher will introduce the activity

• Next the whole class works on a differentiated activity

• In the plenary the class teacher will sum up theLesson and address any misconceptions

Whole Class TeachingWhole Class Teaching

“To fail to plan is to plan to fail”

• 3 part lesson

• learning objectives

• Success criteria

• Questioning

• Opportunities for assessment

Examples of toolkits to support work Examples of toolkits to support work in classin class

Non-Fiction Genres CoveredNon-Fiction Genres Covered

• Reports & DiscussionsReports & Discussions

• Recounts & ExplanationRecounts & Explanation

• Persuasive writingPersuasive writing

• Letter Writing & AdvertsLetter Writing & Adverts

• InstructionsInstructions

• Playscript/Interview/DiaryPlayscript/Interview/Diary

• Biography & AutobiographyBiography & Autobiography

Fiction Genres CoveredFiction Genres Covered

• StoriesStories

• Flashback StoryFlashback Story

• Traditional TalesTraditional Tales

• Timeslip StoryTimeslip Story

• Descriptive WritingDescriptive Writing

• PoetryPoetry