1) Subject specific sentence starters

Stretch and challenge• Making writing specific to your subject

How does Sport England face the challenges of getting more people

participating in sport?

GCSE PEUnit 7

Sport England

The identification of……Their aim to…..The protection of…..Investing in new……Governing body scrutiny……The ‘Sportivate’ initiative…...If sports fail…..

2) The art of the sentence….

Stretch and challenge• Highlighting the skill and craft needed for expert sentences

Explain how religion affects a persons participation in sport:Q1) “The effect of religious beliefs………..”

Sport England is a complex organisation with many strategies and aims.Q2) In one sentence, explain the role of Sport England:

Q3) What is the influence of the media in sport, and how does it effect its organisation?

3) Modelling great writing

Showing what great writing looks like

• Choose a piece of work or student answer• Share it• Annotate (on the white board) the key points• Pull out excellent keywords or sentences• Can you pull it all together (with the class) to show how you

would go about creating an answer?• What is your thought process?• Why have you decided to start a paragraph a certain way?

Model the entire process – show them – teach them – help them learn

3) Modelling great writing

Use a visualiser

4) Literacy upgrade

Improving writing piece by piece• Vocabulary, specific terminology, sentence starters…

4) CritiqueDrafting and crafting

• 5-10 minutes at the start of any lesson• Call work ‘drafts’• Ensure space is left after work to redraft• Get students to work on feedback comments

first• Use the DIRT strategies for those who have

finished any work – “If it’s not perfect it’s not finished”

• Close the gap

4) CritiqueDrafting and crafting

5) Format MattersSpeaking academically

Original sentence: “He’s giving them roles like the people in Russia.”

Add specific references replace pronouns and vague nouns: “Orwell is giving the pigs roles like the leaders in the Russian Revolution.”

Add more rigorous syntax: “Orwell gives the pigs roles like those of the leaders of the Russian Revolution.”

Add key details, facts and evidence: “Orwell gives the pigs roles like those of Lenin, Trotsky, and other leaders of the Russian Revolution.”

Upgrade to precise academic vocabulary: “Orwell uses pigs to personify Lenin, Trotsky, and other leaders of the Russian Revolution.”