Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing HGIOS 5.1 – The Curriculum 5.2 – Teaching for Effective learning Literacy Toolkit

Literacy Toolkit Agenda Activity 1 – Introduction / Starter Activity (5 mins) Activity 2 – How’s it going / feedback (10-20 mins) Activity 3 – New Learning (50 – 90 mins) Activity 4 – Personal Action Planning (10 mins) Activity 5 – Summary of Learning (5 mins) Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing

Literacy Toolkit Activity 1:Voice on the table In a maximum of 30 seconds, share something you have read that has made you smile or laugh. Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing

Activity 2: How’s it going? A community of writers: St Ninian's Primary School This film describes how to foster creativity. Staff foster creativity through the setting up of a community of writers to write for real purposes within a primary school. 'A Community of Writers’  What features do you think are most effective in promoting high quality writing experiences? Literacy Toolkit Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing

Literacy Toolkit Activity 3:New Learning Does your current writing practice...  promote the approaches embedded within the Highland Learning Policy regarding learning intentions, success criteria and feedback about how to improve - NOT grades and/or levels? Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing

Literacy Toolkit Activity 3:New Learning Does your current writing practice...  promote extended writing for the purposes defined by the SSLN: * to convey experiences or information * to describe events (real or imagined) * to explain processes * to persuade * to explore issues * to express an opinion? Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing

Literacy Toolkit Activity 3:New Learning Does your current writing practice...  provide learners with real purposes and audiences within contexts which are meaningful to the interests of the learner? Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing

Literacy Toolkit Activity 3:New Learning Does your current writing practice...  provide practitioners with varied, differentiated and easily accessible resources and stimuli to support writing? Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing

Literacy Toolkit Activity 3:New Learning Does your current writing practice...  adapt easily, ensuring relevance to each level/age/stage? Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing

Literacy Toolkit Activity 3:New Learning Does your current writing practice...  allow learners to engage in dialogue about the extent of their success – self, peer, teacher, parent/carer assessment? Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing

Literacy Toolkit Activity 3:New Learning Does your current writing practice...  provide opportunities for creativity, giving learners the freedom to explore? Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing

Literacy Toolkit Activity 3:New Learning Does your current writing practice...  include play based activities – initially developed within the Nursery context and extended throughout the 3-18 curriculum? Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing

Literacy Toolkit Activity 3:New Learning Does your current writing practice...  provide opportunities for the teacher and others to model writing as a process – clarifying that editing is a vital element Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing

Literacy Toolkit Activity 3:New Learning Does your current writing practice...  take full account of ICT to provide models AND as a tool for producing writing? Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing

Literacy Toolkit Activity 3:New Learning Does your current writing practice...  approach writing through a ‘Read to Write’ model? i.e. analysing a text and then writing one in the same genre Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing

Literacy Toolkit Activity 3:New Learning Does your current writing practice...  address content, structure and technical accuracy: securing the development of structure and content before technical accuracy using punctuation? Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing

Literacy Toolkit Activity 3:New Learning Does your current writing practice...  value the writing process – aiming to engage and enthuse learners? Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing

Literacy Toolkit Activity 3:New Learning Does your current writing practice...  provide opportunities to evaluate both strengths and development areas? Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing

Literacy Toolkit Activity 4:Personal Action Planning Choose one or two elements that you are going to explore and evaluate over the coming weeks. Bring back your findings to the next session Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing

Activity 5:Summary of Learning Write your name on the card or post-it as well as something you will try differently in your teaching of writing over the coming weeks. Leave your card or post-it on your way out. Literacy Toolkit Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing

FOLLOW UP LINKS: Literacy across learning - Principles and Practice Literacy Toolkit SSLN - Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing Learning and Teaching – A Focus on Writing