1. Improving Literacy in Science: Answering long answer exam questions

2. 6 mark question bank with mark schemes on the Science shared area:
Improving Literacy in Science
6 mark question
bank with mark
schemes on the
Science shared
area:

3. Sharing exemplar answers with students.
Improving Literacy in Science
Sharing exemplar answers with students.

4. Improving Literacy in Science

5. Using writing skeletons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjcZWXcnPKM
Improving Literacy in Science
Using writing
skeletons

6. Improving Literacy in Science

7. Improving Literacy in Science

8. Improving Literacy in Science

9. Improving Literacy in Science

10. Strategies for teaching
Improving Literacy in Science
Strategies for teaching
Planning in groups – marketplace /
ambassador style activities
Modelling good answers
Use of visualisers / cameras to project
students’ work onto IWB for improvement.
Annotate using ActiveInspire desktop
flipchart tool.

11. Using examiner’s reports.
Improving Literacy in Science
Using examiner’s reports.
Share with students.
Use to highlight common misconceptions
or areas where marks were frequently lost.
Use to create answers containing common
errors. Ask students to ‘spot the mistake’.

12. New optional lesson in B1 scheme to be taught after lesson 17.
Improving Literacy in Science
New optional lesson in B1 scheme to be taught after lesson 17.
In B1 folder and literacy skills lessons folder on shared. Resources available to order.