Year 13 Homework and wider reading

Homework due for Tuesday 28th February is to analyse the Scooby Doo texts (available in the google drive if you missed the lesson). Apply everything you have learnt so far about literacy to the texts. Create a table of AO1 features that you have found (remember, you still need to label and use terminology) and link those features to an AO2 concept that we have learnt.


Some wider reading is available on the google drive in the Literacy folder. Also, I recommend this: Michael Rosen summary for a really good overview of the issues surrounding phonics teaching in schools. It's quite detailed, but for those hoping for a really top grade, it's very valuable.


There's also this that you can watch: Phonics screening video
You don't have to watch all of it (it gets a little repetitive!) but it's a great way to understand the system of phonics at work in schools, and good revision for some key terms, like phonemes, alien words, digraphs and split digraphs.


Lastly, there will be an essay to do straight after half-term, so going over your notes would be really useful and revising some of the key terms. Get those mind-maps and flashcards sorted now. You'll be thanking me in June!

Year 13 Literacy Homework

Task: Read p4-5 of literacy booklet about Creative and Rule-based attitudes. Do the task. Read the last pages of the booklet (expected standards at school) and answer the following questions:
• What is Key Stage 1?
• What are the 4 key areas children are assessed on in terms of their writing in KS1?
• State two things that are expected in terms of handwriting (look up the words legible and orientation if you don’t understand them?
• What punctuation marks are children expected to be able to use accurately? Write a sentence that includes all of the punctuation marks they are expected to use. You may have to write 2?
• What aspects of grammar are children expected to have mastered?
• What process should children be using as they write?

Due date: Tuesday 31st Jan

13C Homework outstanding and deadlines

We have quite a lot going on at the moment, so here are the deadlines:


For Tuesday 27th September


- hand in the completed child language essay that we planned together in class
- annotate the text on ash trees and plan an answer to the question 'how does this text create meaning and representations'. Write your first paragraph to this response


For Thursday / Friday next week


- Original Writing. Arrive at the lesson ready to write your first draft in the computer room. You need everything with you to be able to do this, including 2 annotated style models, the completed A3 sheet that draws together your findings from your style models and a plan - yes, even those of you who don't like planning!
- Read the booklet on the acquisition of Lexis. I will give you this next time I see you. If you are eager to start this now, you can find it on the google drive (the document is called CLA Lexis and Semantics) or pop into the English office and ask for it.


I know I'm expecting a lot of you at the moment - I have confidence you'll rise to the challenge :)

Year 13 Week 2

We have now covered phonology, so you should be starting to draw together your notes and could start making some revision materials. Use my earlier blog post to check that your notes are comprehensive. Check off the terminology you have learnt against the A3 sheet I gave you last week and start to learn it.


I have put a document about reduplication here in the google drive for those of you would like some wider reading.


Revise phonological acquisition concepts and theories for as assessment next week :)


13C - for Thursday's lesson, please make sure you bring 2 style models that match what you are intending to write. 1 of your style models should be fully annotated. Transfer your ideas onto the A3 sheet to draw together some style points that you are going to try to use in your own writing.

Welcome back! Y13 Week commencing 5 September

Welcome back everyone - it was lovely to see you all.

Work set in class this week was as follows:

• Read the chapter on the First Year from David Crystal (A3 sheet) and answer the questions in the CLA booklet (green cover)
• Sort your folders, including AS material, and get ready for new content (Child Language, Language Change)
• Read the booklet on Phonology. You don't need to complete the activities, but read/annotate/highlight/make notes
• Learn some vocabulary from the sheet. No deadline for this at the moment - this is an ongoing task but I may set some specific words at some point
• Sign up to Twitter! (see link on the right)
• 12C - start collecting style models for your coursework

Phew - that's it for this week. See you on Tuesday :)